Originally Posted by
Illusions
Alright, I have a question in case anyone has run across something like this. Since I don't watch many TV shows due to finding a lot of current day TV to be abhorrent crap marketed towards the broadest audience possible within a particular group, for instance men ages 13 - 35, housewives, etc. I would like to eventually (years from now, when I hopefully have more money to spend on setting up frivolous things like this) change to a pc based setup where I can record the TV shows that I do like, and also have stored on it any complete series collection of a TV show or movie that I own on disc. Now here's the complicated part, I'm wondering if there is any program out there that could create a schedule and stream content on different "channels" like cable/satellite/etc. have been doing for decades. Meaning, it would have a science channel, with science themed programs, a scifi channel with scifi themed programming, etc.
Why? Sometimes I like the randomization and scheduling that TV offers. Its kind of nice sometimes to sit down to watch some TV and see that not only is GATTACA on, but immediately following it is Terminator 2 or Aliens. Or there is a show about the history of Tesla and his inventions immediately followed up by Mythbusters. The joy of this happening I feel is being lost as on demand viewing becomes more prevalent.