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Should TV be banned

Television should be banned for being obsolete, costly, and inefficient. 1. Television is obsolete with the institution of more complex and multipurpose computational machines such as a terminal you are likely sitting at right now. "WebTV" or "streaming", whichever is preferred as a title, has ousted the need for television, specific terminals, specific jacks, specific signals, and specific channels as most if not all of the items watchable on a television through a cable or satellite signal can all be steamed through, often at better resolution and with a more stable signal, the internet. 2. Television is costly on multiple fronts. First I'd like to note that Netflix, which has over 1,000 movies and shows and therefore hundreds of hours of entertainment is inexpensive at $9/mo. (http://www.usatoday.com...) with Amazon Prime sitting at $99/yr. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com...) meanwhile using Comcast/XFINITY, one of the country's largest cable suppliers, the monthly cost for basic service is $50 (http://www.comcast.com...). Dish Network sits at $20/mo. with it's lowest package (http://www.infinitydish.com...). In essence for even Amazon Prime at $99/yr you would save compared to Dish Network over $140 or ~59%. 3. Television is inefficient simply by being a redundant service. Since internet and television are actually all the same product (Streamed Telephony) utilizing different frequencies and signal signatures having all of them combined and pay each is truly inefficient. The reason VOIP works is because the internet is just telephony (http://www.unc.edu...) no different in process for the most part for the average user. There are no advantages to using a television with digital or satellite signals to that of simply streaming your items online or using a VOIP. Though they do work differently mechanically the end user will see no difference.