Of the good 10% half is simply disguised commercials.
Adam Maas wrote:
> Frankly, 90% of what's on TV today is crap. The other 10% is merely bad.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> J. C. O'Connell wrote:
>
>> Who says the programs are shit? There is TONS
>> of great HD programs now like MOVIES, All primetime TV shows,
>> and SPORTS. I am a big movie buff and when I
>> see my favorite films in HD for the first time
>> it's mindblowingly way more enjoyable compared to what I have been
>> seeing over the last 40 years. I get HBO-HD,
>> SHOWTIME-HD,HDNET Movies, and CINENAX-HD, and between all those
>> and my HD-DVR to capture them and play at my
>> leisure, I have more great movies to watch
>> than I have time to watch them and I watch
>> A LOT. SWITCH to HDTV immediately, it's not just a TV,
>> its true home theater. Trust me you will not regret it,
>> the only regret you will have is why you didnt
>> switch earlier? WHY WHY WHY would you still want
>> to watch crappy crappy old ntsc TV in 2006? It makes no sense
>> especially when you consider how many thousands and thousands
>> of hours of use you get out of a set for so little cost.
>> jco
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>> Bob W
>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:53 PM
>> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
>> Subject: RE: It's snowing in hell --OT
>>
>>
>> The technology can be as whizz-bang as you like, but if the programmes
>> are shit, what's the point?
>>
>> --
>> Bob (the only thing I watch is Strictly Come Dancing)
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>> Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell
>>> Sent: 17 December 2006 17:53
>>> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
>>> Subject: RE: It's snowing in hell --OT
>>>
>>> My God, this is the HDTV era for 8 years
>>> already! Get yourself
>>> a good HDTV and get free DVDS ( they look
>>> way better on a progressive scan HDTV
>>> than any analog 4x3 set can ) from the
>>> library. You dont know what you're missing,
>>> especailly if you can appreciate good
>>> imaging/cinematography and being a photographer already kinda proves
>>> that. jco
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> graywolf
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:16 PM
>>> To: PDML
>>> Subject: It's snowing in hell --OT
>>>
>>>
>>> Graywolf got a new pet, a television. There it was sitting in
>>> the thrift
>>>
>>> store looking all sad and abandoned, so he paid $15 + tax to
>>> spring it.
>>> It sulked at first shutting itself off after less than an hour, and
>>> graywolf thought he was going to have to turn it out on the
>>> streets. But
>>>
>>> a thorough cleaning, wasn't filthy but 25 years of dust on
>>> its circuit
>>> boards mostly came off and a night to get used to its new
>>> home, and it
>>> seems to be working nicely.
>>>
>>> Like any new pet graywolf is going to have to buy it some things, a
>>> remote, and a longer cable as the one he has is not long enough to
>>> tether it to the splitter and he has to change back and forth
>>> between it
>>>
>>> and the modem in the mean time. And later a VCR so graywolf can
>>>
>> watch
>>
>>> movies from the local public library. Maybe an upgrade in
>>> cable service.
>>>
>>> This could be a very expensive pet.
>>>
>>> OH? The breed? Magnavox 27in stereo console. By its tag it was born
>>> early in 1983 and cost $539.97 ($849.95 list). Does that make it an
>>> antique, or just an old TV?
>>>
>>> One would think the thing would take up a lot of space, but actually
>>>
>>> instead of taking up space it provides a table to place
>>> things like the
>>> DVD player and the Epson printer on.
>>>
>>> Anyway as the subject line implies graywolf buying a TV is a
>>> very rare
>>> occurrence, it has only happened twice in 63 years.
>>>
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