On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:36:03PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Thanks Bob. Yes, I want a choice. > > Advertising isn't entertainment, unfortunately. > > I hardly watch television any more ... I rent television series I find > interesting on DVD and watch them sans commercials. It's the only way to > see the stories and not be interrupted with advertising bs.
Rather an exaggeration. There are ways to watch TV that don't involve watching a show at the time of broadcast. They're not free, of course (except for shows streamed over the web from the major networks, but those are even worse - the ads come more frequently, and you can't skip over them). I haven't relied on live TV for decades - nowadays I have a couple of TiVos, but before that I used to timewshift using VCRs. And with the TiVos it's loss free - the recorded signal is bit-for-bit identical to the original signal when recording from a digital source (digital cable, over-the-air digital TV, or digital satellite service). Netflix offer streaming video, although not for much current stuff. But if you like to watch old TV shows it's a great adjunct to DVD rental; you don't need to decide what you want to watch a day or two in advance. And if you don't like watching on your computer there are ways to stream it to your TV - the stand-alone Roku unit, and now the Xbox. Both the PS3 and newer TiVo boxes will be getting the capability this month. And there are other providers besides Netflix, although I'm not sure how many of those will work to devices other than a computer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
