On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:19 AM, PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I watch sports for the most part. The only series I try not to miss is > Boston Legal. It's brilliantly written and has a stellar cast. But I believe > this will be its last season. So I may watch only sports:-).
Its the original (Las Vegas) CSI we tend not to miss. Dave > Paul > On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> >> On Nov 26, 2008, at 7:45 PM, John Francis wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> This presumes that you a) want to watch television, b) feel there's enough >> value there to pay for the equipment, and c) are willing to invest the time >> to use it. >> >> It starts falling apart for me at "a)". There's only a very few shows that >> I have any interest in (and *none* of them are sitcoms or so-called reality >> shows). >> >> Godfrey >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
