Sounds like this group needs a betamax exchange program. (I.e. Shared Plex server, lol)
On Sat., Aug. 1, 2020, 6:48 p.m. Joe Hass, <[email protected]> wrote: > Just do a box-set a weekend. Start it, set your timer to remind you to > check on it in 30 minutes, go do something else. You'd be surprised how you > can get through them. > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 5:27 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From what I can gather it's simply money. Most of the streaming services >> disproportionately target young audiences - so you find few shows made >> before 2000 on them. That may be slightly different with something like CBS >> All Access or Peacock which are owned by networks and may have their own >> wares to throw on at little cost. But even then, there may be residuals >> due. And of course just because a show aired on NBC doesn't mean they own >> it. Why nobody has Homicide: Life on the Streets available, I don't know. >> >> I think it's simply a choice they make. And older stuff tends to get >> missed out. It does frustrate me that many people will only watch a movie >> if it's on Netflix or Amazon. Most films aren't on those channels or their >> ilk. Indeed, amazingly, many films aren't even on the rental sites like >> Apple or Google Play. >> >> Personally I would be utterly lost without discs. I *still* buy them >> because the picture quality is better (all the streamers crush the picture >> compared to say Blu Ray), there are extras that you rarely find on >> streaming, and most importantly, I know I'll have access to them this time >> next week or next year. Stuff comes and goes, and I'm not playing that >> game. So yes, I have the Homicide boxset - the US version that looks like a >> filing cabinet! >> >> I'd love to rip my DVD/BR collection, but that feels like a very long >> term project from where I'm sitting - short of getting a bank of computers >> and fast DVD drives! >> >> >> Adam >> >> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 9:53 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Rockford and Gunsmoke (selected episodes at least) are available to >>> stream on Peacock and CBS Access, respectively). >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 1:48 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Some of those older shows hold up well. "The Rockford Files" is still >>>> good. I'm not elevating "Gunsmoke" to literature, but the plots were >>>> sometimes nuanced. I couldn't watch the first 10 minutes of the show and >>>> tell you exactly how it was going to go. 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