Most of these are, of course, available on the vintage TV channels like Me TV and Decades, but I understand the difference between that and streaming--and, of course, the broadcast outlets have their own issues (more time needed for commercials, refusal to adhere to proper aspect ratios [I had to stop watching "Bret Maverick" because of that]). The one that galls me is "Homicide," which (despite airing somewhere a few years ago--and more recently, in Spanish) apparently has so many competing rights holders that DVD is the only way to see it currently.
--Dave Sikula On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 1:31:40 PM UTC-7, PGage wrote: > > It might seem like you can stream almost any old TV show, but there > actually are a lot that are not available, even when they are available on > DVD. Does anyone here know why that is? > > I can stream Mission Impossible and Perry Mason, and of course Twilight > Zone, but not Mannix or Barnaby Jones or Cannon, nor The Fugitive or, one > of my favorite shows from back in the day, Harry O. > > I’m contemplating getting some of these on DVD (I have not purchased TV > DVDs since I made the decision to spend my TV money on streaming rather > than disks back when Netflix first started charging separately to stream), > but don’t want to do that if something is likely to change relatively soon. > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5156df5e-e68a-4273-930d-8bf0920686cfo%40googlegroups.com.
