Ann, I have time to watch about one-three hour's worth of television a week, aside from 15 minutes of news and weather while I'm cooking breakfast. TMC, TCM, Discovery, etc might be nice but paying for more than basic extended cable service (already $50/month, $600 a year) seems insane ... most of the cable channels worth watching require a digital cable interface box and can only be had with a 10-channel service pack additional, which would double the yearly cost.
At $9 to $15 per DVD, $300-600 a year is a LOT of good movies that I can buy and reuse whenever I feel like it rather than wait for when the various cable channels choose to show them and hope that I have the time at that moment to watch. And ... no commercials, no editing for television format, extra material on the higher end DVDs about the series, better quality, etc. "200 channels and nothing to watch" is a perfect description of most of what I see on television. I do go to the movie theater, primarily for good indies but also for a lot of the better big bux films. There is a huge difference in the presentation of a movie on a big screen in the theater compared to watching that same show on a television screen, though more for some than for others. I go to the theater when other people generally don't in order to avoid children and obnoxious crowds. It's expensive but worth it to me. Felipe does watch the occasional broadcast barfola from time to time, like "America's Next Top Model". Gag me. He keeps me updated on modern culture, whatever that might be. ;-) I would rather process and scan film. It's tedious but much more enjoyable. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
