Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >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. > Mine costs $90 including high speed internet, digital stuff, etc -- it would cost more but I have a package that doesnt include espn or bravo.
>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. > Expensive is key word -- even senior it is $7.00 or $7.50 in NY... then you watch 20 minutes of promos that are so loud that I have to stand outside the door to the theatre until they are over... and...well, there is this other problem I have that makes it at the very least distracting to sit through an entire movie -- at home I can get up every 30 minutes without missing anything. > >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 > > > I can't do much of any one thing for very long - even working on photos.... I really do think I may have ADHD. ann > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
