I'm going to strongly recommend AGAINST the DishPVR.
I had a TiVo (Series 1 w/30GB) Until I got DishNetwork. At that point, I got the DishPVR 501 and sold my TiVo to my sister.
Big mistake. The DishPVR doesn't have Season Passes. It doesn't automatically adjust recording times if a show is delayed 30 mins. It's a much klunkier interface than TiVo.
I consider the DishPVR a (small) step up from a VCR. The Program Guide integration is the only thing it has going for it.
As soon as my DishNetwork contract is up I'm dropping it and going with DirecTV with a DirecTiVo.
Then I think that I should be allowed to edit your posts prior to them appearing on Slashdot. I can take out anything I find offensive and then put the messages back together in such a way that it changes the entire tone and meaning of them. But I'll need your user ID so that people think that you wrote the edited version.
This analogy doesn't quite work. If Clean Flicks was somehow obtaining the movie before publication, editing it, and then distributing the edited version to theatres, blockbuster, etc., so that only the edited version were available, that would quite definately be wrong.
They're not doing this. They are only providing an alternative version for those who do not wish to watch movies with extensive profanity, violence, and/or sexual content.
Does removing these things detract from the story? Very possibly, in many cases.
Does removing these things conflict with the director's/producer's vision or expression? Undoubtedly.
But it does this for one copy of a movie, to be viewed by one person or group of people. The majority of movie watchers will still be able to choose to watch the unadulterated movie. This just gives an alternative to the few who, for various reasons, don't want to view certain types of entertainment.
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I'm going to strongly recommend AGAINST the DishPVR.
I had a TiVo (Series 1 w/30GB) Until I got DishNetwork. At that point, I got the DishPVR 501 and sold my TiVo to my sister.
Big mistake. The DishPVR doesn't have Season Passes. It doesn't automatically adjust recording times if a show is delayed 30 mins. It's a much klunkier interface than TiVo.
I consider the DishPVR a (small) step up from a VCR. The Program Guide integration is the only thing it has going for it.
As soon as my DishNetwork contract is up I'm dropping it and going with DirecTV with a DirecTiVo.
This analogy doesn't quite work. If Clean Flicks was somehow obtaining the movie before publication, editing it, and then distributing the edited version to theatres, blockbuster, etc., so that only the edited version were available, that would quite definately be wrong.
They're not doing this. They are only providing an alternative version for those who do not wish to watch movies with extensive profanity, violence, and/or sexual content.
Does removing these things detract from the story? Very possibly, in many cases.
Does removing these things conflict with the director's/producer's vision or expression? Undoubtedly.
But it does this for one copy of a movie, to be viewed by one person or group of people. The majority of movie watchers will still be able to choose to watch the unadulterated movie. This just gives an alternative to the few who, for various reasons, don't want to view certain types of entertainment.