"- Watch PBS. No ads, no pay (but you should donate money.)"
There are ads on PBS as it happens. Not during the the shows, but between them. I don't watch those either. And I rilly hate the fundraising.
"- Get HBO. A few decent shows (but you have to pay.)"
It's not an option in my area. But you're right, cable has some stuff to offer.
"- Rent DVDs. Some good movies out there (but you have to pay.)"
The audio sucks if you don't have a 5.1 decoder. I don't know why they don't make the same 2-trk stereo mix available that's on the VHS hi-fi tracks.
"- Watch the networks. Once in a while something amusing is on (but you should watch the ads.)"
You're not altogether wrong. Some of the ads are better than the shows (VW, Coke); what I'd like is a button that skips the ads I've seen already in the last 48 hours or so.
Hell, if you've got a fast computer with a tuner card and a big hard drive, you can probably write a shell script that does what PVRs do. Time-Warner can go to hell. Remember when PGP was "illegal" to use?
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If GPS from a satellite in geo-whatchamacallit orbit can be jammed, then presumably the same jammer can be tuned to jam satellite tv signals too.
The Flash doesn't seem to work properly either.
This is such a Waste of Time & Talent -- why do we need a Flash-based search engine?
It's about the content, not the style, les gars.
Back to the Google board.
There are ads on PBS as it happens.
Not during the the shows, but between them.
I don't watch those either.
And I rilly hate the fundraising.
"- Get HBO. A few decent shows (but you have to pay.)"
It's not an option in my area. But you're right, cable has some stuff to offer.
"- Rent DVDs. Some good movies out there (but you have to pay.)"
The audio sucks if you don't have a 5.1 decoder. I don't know why they don't
make the same 2-trk stereo mix available that's on the VHS hi-fi tracks.
"- Watch the networks. Once in a while something amusing is on (but you should watch the ads.)"
You're not altogether wrong. Some of the ads are better than the shows (VW, Coke);
what I'd like is a button that skips the ads I've seen already in the last 48 hours or so.
Hell, if you've got a fast computer with a tuner card and a big hard drive,
you can probably write a shell script that does what PVRs do. Time-Warner can go to hell.
Remember when PGP was "illegal" to use?