Re: electrical deaths

On 12/1/2024 6:49 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2024-11-30 23:28, Don Y wrote:

On 11/30/2024 2:11 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

 

I get somewhere around the same 60 to 70 channels on my tv with the
outside antenna. Have to devide that by 3 or 4 as each station has that
many sub channels.

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Yes.  Not to mention the channels that seem to actually be clones of
each other:  "Wait, wasn't this show on that OTHER station just two
seconds ago as I channel surfed past it?"

 On fibre TV, on the other hand (we did not have cable TV till nearly year 2000, and when we did it was a different system), we have a new nuisance. To watch this or that serial that you possibly want, you have to subscribe to a new offering. Say Disney, Showtime, Skysomething, etc. You have to be rich to be able to choose the program of the moment.

I don't believe in paying for "broadcast" TV -- even if it is over a
constrained medium (e.g., "Cable").
What little we watch (now), we do with a DVR so we can time shift as well
as skip through the commercials.  SWMBO has fallen in love with it as
it trims 30% off of her viewing time!
Most of our "viewing" is in the form of movies.  Our local library is
pretty good at keeping current with titles -- though you may have to
wait for the title you want.  We typically have 10 titles out at a
time to cut down on our trips to the library.  You can each it for
4 weeks, then renew for 3 weeks -- up to 4 times -- then be a month
late returning it without a fine.  Far too permissive, IMO, but it
seems to work reasonably well.  (and, they did away with fines,
recently, so what incentive to return titles??)