Re: Why Buy a Converter?

On 4/27/2008 11:16 PM PT, Wes Newell typed:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:01:45 -0700, NewMan wrote:
> 
>> "Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:lIKdnZhqge8DhojVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> NewMan wrote:
>>>>> Why pay for TV?
>>>>> =======================
>>>>
>>>> Because there's lot's of good stuff on DirecTV, and NOTHING on
>>>> broadcast.
>>>
>>> There's plenty of stuff on broadcast TV.  My issue is whether it
>>> qualifies as entertainment, and for me, most of it don't.
>>>
>>> --
>>> jer
>>> email reply - I am not a 'ten'
>>
>> Other than Dr. Who on the local PBS and maybe occasionally Smallville,
>> name something.
> 
> I record about 200 shows during a 2 week period. Smallville is one. Dr. 
> Who isn't. Other than news type shows, here's a brief list of some of my

> favorites.
> 
> Survivor
> Big Brother
> All the Law and Order shows.
> House
> Bones
> Cold Case
> Without a Trace
> All the CSI shows.
> Medium
> NCIS
> Hell's Kitchen
> Shark
> American Idol
> Criminal Minds
> Boston Legal
> Supernatural
> Ghost Whisperer
> Numb3rs
> Moonlight
> Lots of prime time game shows with Duel being the best IMO.
> 
> And that's just a partial list of the 200+ shows I've got scheduled to 
> record during the next 13 days. I get about 40 channels here OTA. I only

> watch 10 of them. That's 240 hours of programming a day from which to
pick 
> from. If you can't find at least 6 hours of shows you enjoy out of
that....
> And most are in HD. Cable/sat? No thanks, don't need it.

Wow, you watch all that?
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