Re: Why Buy a Converter?

On Apr 28, 1:16=A0am, Wes Newell <w.new...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:01:45 -0700, NewMan wrote:
> > "Jer" <gd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >news:lIKdnZhqge8DhojVnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> NewMan wrote:
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> >>>> Why pay for TV?
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> >>> Because there's lot's of good stuff on DirecTV, and NOTHING on
> >>> broadcast.
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> >> There's plenty of stuff on broadcast TV. =A0My issue is whether it
> >> qualifies as entertainment, and for me, most of it don't.
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> >> --
> >> 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
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> from. If you can't find at least 6 hours of shows you enjoy out of
that...=
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> And most are in HD. Cable/sat? No thanks, don't need it.
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And just to show the point, I watch only OTA, but my list only
contains one show that is the same as Wes' list:  (You'll notice I'm
catching up on some things I missed when I was young.)

Lost
Heroes
Boston Legal
Born and Bred
Mystery
Nature
Soundstage
Antiques Roadshow
Red Green Show
Twilight Zone
Alfred Hitchcock
Smart Travels
Cubs Baseball Games
White Sox Baseball Games
Bears Football Games
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Distant Shores
Ballykissangel
Cadfael
Masterpiece Theater