Television sets are good for watching indy films and foreign films on video and DVD. Thus a television set can be a good thing. Mine was bought from a Chilean grad student returning home with his hand-built entertainment cart for about $30. The only downside is the DVD-VCR was probably reconditioned in a maquiladora. But then some Mexicans like the changes maquiladoras bring to their towns.
All in all a good bargain. BTW: no cable or commercial television enters this thing. Only videos and DVDs. And cat paws. Meow.
All in all a good bargain. BTW: no cable or commercial television enters this thing. Only videos and DVDs. And cat paws. Meow.
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Re: TVS can be good for you
Fri, April 18, 2008 - 4:43 AMI used to rent movies and watch them at home fairly often. Somewhere along the line I fell out of the habit. I also find I enjoy the experience of going out to a movie theater (independent, preferably) to see films -- it's part of the whole experience.
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Re: TVS can be good for you
Mon, April 21, 2008 - 8:05 AMALL TV sucks. All of it. Worthless.
Netflix is the only thing that actually makes the TV appliance useful.
Watching movies on your television does not mean you're watching television. It means you're watching movies. -
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Re: TVS can be good for you
Tue, April 22, 2008 - 3:45 PMTruly. I watch movies on my laptop. That way, one appliance for everything. Its my TV for movie watching, (with its sexy new hi-def screen), my connection to the world, my tool for work, and my sound system when I feel like music.
When my parents came to visit (they are totally computer ignorant, they don't even know how to turn one on and get on the internet), my mom thought I must be pretty bored with out a TV or a stereo. I laughed and said, see that black flat piece of plastic? That's all three appliances in one. That justifies the expense and the energy. I don't have all these other boxes sucking electricity all the time with their little LED lights and adding to global warming.
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