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   Les Albert to Questor   
   Re: Welcome to our streaming future   
   14 Jul 21 16:30:40   
   
   From: lalbert1@aol.com   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:28:41 GMT, usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:   
   >On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:54:47 -0800, Les Albert  wrote:   
      
   >>Our TV setup is uncomplicated.  The only thing we watch on the network   
   >>station(s) is the local news.  Comcast cable provides us with   
   >>additional news programs on PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NHKTV (Japan).  In   
   >>addition to being news junkies we also watch TCM on cable.   
      
   >Of all the cable channels, I have perhaps come to appreciate TCM the most.   
   >It's not that I'm always watching -- far from it.  But I always scan the   
   >listings to see what's on, because they occasionally offer some obscure,   
   >interesting material.  Movies like Zabriskie Point, for example, or the   
   >travelogue shorts on Saturday morning.   
   > ...   
      
      
   You should look into Kanopy for movies.  It is a free streaming   
   service of local libraries, and only requires a library card to   
   register for the service.  They have a movie collection (30,000 films)   
   that I consider better then Netflix.  You can learn about it at   
   https://clark.com/streaming-tv/kanopy-review-library-card-free-streaming/   
      
   Les   
      
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