XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 03/27/2018 07:49 AM, Wolf K wrote:   
   > On 2018-03-27 08:58, dadiOH wrote:   
   >> "Bod"  wrote in message   
   >> news:fhur06Fi030U1@mid.individual.net...   
   >>   
   >>>> There are many free channels, most all will pump out a deluge of   
   >>>> ads; one   
   >>>> needs a high threshold of pain to watch them..  The better channels   
   >>>> such   
   >>>> as   
   >>>> Netfliix, Amazon, et al all require a small monthy fee.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You can browse the channel store here...   
   >>>> https://channelstore.roku.com/browse   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> (Butting in, apologies)   
   >>>   
   >>> I watched some TV whilst I was in the States and I found the amount of   
   >>> adverts intolerable, especially as I mostly watch the BBC channels in   
   >>> the   
   >>> UK which are all ad free here.   
   >>> I found it so annoying that I stopped watching.   
   >>> Are all US tv channels like that?   
   >>   
   >> All the networks, over the air TV, are fueled by ads but a more tolerable   
   >> quantity.  When one receives them via a cable  type service, those   
   >> services   
   >> add even more.  IOW, all suck.   
   >   
   > Well, that's what "free TV" means. You are the product, and the   
   > advertisers pay well to get a chance at your eyeballs (and whatever   
   > brain is connected to them. ;-) ) It's even worse withe Facebook etc.   
   >   
   > BTW, we have a couple of video-rental stores in this small town. It   
   > seems there are people without cable or satellite. Assuming they indulge   
   > only at weekends, their movie bill is at most equal to a cable/satellite   
   > bill, and likely a lot less. Plus, no ads.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I've done Netflix DVDs for years. I can pick and choose, no ads, and   
   they are delivered to my mailbox. The only thing I have to do is be   
   careful about spoilers for the cable TV series since the DVDs aren't   
   released until about a year after the season ends.   
      
   I did screw up and found out how a Walking Dead cliff-hanger came out   
   but I'm sick of endless zombies and might not watch that season anyway.   
      
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