Oh good! So you have MTV now? You can watch advert after advert and programmes about rich sixteen year olds throwing parties for their equally rich, caked in make up, friends.
A lot of Aussies don't have cable, mainly because our free-to-air TV stations are pretty good. We only just got cable at our place last September and there is so much CRAP on there which is not worth watching.
Same here. I've never had cable or satellite ... we have loads of free to air (although we do have the licence fee for the BBC) channels so don't see the point.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
i had cable back when MTV actually played music, and the movies ran without adverts. then awhile back i learnt the error of my ways(and got thoroughly bored with '57 channels and nothing on' and now i dont even hardly ever watch tv anyway. dexter, spicks and specks, NCIS and im done.
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Same here. I've never had cable or satellite ... we have loads of free to air (although we do have the licence fee for the BBC) channels so don't see the point.
Not only that one of the free TV channels here has the some of the same shows as the cable channels, which really annoys me. I thought cable TV was supposed to be exclusive.
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Same here. I've never had cable or satellite ... we have loads of free to air (although we do have the licence fee for the BBC) channels so don't see the point.
yeah... you know that line in their national anthem
"in the laaaaaaand of the freeeeeee"
nothings free in America... healthcare, taxes, taxis, cable tv, education, drugs, all you can eat buffets, disneyland... you pay for everything...
"in the laaaaaaand of the payforfuckingeverything"
if you say it fast enough it fits in
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
yeah... you know that line in their national anthem
"in the laaaaaaand of the freeeeeee"
nothings free in America... healthcare, taxes, taxis, cable tv, education, drugs, all you can eat buffets, disneyland... you pay for everything...
"in the laaaaaaand of the payforfuckingeverything"
if you say it fast enough it fits in
you pay for it all too....just yours is taken from your taxes, not of your choosing. not saying our system is 'better'...not at all....just a little clarity b/c there ARE many americans who prefer the CHOICE. who will provide what services, what costs, etc....and not the government. and that's what MANY consider 'being free' living here. just sayin'. i am sure know1 and farfromglorified for starters
you really should actually VISIT one day dunk, might do ya some good.
however, do not want to derail the cable thread. so yes, we'll see what it's all about today, haha......
btw - our education, K-12 anyway...is 'free'...just like your 'free'...from our taxes, unless we want to send our kids elsewhere....then it still is out of your taxes, + whatever you spend. or like me, childless....but i pay to send others' kids to school too. i am cool with it overall, but i digress.....
200+ channels....and i'll probably watch 5 at most.
you pay for it all too....just yours is taken from your taxes, not of your choosing. not saying our system is 'better'...not at all....just a little clarity b/c there ARE many americans who prefer the CHOICE. who will provide what services, what costs, etc....and not the government. and that's what MANY consider 'being free' living here. just sayin'. i am sure know1 and farfromglorified for starters
Just to clarify your clarification it doesn't get taken from us in taxes.
Not saying one system is better than the other. If you choose to have a tv you pay a yearly fee (about $250 for most people ... less if your blind and it's free for those above a certain age) .. and for this you get several (I think about 7 TV channels plus extra channels with say at the Olympics showing other sports and the playback service on the internet if you miss a programme and gazillions of radio channels) with NO commercials. So our subscribtion fee means they don't have to get any other revenue through advertisements
Does mean that a one hour real time episode of 24 takes forty minutes though
... and also from going to high school in both UK and the US what comes as part of the 'free' education is different as well ... but that's for another discussion
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
Just to clarify your clarification it doesn't get taken from us in taxes.
Not saying one system is better than the other. If you choose to have a tv you pay a yearly fee (about $250 for most people ... less if your blind and it's free for those above a certain age) .. and for this you get several (I think about 7 TV channels plus extra channels with say at the Olympics showing other sports and the playback service on the internet if you miss a programme and gazillions of radio channels) with NO commercials. So our subscribtion fee means they don't have to get any other revenue through advertisements
Does mean that a one hour real time episode of 24 takes forty minutes though
WHAT??!! you have to pay a fee for the privilege of watching crap television?
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WHAT??!! you have to pay a fee for the privilege of watching crap television?
No we pay a fee for the BBC (tv, internet and radio) ... so mostly good television eg Planet Earth ... but our payment means they don't have to get outside revenue through advertising so no adverts on either the TV or the radio ... definitely worth it to me
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
you pay for it all too....just yours is taken from your taxes, not of your choosing. not saying our system is 'better'...not at all....just a little clarity b/c there ARE many americans who prefer the CHOICE. who will provide what services, what costs, etc....and not the government. and that's what MANY consider 'being free' living here. just sayin'. i am sure know1 and farfromglorified for starters
btw - our education, K-12 anyway...is 'free'...just like your 'free'...from our taxes, unless we want to send our kids elsewhere....then it still is out of your taxes, + whatever you spend. or like me, childless....but i pay to send others' kids to school too. i am cool with it overall, but i digress.....
your higher education isn't free... and evidently they never teach the meaning of a 'joke'
if i left school at 16 and never once had a job therefore paying NO taxes... i'd still get 'free' healthcare, free education for my kids, free tv, etc. but 'in the laaaaaannnnd of the freeeeeee' ... i'd be living in a cardboard box dying of some treatable illness.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
No we pay a fee for the BBC (tv, internet and radio) ... so mostly good television eg Planet Earth ... but our payment means they don't have to get outside revenue through advertising so no adverts on either the TV or the radio ... definitely worth it to me
hmm well... our equivalent, known as the ABC is free. there are no adverts on either the tv or the associated radio stations. in fact the youth station tripleJ is the best radio station in the country. cant imagine aussies ever paying a fee for 'free to air' television.
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hmm well... our equivalent, known as the ABC is free. there are no adverts on either the tv or the associated radio stations. in fact the youth station tripleJ is the best radio station in the country. cant imagine aussies ever paying a fee for 'free to air' television.
well in that case I guess dreamin was right yours is funded by taxes
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
your higher education isn't free... and evidently they never teach the meaning of a 'joke'
if i left school at 16 and never once had a job therefore paying NO taxes... i'd still get 'free' healthcare, free education for my kids, free tv, etc. but 'in the laaaaaannnnd of the freeeeeee' ... i'd be living in a cardboard box dying of some treatable illness.
and apparently you weren't taught to read for content.
thus why i specified our education K-12...is free. yes, we pay for higher education. but face it, nothing is FREE. you either pay out in taxes, or you pay out of pocket. sure....while you don't work it's completely 'free'...but that's b/c someone else's taxes are covering your arse. same here really, we do have medicare and the like for the destitute.
anyhoo...i just know how you so enjoy belittling a place you've never even visited...even in jest ...so i was merely clarifying. i like where i live. it's far from perfect...but i am happy. you like where you live. it's all good. i just don't find the constant need/desire to insult, oh i mean *joke*..other places. c'est la vie! this thread is about cable TV!
and chime, i DO remember that about the UK, the yearly fee for a TV. like many things from ANy country and living/visiting elsewhere, many ideas and practices do indeed seem 'foreign.'
as of right now, ANYone with a TV, and there is no annual fee to have one.....if you have an arial on your roof(an antenna)...you have free access to about 7 channels....no cost. just like radio is free in that sense, but there is also pay satellite radio. one does NOT HAVE to get cable tv, it's a choice.
mr. dream mostly wants it for the hi-def TV to utilize our new TV/system to the fullest. access to more movies, shows, etc.....all good too i guess.
We still don't have cable but some how get a few channels for free ..congrats..
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very nice! there are some good shows out there, especially on PBS i live next to a hill so without cable i would only get 1 fuzzy channel, so i'm left with no choice. i wish i could pro-rate it somehow, i only watch maybe 4-5 channels with a show or two on each
i know i will!
i have heard about many shows over the years that sound of interest...but you can't miss what you never had. i'll enjoy discovering many of em....
very nice! there are some good shows out there, especially on PBS i live next to a hill so without cable i would only get 1 fuzzy channel, so i'm left with no choice. i wish i could pro-rate it somehow, i only watch maybe 4-5 channels with a show or two on each
hahaha. agreed. that's what i said, wtf am i going to do with 200+ channels? hubby will probably utilize it more, but even so. as i said tho, it's only an additional $25 a month more than our phone/internet package now...so seemed worth it to finally go for the plunge. hubby is salivating at the thought of hi-def TV all the time.
hahaha. agreed. that's what i said, wtf am i going to do with 200+ channels? hubby will probably utilize it more, but even so. as i said tho, it's only an additional $25 a month more than our phone/internet package now...so seemed worth it to finally go for the plunge. hubby is salivating at the thought of hi-def TV all the time.
yeah there are channels i've never even watched, it'd be awesome to just pick and choose!
i'll eventually get a new tv and go the hi-def route, for now i'm holding with the tv i got. hi-def is amazing though, my friends got it and it looks beautiful.
rent 'planet earth' and watch it hi-def....WOW!! :eek:
yeah there are channels i've never even watched, it'd be awesome to just pick and choose!
i'll eventually get a new tv and go the hi-def route, for now i'm holding with the tv i got. hi-def is amazing though, my friends got it and it looks beautiful.
rent 'planet earth' and watch it hi-def....WOW!! :eek:
we have a plethora of DVD that i am SURE will look amazing in hi-def! i'll mkae note of that one for sure though. yea, we had our last TV for 12 years i think, close to it...got it around the time we moved in the house. hubby has been clamoring for a flat-screen, etc...for a long while. got a great deal, so went with it. got a 52" flat screen, upgraded our enitre surround system...so this is the final touch i guess. all the DVDs already look fantastic, so the added clarity of hi-def i am sure will be :eek:...WOW! it should be all hooked up by now...hubby called earlier while the installers were at home.
yeah there are channels i've never even watched, it'd be awesome to just pick and choose!
i'll eventually get a new tv and go the hi-def route, for now i'm holding with the tv i got. hi-def is amazing though, my friends got it and it looks beautiful.
rent 'planet earth' and watch it hi-def....WOW!! :eek:
That Planet Earth dvd is fuckin' awesome!
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You should start a journal/blog of your "new world" into 200 channels. I would love to hear about how someone who just got cable experiences the magic that is 200+ channels of nothing on.
we have a plethora of DVD that i am SURE will look amazing in hi-def! i'll mkae note of that one for sure though. yea, we had our last TV for 12 years i think, close to it...got it around the time we moved in the house. hubby has been clamoring for a flat-screen, etc...for a long while. got a great deal, so went with it. got a 52" flat screen, upgraded our enitre surround system...so this is the final touch i guess. all the DVDs already look fantastic, so the added clarity of hi-def i am sure will be :eek:...WOW! it should be all hooked up by now...hubby called earlier while the installers were at home.
52"???? gosh!
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You should start a journal/blog of your "new world" into 200 channels. I would love to hear about how someone who just got cable experiences the magic that is 200+ channels of nothing on.
hahahaha...i am far, far, faaarrrr too lazy for such things. i will be too busy watching my 200+ channels to do so. if i had that kind of initiative..i would've written a dissertation on board dynamics already. i think that would be FAR more interesting.
and there always is DVD.
:cool:
yes cats....52"....it is beeeaaaauuuuutttiiiiiiFULL!!!
hubby and i are huge film aficionados*. our previous TV was 35". this being flatscreen actually takes up FAR less space and we love it. our LR isn't huge...but it's not tiny....it's about 15X18 if i remember correctly. it really suits the space well...and our viewing habits.
*edited for proper spelling thanks to dunk and his infinite wisdom.
we have a plethora of DVD that i am SURE will look amazing in hi-def! i'll mkae note of that one for sure though. yea, we had our last TV for 12 years i think, close to it...got it around the time we moved in the house. hubby has been clamoring for a flat-screen, etc...for a long while. got a great deal, so went with it. got a 52" flat screen, upgraded our enitre surround system...so this is the final touch i guess. all the DVDs already look fantastic, so the added clarity of hi-def i am sure will be :eek:...WOW! it should be all hooked up by now...hubby called earlier while the installers were at home.
yeah especially if you guys dig the nature shows, it's a must! also if you like the LOTR trilogy, that looks freaking CRAZY on hi-def on a big screen, yum!
yeah especially if you guys dig the nature shows, it's a must! also if you like the LOTR trilogy, that looks freaking CRAZY on hi-def on a big screen, yum!
enjoy the exploration!
yes...both LOVE em....and yes, LOTR is good, but we're more matrix types. i am SURE that'll get another spin once the hig-def is kickin'. :cool:
p.s. not trying to trip you up... just never heard of it in this way... ergo it must be wrong
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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Same here. I've never had cable or satellite ... we have loads of free to air (although we do have the licence fee for the BBC) channels so don't see the point.
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Not only that one of the free TV channels here has the some of the same shows as the cable channels, which really annoys me. I thought cable TV was supposed to be exclusive.
yeah... you know that line in their national anthem
"in the laaaaaaand of the freeeeeee"
nothings free in America... healthcare, taxes, taxis, cable tv, education, drugs, all you can eat buffets, disneyland... you pay for everything...
"in the laaaaaaand of the payforfuckingeverything"
if you say it fast enough it fits in
you pay for it all too....just yours is taken from your taxes, not of your choosing. not saying our system is 'better'...not at all....just a little clarity b/c there ARE many americans who prefer the CHOICE. who will provide what services, what costs, etc....and not the government. and that's what MANY consider 'being free' living here. just sayin'. i am sure know1 and farfromglorified for starters
you really should actually VISIT one day dunk, might do ya some good.
however, do not want to derail the cable thread.
btw - our education, K-12 anyway...is 'free'...just like your 'free'...from our taxes, unless we want to send our kids elsewhere....then it still is out of your taxes, + whatever you spend. or like me, childless....but i pay to send others' kids to school too. i am cool with it overall, but i digress.....
200+ channels....and i'll probably watch 5 at most.
Let's just breathe...
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all my avs games are on fbasic tv thank god
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Just to clarify your clarification
Not saying one system is better than the other. If you choose to have a tv you pay a yearly fee (about $250 for most people ... less if your blind and it's free for those above a certain age) .. and for this you get several (I think about 7 TV channels plus extra channels with say at the Olympics showing other sports and the playback service on the internet if you miss a programme and gazillions of radio channels) with NO commercials. So our subscribtion fee means they don't have to get any other revenue through advertisements
Does mean that a one hour real time episode of 24 takes forty minutes though
... and also from going to high school in both UK and the US what comes as part of the 'free' education is different as well ... but that's for another discussion
WHAT??!! you have to pay a fee for the privilege of watching crap television?
take a good look
this could be the day
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lie beside me
i just need to say
No we pay a fee for the BBC
your higher education isn't free... and evidently they never teach the meaning of a 'joke'
if i left school at 16 and never once had a job therefore paying NO taxes... i'd still get 'free' healthcare, free education for my kids, free tv, etc. but 'in the laaaaaannnnd of the freeeeeee' ... i'd be living in a cardboard box dying of some treatable illness.
hmm well... our equivalent, known as the ABC is free. there are no adverts on either the tv or the associated radio stations. in fact the youth station tripleJ is the best radio station in the country. cant imagine aussies ever paying a fee for 'free to air' television.
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well in that case I guess dreamin was right yours is funded by taxes
i believe the term is government funded.
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passion cove!!!
and apparently you weren't taught to read for content.
thus why i specified our education K-12...is free. yes, we pay for higher education. but face it, nothing is FREE. you either pay out in taxes, or you pay out of pocket. sure....while you don't work it's completely 'free'...but that's b/c someone else's taxes are covering your arse. same here really, we do have medicare and the like for the destitute.
anyhoo...i just know how you so enjoy belittling a place you've never even visited...even in jest
and chime, i DO remember that about the UK, the yearly fee for a TV. like many things from ANy country and living/visiting elsewhere, many ideas and practices do indeed seem 'foreign.'
as of right now, ANYone with a TV, and there is no annual fee to have one.....if you have an arial on your roof(an antenna)...you have free access to about 7 channels....no cost. just like radio is free in that sense, but there is also pay satellite radio. one does NOT HAVE to get cable tv, it's a choice.
mr. dream mostly wants it for the hi-def TV to utilize our new TV/system to the fullest. access to more movies, shows, etc.....all good too i guess.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
I would think you might like HGTV!
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i have heard about many shows over the years that sound of interest...but you can't miss what you never had.
hahaha. agreed. that's what i said, wtf am i going to do with 200+ channels?
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
i'll eventually get a new tv and go the hi-def route, for now i'm holding with the tv i got. hi-def is amazing though, my friends got it and it looks beautiful.
rent 'planet earth' and watch it hi-def....WOW!! :eek:
we have a plethora of DVD that i am SURE will look amazing in hi-def! i'll mkae note of that one for sure though. yea, we had our last TV for 12 years i think, close to it...got it around the time we moved in the house. hubby has been clamoring for a flat-screen, etc...for a long while. got a great deal, so went with it. got a 52" flat screen, upgraded our enitre surround system...so this is the final touch i guess.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
That Planet Earth dvd is fuckin' awesome!
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hahahaha...i am far, far, faaarrrr too lazy for such things.
and there always is DVD.
:cool:
yes cats....52"....it is beeeaaaauuuuutttiiiiiiFULL!!!
hubby and i are huge film aficionados*. our previous TV was 35". this being flatscreen actually takes up FAR less space and we love it. our LR isn't huge...but it's not tiny....it's about 15X18 if i remember correctly. it really suits the space well...and our viewing habits.
*edited for proper spelling thanks to dunk and his infinite wisdom.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
enjoy the exploration!
yes...both LOVE em....and yes, LOTR is good, but we're more matrix types. i am SURE that'll get another spin once the hig-def is kickin'. :cool:
exploration is fun!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
aficionados?
is affectionados a word?
p.s. not trying to trip you up... just never heard of it in this way... ergo it must be wrong