Subj : Re: Hola
To   : The Godfather
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 28 2023 09:51 am

  Re: Re: Hola
  By: The Godfather to Nightfox on Fri Apr 28 2023 10:28 am

 TG> Funny you bring that up. About 15 years ago I bought the new Spiderman (at
 TG> the time .. whichever it was) and when it arrived it was a bootleg from
 TG> China. It was a horribly printed (think ink jet lines) cover, and the text
 TG> on the back kept referencing Tom Cruise as being the guy who was Parker. I
 TG> think We still have the cover somewhere just for the laugh.

Yeah, some of those bootleg covers are funny.

 Ni>> that are ripped straight from the disc and not compressed so that
 Ni>> you'd get the full audio and video quality (if you can find those).

 TG> Wow, that sounds like that would be an rather large file size to be
 TG> downloading. I guess for those that do, good thing for kill switches. That
 TG> is the problem I have with buying content on the clouds, other then cost
 TG> of service, is the compressed audio. I have a rather nice Klipsch
 TG> reference audio system and an hear the difference between the original and
 TG> streamed content. 

Yeah, they can be large.  And I don't really have a high-end audio system, so I probably won't notice the difference in audio quality, but I still feel like if I'm going to pay money for something, I don't want to be too compressed. I  think they charge about the same for a movie on a streaming service as they do for a blu-ray or DVD version.

 TG> Yes, we have Amazon Prime and Netflix. We buy enough on Amazon, save
 TG> enough in shipping, to cover the costs. Netflix I haven't watched since
 TG> the release of Cobra Ki season 4. But my kiddos watch it constantly. We no
 TG> longer have DirecTV/YouTube TV/Sling, etc.. We just use antenna for local
 TG> news and whatever crime shows my wife likes to watch. I'd rather watch a
 TG> movie without commercials tbh.

Yeah, I just have Amazon Prime, but similarly, I buy enough from Amazon that I think it's worth it.  I haven't watched anything on Amazon's streaming service in quite a while though.  Years ago, I was watching a TV show that was included with Amazon Prime, and then suddenly they started charging extra if you wanted to watch it..  Thus some of my frustrations with streaming services - They switch things around with how they charge for content, and also remove content often enough that sometimes it makes me not want to bother.

I also use an antenna for some over-the-air TV content (news and some TV shows). I don't like watching movies with commercials either, but for TV shows, that are available over the air, I figure it's good to be able to watch them that way rather than pay a subscription to watch them.

Nightfox
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