Re: How Soon Before Everything Worth Watching is On A DVD

Lincoln Spector wrote on [Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:42:38 GMT]:
>>
>> And when that day does come what will the impact be on things like
>> Cable/Dish TV,Movie Plexes (and so on) when the home viewer can one
>> day sooner or later have the ability to sit in his/hers own living
>> room and watch a commercial free digital quality movie/tv show on a
>> 200 inch plasma screen with stereo sound day or night (and with a
>> pause button to boot)?
> I watch a lot of stuff on satellite that's available on DVD. Recording it on
> my Tivo is easier and cheaper than renting it (to say nothing of buying it)
> at the local store.

You don't have to purchase or rent from a local store, plus you don't
get all the neat extras from a "broadcast" version, it may not be in
OAR, you have to wait for it to come on.