Hello Rob!

23 Oct 25 07:43, you wrote to me:

 RM> I don't have a major enough Data plan to stream TV shows so I have the
 RM> 'Basic' full package from Rogers Digital Satellite. It costs more than
 RM> I wish it did but there's not much out there cheaper.

Our AT&T Internet is slow. 12 down and 1 up MB/S. The Radio Club used to have
AT&T Internet at the house, too, but it was a 25 MB/S connection. The club has
since switched to Comcast Business which is 150 MB/S up and down. I'm preparing
to terminate AT&T's internet in favor of the Comcast feed. We have Starlink at
work as we are located outside of either's service area.

 RM> Plus my TV is so old that getting streamed content to it would
 RM> be tricky, not impossible, but not easy..

Our newer TV's are "Smart" TVs, but we still have an Amazon Firestik in the
bedroom.

 RM> I virtually never watch Live TV anymore. If it's recorded you can
 RM> jump over the commercials and watch 4 hours of TV in 3 hours.

Precisely. I had a conversation yesterday with my 83 year old dad. They refuse
to pay to watch commercials so they watch over-the-air. He doesn't understand
that you are not only paying for the content and the commercials, but mostly for
the delivery.

 RM>> a lot of mostly older movies. I actually rarely watch movies
 RM>> unless they are well known ones I've been hoping to see.

 RQ>> I like a lot of old movies, the black and white ones. Lately,
 >> I have been watching some "classic" sci-fi movies on YouTube.

 RM> I've caught a few as old as the late 1980's but I generally don't
 RM> look for anything much older than 2000. I've been getting a lot of
 RM> Sci-Fi movies that were originally at the theaters on that Starz
 RM> Network. That's been handy after I lost all my recorded movies
 RM> in the PVR Crash but I wouldn't pay extra for added channels, so
 RM> far at least.

I have also seen anything and everything Star Trek multiple times. One franchise
I have never watched is Star Wars. I was in my early teens when Star Wars first
came out.

 RQ>> Usually, if the TV is on, it's baseball.

 RM> Ironically, I get a huge number of Sports channels in my basic
 RM> package and I set it up so they don't even display on the guide.
 RM> I never got into watching sports other than the odd time during
 RM> the Olympic Games. I played a lot of sports in my youth but I
 RM> never got into watching others playing them..

As far as Major League Baseball's blackout rules, I can watch the Dodgers,
Angels and the A's, but not the Giants. I never watched much pro football and
not one game since 2020 when players began kneeling during the National Anthem.
I occasionally watch the Fresno State Bulldogs, but even that has fallen off
over the years.

 RM> This has tended to please women friends no-end over the years..  B)

My wife would probably like it better if I didn't like sports, but there are
other interests that tend to take some time as well. If my team isn't on, I make
it a point to spend mealtime with her.

73 de Ray
Visalia, CA DM06ii
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