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hmmm, I thought I had commented on this yesterday, but it might have been when the mods decided to move your thread. Anyhow, again, for me the word surprised doesn't really fit. I am pleased to be able to stream and watch early seasons of shows like Dexter, Dead Like Me and 30 Rock, all of which I somehow missed for one reason or another....
The movie selection seems to be improving steadily, but it is a great way to watch some older fare as well. I suppose the one film that I have seen on there that surprised me was
Bad Day At Black Rock, one of my favorites...
I love Netflix, but apparently
not everyone does. Seems like a pretty weak argument....
It takes 52 pounds of pressure to rupture an eyeball...
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I'm a member of Netflix, but don't stream their movies. I bought my surround system because I like surround sound, and the streaming isn't in surround. Pro Logic is ok for tv shows, but not for movies..............
Samsung HL61A750 (LED DLP) Onkyo TX-SR805
Oppo BDP-83 Blu ray Polk Audio LSi9
Polk Audio LSiC Sony SS-MB100H
JBL PSW1200 (Sub) ...
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Ed, I hear you, but for some movies surround doesn't make or break it for me. Especially if your system has reasonable DSP capabilites. I have a Denon receiver that does a fair job with psuedo surround modes, which I am sure your Onkyo does as well.
It takes 52 pounds of pressure to rupture an eyeball...
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I was shocked at how good the surround was in Planet Terror. Don't knock it till you try it!
We are in the top half of the first inning of downloadable movies. It only gets better from here. I used to consider myself a collector only. Now I have come to the fiscal realization that I don't need to spend to own everything I watch, there are only a small subset of my DVD/Blu collection i will ever watch more than once and an embarrassing number that I will never even open. Honestly, for me that's just stupid, even at closeout prices. And I also realize that I don't have the space to store the thousands of movies I once envisioned collecting nor the tenacity to catalog them effectively. There is something freeing about having thousands of songs in the palm of your hand and I imagine it will be even cooler to do so with videos. Plus, the DVD experience of filling EVERY disk, no matter how bad or banal, with endless extra content has left me exhausted. The list of films I will willfully watch the extras on is even smaller than the list of those I will watch twice. I simply don't have the time or interest any more.
"Here we are now, entertain us" indeed!
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Also, I wish this were more up to date:
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