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In Reply to: RE: I hope you're wrong. posted by grantv on March 17, 2010 at 23:10:01

Sad to say..but chances are I'm right about this one. I can understand where you're coming from.
There are still people that like to drive across town to pay a bill as well.
For the younger generation this is time and money(gas) that could be spent doing other things. So for them.. going online to accomplish the same task in 30 seconds verses 30 mins is more inviting.
I stopped using disc nearly two years ago. That includes CDs,DVDs or Blu rays. The last Disc I used were Blu rays played off my BD-ROM drive.I don't have a disc player in the home, minus the ones in my computers. I only use those disc players to rip everything to hard-drive that I don't download from the net. In-fact I would say 99% of what I watch is from the Net or hard-drive. The other 1% is just OTA broadcast of local or national news.

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Here's a thought.... - grantv 07:03:54 03/18/10 (6)
Maybe it'll revert back to small mom and pop video rental stores. :) Yeah I know, never gonna happen.
For me renting from hard copy mail-in places is a definite no. I rarely have an idea when I'm going to take the time to rent/watch a movie. It just usually happens. So to plan a movie rental by having one sent to me, not gonna work.
Being forced to have a PC in my HT room... not a good thought. The future is grim perhaps for old folks like me.
I guess there's (in my case Shaw) cable providers, renting a movie through my cable box. Or is that what you mean by streaming? Yes, I'm that old. :)
As for banking, I've been doing the majority of mine online for as long as it's been available.
- RE: Here's a thought.... - Gmood1 08:48:20 03/18/10 (5)
  Here's my main HTPC/server I use to fool people with. No one knows it is a computer unless I tell them. All they see is an antique radio below my TV. lol
  
  LOL...Grant having a PC in the HT room isn't all that bad..really. You can have it set to boot directly into the media center. You have the option of using a remote similar to the one used for cable or TV. The only difference is yours isn't leased..you own it. ;-)
  Here check out this little video on an HTPC that will latch to the back of your TV. People will come over and have no idea there's a PC in the room.
  You have over the Net HD movie streaming as well. The picture quality may not beat Blu ray, but it surpasses DVDs easily.
  - Acer Aspire (Open in New Window)
  Edits: 03/18/10 03/18/10 03/18/10
  - It's too much! :) - grantv 12:31:26 03/18/10 (3)
    Media center? You mean my SS processor?
    There's nothing leased in my room. Are you referring to the cable box? Owned if so.
    Back of my TV... but I use a PJ. So when downloading I'd probably have to have a second smaller monitor.... aaaahhhh it's too much. :)
    Thanks for the link. It is interesting, but more than I'm willing to take on until/unless I'm forced to by potentially losing BB type stores (also have Rogers in Canada). Dawnrazor also spoke to me about a music server a while back. It's all interesting, but I grew up with big black discs. Maybe one day.... good chance ONE day. :)
    - RE: It's too much! :) - Gmood1 12:48:14 03/18/10 (2)
      LOL..Grant..you're hard to please :-) .
      I use a PJ as well. In fact I have a PJ and a Flat panel attached to the same HTPC.
      
      Edits: 03/18/10
      - Yes, probably so. :) - grantv 13:34:52 03/18/10 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: It's too much! :) posted by Gmood1 on March 18, 2010 at 12:48:14
        
        But it's more that I'm very content with my video system as it is, so why make changes that offer nothing "better" to my eyes. YaknowwhatImean? :)
        
        RE: Yes, probably so. :) - Gmood1 14:27:03 03/18/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Yes, probably so. :) posted by grantv on March 18, 2010 at 13:34:52
        
        It's called convenience. ;-)
  - Add one of these - Gmood1 09:37:53 03/18/10 (0)
    Ceton cable cards to your HTPC and you can stream your cable broadcast or record up to 4 channels at the same time. You can access those recorded shows from any PC on your network.You could record two shows at once and be streaming two other shows at the same time if you like to different TVs in your home. This thing does it all using the Windows Media center as the brains.
    It basically does away with your cable boxes in a nutshell. All you rent from the cable company is the cable card itself.
    - Ceton InfiniTV 4 (Open in New Window)
    Edits: 03/18/10

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