"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 13:08:13 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.

Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.

The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.

not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service

It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I was using "more that you can watch" in the sense of actually wanting to
watch it.

I happen to like all of the re-run detective/thriller/comedy series on the
many Freeview/sat channels, and now that there are about 10 of them (drama
rerun channels) there is more programming than I can keep up with, so much
so that other genre that I used to like watching, I no longer have time for.

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming service
that is of any interest to me.

Who cares if the budget for one Game of Thrones ep is 10 times that for e.g.
an ep of Bergerac (in real terms).

Give me the latter any day (though I ticked that particular re-run ages ago)

tim

In message , at 15:53:21 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 15:53:21 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad
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shown on "Spike"!

tim

In message , at 09:01:04 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

shown on "Spike"!

So you weren't interested? Doesn't have catch-up for it, either.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 09:01:04 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

shown on "Spike"!

So you weren't interested?

I recorded it when it was shown. I have yet to find time to watch it (which
just shows you how much stuff that I am interested in, is available from
broadcast TV)

And the important point here is that it did find its way to broadcast TV.

Doesn't have catch-up for it, either.

It's available via naughty download sites (which unfortunately are getting
harder to get to the content avoiding the malware, than they used to be)

tim

In message , at 11:39:24 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 09:01:04 on Tue, 4 Oct
2016, tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

shown on "Spike"!

So you weren't interested?

I recorded it when it was shown. I have yet to find time to watch it
(which just shows you how much stuff that I am interested in, is
available from broadcast TV)

And the important point here is that it did find its way to broadcast TV.

Not this Spike then:

http://www.spike.com/tv-schedule
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 11:39:24 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 09:01:04 on Tue, 4 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:

I have yet to see the details of a series exclusively on a steaming
service that is of any interest to me.

Have you seen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad

shown on "Spike"!

So you weren't interested?

I recorded it when it was shown. I have yet to find time to watch it
(which just shows you how much stuff that I am interested in, is available
from broadcast TV)

And the important point here is that it did find its way to broadcast TV.

Not this Spike then:

http://www.spike.com/tv-schedule

you are correct

not that one

tim

On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 01:21:42PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:44:19
on Mon, 3 Oct 2016, David Cantrell remarked:
If you just order stuff to be delivered I don't see the point of Prime.
Isn't it like buying your groceries online?

It's not quite the same. For my Amazon deliveries I don't really care
when they show up as long as it's sometime within the next week or two.
For my groceries I have to be at home when the delivery arrives. That's
a big difference. Luckily I know what I'm about to run out of several
days in advance, so can place an order several days in advance of
delivery, and get the most convenient delivery time.

I order a few days in advance for different reasons on Amazon and Ocado.

--
David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information

Today's previously unreported paraphilia is tomorrow's Internet sensation

On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 01:20:38PM +0100, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:08:13 on Mon, 3 Oct 2016,
tim... remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.

--
David Cantrell | Enforcer, South London Linguistic Massive

One person can change the world, but most of the time they shouldn't
-- Marge Simpson

In message , at 12:36:16
on Wed, 5 Oct 2016, David Cantrell remarked:
Prime is faster, there's also their free postage offering.
Yes, but if you don't order often the membership fee is fairly hefty.
The membership fee is worth it for the streaming TV/movie service.
not if you already have more TV that you can watch without a streaming
service
It's not the hours of programming available, but the quality.

I don't care what the quality is like if I don't have the time to watch
it, or if I have better things to do with my time.

YMMV, but I use my limited TV-watching time on good quality programming,
not bad. With the one exception that watching some "so bad they are good
again" programmes does help keep up with topical memes.
--
Roland Perry