Author Topic: Must See TV Thread (2009-2011) (Read 116384 times)

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #1400 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:23:44 pm »

The Office is absolutely fantastic this episode.

UMDNats · « **Reply #1401 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:33:13 pm »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 17, 2011, 09:23:44 pm

The Office is absolutely fantastic this episode.

That episode was hysterical.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #1402 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:48:08 pm »

Toby's head blowing off was great.

"It's ok, he was an animal rapist."

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1403 on:** February 17, 2011, 10:06:57 pm »

Cherokee Jack, unbelievable.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #1404 on:** February 17, 2011, 11:52:24 pm »

"Why did you single my line out like a million years later?"

Do the Scarn!

imref · « **Reply #1405 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:24:57 am »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 17, 2011, 09:23:44 pm

The Office is absolutely fantastic this episode.

This whole season has been fantastic. Creed's line about the Loch Ness Monster and Kevin's about the girl he had sex with in the office going to a different school were just absolutely brilliant.

imref · « **Reply #1406 on:** February 18, 2011, 11:25:53 am »

Quote from: Lintyfresh85 on February 17, 2011, 09:48:08 pm

Toby's head blowing off was great.

"It's ok, he was an animal rapist."

I cried laughing when he went on the ice during a high school championship game and got one team disqualified.

imref · « **Reply #1407 on:** February 18, 2011, 04:01:30 pm »

http://www.threatlevelmidnight.com/

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1408 on:** February 22, 2011, 07:32:49 pm »

Some stupid Dateline special is on instead of Detroit 1-8-7. I'm about to go Hulk Smash on ABC.

EdStroud · « **Reply #1409 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:35:19 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on February 22, 2011, 07:32:49 pm

Some stupid Dateline special is on instead of Detroit 1-8-7. I'm about to go Hulk Smash on ABC.

Easy Brother!

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1410 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:48:29 pm »

Quote from: EdStroud on February 22, 2011, 11:35:19 pm

Easy Brother!

Supposedly it's on next week.

Vega · « **Reply #1411 on:** February 22, 2011, 11:59:40 pm »

Not a very good episode of The Cape this week. This two-part episode had a lot of potential, but they wasted it.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #1412 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:16:02 am »

HIMYM has been very good this season. It reminds me of the older seasons.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1413 on:** February 23, 2011, 09:28:50 am »

Amazon now streams movies and tv free with Prime. Buh-bye Netflix.

imref · « **Reply #1414 on:** February 23, 2011, 10:42:29 am »

comparison - netflix vs. amazon:

http://www.ismashphone.com/2011/02/amazon-prime-takes-aim-at-netflix.html

Netflix's advantages are streaming to tablets/iphones, and mailing DVDs. Amazon prime is cheaper.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #1415 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:02:36 am »

Chicago Code on Fox is

Just got caught up last night, reminds me of The Wire

Nathan · « **Reply #1416 on:** February 23, 2011, 04:46:51 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on February 23, 2011, 09:28:50 am

Amazon now streams movies and tv free with Prime. Buh-bye Netflix.

What!? Sweet, does it include the student version?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1417 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:08:05 pm »

Quote from: Nathan on February 23, 2011, 04:46:51 pm

What!? Sweet, does it include the student version?

Nope, unfortunately, or I'd buy a Roku this second.

Nathan · « **Reply #1418 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:16:46 pm »

Does it really have anything over Netflix?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1419 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:18:31 pm »

Quote from: Nathan on February 23, 2011, 05:16:46 pm

Does it really have anything over Netflix?

Free shipping from Amazon, no queues, otherwise I'm not that familiar with Netflix - can you download Netflix rentals to hard drive?

Nathan · « **Reply #1420 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:25:31 pm »

No, it's 100% streaming. $8 a month is the streaming only subscription option for Netflix, more than Amazon, though they have a lot more titles to stream. They touted 12,000 titles available to stream back in '09, and I think it's higher now. I'm just wondering which of Amazon's 5,000 titles overlap with Netflix's 12,000+ titles.

Netflix doesn't actually HAVE rentals as far as the streaming part goes. You stream as many titles as you want for the monthly fee, you don't "rent" on a title by title basis. I like it because I'm much more likely to watch something I don't know when it costs me nothing extra than if I had to pay to rent it on it's own.

BTW, the Roku is great, and they are cheap. They do Netflix, Amazon VoD, MLB.tv (with sub obviously), Hulu (with Plus sub), Pandora, and they have a bunch of other channels like video podcasts and the like.

Edit: I see current estimates that Netflix's streaming catalog is around 20,000 titles now, but I don't now the veracity of that claim.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1421 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:32:56 pm »

Quote from: Nathan on February 23, 2011, 05:25:31 pm

No, it's 100% streaming. $8 a month is the streaming only subscription option for Netflix, more than Amazon, though they have a lot more titles to stream. They touted 12,000 titles available to stream back in '09, and I think it's higher now. I'm just wondering which of Amazon's 5,000 titles overlap with Netflix's 12,000+ titles.

Netflix doesn't actually HAVE rentals as far as the streaming part goes. You stream as many titles as you want for the monthly fee, you don't "rent" on a title by title basis. I like it because I'm much more likely to watch something I don't know when it costs me nothing extra than if I had to pay to rent it on it's own.

BTW, the Roku is great, and they are cheap. They do Netflix, Amazon VoD, MLB.tv (with sub obviously), Hulu (with Plus sub), Pandora, and they have a bunch of other channels like video podcasts and the like.

Edit: I see current estimates that Netflix's streaming catalog is around 20,000 titles now, but I don't now the veracity of that claim.

If you can download the free titles to your PC/Mac like you can with the paid rentals from Amazon, that's a plus in Amazon's corner.

Also, isn't there a queue for streaming, like if too many people stream a movie, you have to wait?

Nathan · « **Reply #1422 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:34:36 pm »

How so? Why can't I download the free amazon titles now anyway, or do you need the membership to do that?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #1423 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:36:02 pm »

Quote from: Nathan on February 23, 2011, 05:34:36 pm

How so? Why can't I download the free amazon titles now anyway, or do you need the membership to do that?

You can download paid rentals. You don't have the paid prime so you can't stream or download anything.

Nathan · « **Reply #1424 on:** February 23, 2011, 05:41:39 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on February 23, 2011, 05:32:56 pm

If you can download the free titles to your PC/Mac like you can with the paid rentals from Amazon, that's a plus in Amazon's corner.

Also, isn't there a queue for streaming, like if too many people stream a movie, you have to wait?

Ninja edit!

No, the "queue" when people talk about a "Netflix Queue" is the list of dvds you want to get. Say I have the 3 at a time plan. Right now I have Battlestar Galactica Season 3, Disc 1, Disc 2, and Disc 3. In my queue at the top I have it set up for Disc 4, Disc 5, and the movie Ran. Each time I return a disc, they mail out the next disc I have in my queue (if it's available, new releases on release day may be a wait, so they might skip to the next one, never happened to me though). I can reorder, add to, or subtract from that queue.

The "Instant Queue" is a list of everything in my DVD queue that is available to watch instantly, in addition to anything I add to my queue specifically to the instant queue, IE I don't want to get the disc. I can watch them in ANY order I want, really it acts more of a list of "bookmarks" if you will for things I'm interested in, so I don't have to search for the title when I want to watch it, it's already in my list.