Joe wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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>>Joe wrote:
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>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in
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>>>>>>This is somewhat off topic but have you checked out Netflix? I
>>>>>>signed up recently and have been fairly impressed with their
>>>>>>service. I can send three movies back Sunday afternoon and have
>>>>>>three more by the following Wednesday. It takes a movie one day
>>>>>
>>>>>>from ordering to showing up in our mail box! It takes 2-4 weeks
>>>>>
>>>>>>for
>>>>>
>>>>>>the latest releases to show up on the site but it is convenient.
>>>>>>The movies come with a return envelope that already has return
>>>>>>postage on it. Very convenient. Plus DVD burners and blank
>>>>>>media are cheap nowadays.
>>>>>
>>>>>We only watch a couple a month, so I don't know if I want to join
>>>>>a service just for that. Hell, we go to Wendy's more than we
>>>>>watch videos.
>>>>
>>>>They have different plans. I pay $17/month to have three movies in
>>>>rotation. For $9/month there is a one movie rotation plan. Sounds
>>>>like that would be a plan you might consider. I like the
>>>>convenience of it more than anything. Plus they have a large
>>>>library of DVD's from current stuff to old movies from the 1950's
>>>>and numerous television shows.
>>>
>>>
>>>That's not bad, but the two or three times I go to the video store
>>>a month I rarely find more than one video I want to watch. Does
>>>Netflix carry music concerts? Now I could go for that...
>>
>>They have a ton of music related DVD's. Here a link to their page
>>on music DVD's:
>>http://www.netflix.com/Genre?sgid=35...tr=LhcGenre355
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>
> Now that looks very interesting. I'll have to check this out further.
> Nobody locally carries music videos (i.e., Clapton's Crossroads) to
> rent - only movies and games. Of course, I can go plop down $25 or
> more to buy them, but I'd rather preview them first by renting.

This is where the DVD burner pays off in spades.

>>>>>I hear you about the DVD burners, but my PC is only a 450 P-III.
>>>>>Don't know if it'll handle burning DVDs...
>>>>
>>>>It may not work. It might though if you had a good bit of RAM.
>>>
>>>
>>>This thing's maxed out at 384mb RAM. I think I'll need to upgrade
>>>before I start getting into DVDs on the PC.
>>
>>If I didn't use Autocad and Civil Engineering software I might still
>>be running a 486 processor.
>
>
> LOL! I can get by with my P-III, but if I try to multitask, crash and
> burn...

I have fast computers but one problem I have run into is the operating
system. There is one old civil engineering program I use that that will
not run under Windows XP. I've tried everything and searched everywhere
to find a work around. It's amazing how many companies have dropped
support for Windows 98/ME. I recently set up a Windows ME computer at
home and had a hell of a time finding drivers for some digitizers and
plotters since I lost the original driver disks. Plus Microsoft is
supposed to stop supporting Windows 9X this summer. I guess I'll have
to bite the bullet eventually and learn to use the new software I
havesitting around collecting dust.