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In computer news this week 03/19/2008 Watching movies and tv shows on
your computer ... KPBX Film
Critic Bob Glatzer
always tells us the good movies to see, and you can go to his website Movies101.com to see reviews
of movies going back over a decade, so that you know what to pick out at the
video store. Recently
Bob reviewed the movie about Bob Dylan, I’m Not There. One
of Dylan’s famous songs is “The Times They are A-changing”,
and the times certainly are a-changing
when it comes to watching movies or tv shows in today’s technological
world. I know
people who don’t have any kind of cable tv or a tv set, but they’re
able to watch movies
and tv shows. They get a dvd at the video store, and watch it
on their computer. DVD drives are
a standard part of any computer you buy today, so you just pop the dvd in
– take a break from whatever tasks you usually do on your computer
– and enjoy your popcorn coke and milk duds while you watch a movie. The new
monitor I got with my Dell computer is almost as big as my tv set; and I have
watched dvd movies on it, but I prefer to leave my computer office and sit in
an easy chair in front of my tv/dvd and watch them there. But the
television times are a-changing too – and there’s a lot of tv
shows you can watch on your computer today. All of the major networks are now
offering free reruns of their major current shows, or old classic shows ,
though the internet - on your computer. For
example, I was working this morning and missed Obama’s speech on race,
but I was able to go to Fox
News and watch the entire half hour speech hours after it had aired, full
screen on my computer. Fox News
has a huge online library of video news clips from years ago online –
and clips from their current shows. They’re free to watch, but
there’s a commercial you have to view first before you can see them. Of
course you can turn the sound off on the commercial, just like you do on your
tv set. Jumping
over to CBS News, you can watch full
episodes of their shows like Big Brother, Survivor, or Jericho, or excerpts
from shows like Letterman’s Late Show. On Abcnews
or NBC it’s the same.
They all
have a Watch Video menu selection. You can watch full episodes of Friday
Night Lights on NBC if you’d like, or maybe you’d prefer to
see classic tv shows like The
Alfred Hitchcock Hour or revert to your child state and watch Buck
Rogers. Hey you
know this is a better selection of programming than I have on my regular tv
... how many times have you
started channel surfing and there’s just nothing on ? Well get up and go to your computer
– the programming’s great and you can go back to classic tv shows
if you want ! I’d
tell you more- but I have to watch The Young and the Restless on
my computer right now .. |
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