[mythtv-users] "Generational" TV, was: OT: 3D TV

[jedi]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:26:15AM -0500, ryan patterson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 12 January 2010 06:07:28 pm David Brodbeck wrote:
> > Today's shows seem to like to focus on the worst elements of our
> > society, witness the popularity of the multiple CSI type shows.
> 
> A TV series which features underpaid public servants tirelessly
> hunting down and successfully arresting violent criminals week after
> week focuses on "the worst elements of our society"?  Really!  What
> would you say about The Sopranos?  (a show that focuses on gangster
> criminals).
> 
> Irregardless, I agree CSI is a prime example of the bottom of the
> barrel garbage TV viewers have come to expect from Hollywood.

    That's the nice thing about MythTV. You can buy less tainted classics
(like Quincy ME) on DVD and suck them into your virtual jukebox and watch
those instead. No commerials. No mutilation in order to fit more commercials.
A star that was a real pain in the *ss about realism.

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