OT: How to watch new Prisoner without a TV?
Brian Harvey
I watch DVDs on my computer. 11/15 is when the new Prisoner starts. Does
anyone know if there's a web site where I can watch it? Or do I have to go
out and buy a TV? (And cable service?)
ObB5: JMS cites the old Prisoner as the best TV series ever, in one of the
script book intros.
Amy Guskin
(in article <dw8Im.668$Zu5...@newsfe24.iad>):
You should check over at amctv.com, although I don't suppose we'll know if
they're going to be streaming the entire miniseries until they actually do,
or do not.
Amy
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Kathryn Huxtable
This isn't directly to your point, which Amy addressed.
For several years from 1998 until around 2000 I watched TV using a TV
card in my computer. I know they've now got USB sticks and such that you
can plug in and many of them work pretty well.
That only works for network TV of course, given that you almost
certainly aren't paying for cable or satellite.
-K
Stile4aly
> Okay, I'm an old curmudgeon. It's been a long time since I watched new TV.
> I watch DVDs on my computer. 11/15 is when the new Prisoner starts. Does
> anyone know if there's a web site where I can watch it? Or do I have to go
> out and buy a TV? (And cable service?)
Even if it doesn't show up on AMC website or Hulu, within a few hours
of airing it will be all over the torrent sites.
Amy Guskin
(in article
<376da6ac-bc64-49dd...@g23g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>):
> On Nov 3, 10:43 pm, b...@cs.berkeley.edu (Brian Harvey) wrote:
>> Okay, I'm an old curmudgeon. It's been a long time since I watched new TV.
>> I watch DVDs on my computer. 11/15 is when the new Prisoner starts. Does
>> anyone know if there's a web site where I can watch it? Or do I have to go
>> out and buy a TV? (And cable service?)
>
> Even if it doesn't show up on AMC website or Hulu, within a few hours
> of airing it will be all over the torrent sites. <<
It should be noted that acquiring the show that way is an infringement of
copyright. Which is why I made those other suggestions.
Brian can also wait until the miniseries is inevitably released on DVD, and
he can then buy or rent it.
Brian Harvey
>Brian can also wait until the miniseries is inevitably released on DVD, and
>he can then buy or rent it.
Nah, by then there will have been a gazillion spoilers posted here. :-)
I'll do my best to find a legal solution. One that occurred to me that
nobody has suggested is to find a friend who owns a TV -- I'm sure I have one.
Stile4aly
> >> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:04:05 -0400, Stile4aly wrote
>
> (in article
>
> > On Nov 3, 10:43 pm, b...@cs.berkeley.edu (Brian Harvey) wrote:
> >> Okay, I'm an old curmudgeon. It's been a long time since I watched new TV.
> >> I watch DVDs on my computer. 11/15 is when the new Prisoner starts. Does
> >> anyone know if there's a web site where I can watch it? Or do I have to go
> >> out and buy a TV? (And cable service?)
>
> > Even if it doesn't show up on AMC website or Hulu, within a few hours
> > of airing it will be all over the torrent sites. <<
>
> It should be noted that acquiring the show that way is an infringement of
> copyright. Which is why I made those other suggestions.
>
> Brian can also wait until the miniseries is inevitably released on DVD, and
> he can then buy or rent it.
Indeed. I'm not commenting on the morals or ethics of the matter,
merely that it exists.