We have an awesome reduced-price theater near us, I can take all five family members, get pop and popcorn for less than $25. It's great. We also check movies out of the library and I buy vhs movies at goodwill and other places. vhs is really out, so they are dirt cheap now. I've picked up the original Star Wars triology, the ken burns baseball series, my neighbor totoro and too many more to list.
I subscribe to basic cable because it is cheaper than an internet only subscription (Comcast is a marketing genius) and I don't even have it plugged in. Therefor I relay almost exclusively on netflix (streaming mostly but also blue-ray) and Hulu for my content consumption. I will go to individual content provider sites (CBS and TNT) for shows I can't get on the two aforementioned sites and if I really cannot find anything to watch for free or basicly free I will go to amazon. I haven't gone to a movie theater in 6 months or more.
All that said I still like a good book from time to time.
In no particular order: 1. Local theater for recent releases, 2. Blockbuster Express rental, 3. Redbox rental, 4. Hulu, 5. AT&T U-Verse free and online rental.
My gf and i usually will watch a movie once a week, maybe up to 3 movies though! How do we get them? Well, it's usually by hulu or downloading them in some fashion. We aren't subscribed to netflix, and hardly ever pull out the dvd's we watch.... Oh and we only have our laptops, no cable bills for us!
We can't get rid of cable because of our college football consumption, but at the price we've negotiated (75 dollars a month for cable internet, HD Cable, DVR Service, and HBO and Showtime), that means we usually just DVR new movies when they come out on the Premium Channels... it's in HD after all!
Oh, and we probably see about 20 movies a year in theaters.
I use Netflix mostly, supplemented by short things on YouTube, Vimeo, et al. We recently got Netflix Watch Instantly for our Wii.
I will go to the movies for certain movies which I (a) am excited about seeing, and (b) do not feel would work well on the small screen. But I go so rarely that I'm usually hit by sticker-shock.
I don't watch a lot of movies, but when I do I either tend to see them in the theater (preferably a matinee) or wait until they come to DVD and borrow them from a friend.
I haven't tried watching movies on Hulu, but I do watch a lot of tv shows that way.
I am a combination Netflix/Hulu/Movie Theater person, but Netflix is my primary entertainment platform. I have a Roku in my bedroom and an XBox 360 with Netflix streaming in my living room. I do one disk at a time on Netflix to take advantage of unlimited streaming. I even considered (though have not yet) dropping cable for the Netflix/Hulu combination. If I could stream Hulu through the Roku, I think that would close the deal.
Netflix ROCKS in our house! We don't have cable tv - just an antenna in the attic and a Roku streaming box. My children aren't subjected to commercial TV and we control the quality of the shows they watch.
I love Netflix Watch Instantly. There is a theater that does $2 Tuesdays, and I have been there several times - but their second-run price for other days went up from #3.75 to $5, which is hardly worth the drop in theater quality anymore.
Also, the library! The library is like a magical wonderland of DVDs I haven't seen.
If I really want to see the latest movie, I go to a matinee which is $4 where I live (I don't buy treats at the theater either). If it's something I can wait on, I go to Blockbuster and buy the "previously viewed" DVDs...I also use Hulu and I'm about to try Netflix too.
I probably save $100 a month this way. We don't have cable...we use "rabbit ears" lol...
I mostly torrent them, but if it's one that I'm excited about and/or contains a lot of action (e.g. Avatar or Kick Ass), I'll watch them in theaters. I don't stream, partly because I don't have a Netflix subscription, partly because of the low video quality.
I watch most of my movies by Netflix. We just got a streaming bluray player, which makes instant watching easier (than setting up our laptop on the TV). We still go to the movies occassionally, but only a couple of times a year.
Netflix rules our household - with support from Hulu. No cable, we are broadcast TV only. Most TV series end up on DVD these days, so we can catch things like MONK - if a bit later than most. Works well for us!
"So why is Social Security not a Ponzi scheme? Well, first of all it does not make wild claims about making money fast."
The issue isn't "make money fast", so much as "let's promise fantastic returns!" Here is a quote from the article "http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/03/the_social_security_ponzi_sche.html":
"This maiden disbursement was $22.54, which, according to Social Security Online, after cost of living increases and 35 years of receipts until her death in 1975, totaled a startling $22,888.92 in payments from a system to which Mrs. Fuller contributed $24.75.
"Now, please bear in mind that Mr. Ponzi was only promising people a 40% return on their money in 90 days. By contrast, the first Social Security recipients received yields approaching 100,000 percent."
The article gives several other examples of how Social Security promised fantastic returns. It can only pay those returns by paying out what the current payees pay in...to me, that sounds like a Ponzi scheme, if it's anything!
Like the poster, I also take great advantage of Netflix Watch Instantly. I have three devices in the house that can use that service. On rare occasion, I will see a movie at the theater, but almost always at a matinee, and we have a dollar theater up the road as well. Otherwise, I catch a few shows on Hulu or do without.
We have an awesome reduced-price theater near us, I can take all five family members, get pop and popcorn for less than $25. It's great. We also check movies out of the library and I buy vhs movies at goodwill and other places. vhs is really out, so they are dirt cheap now. I've picked up the original Star Wars triology, the ken burns baseball series, my neighbor totoro and too many more to list.
I usually check movies out of the library. Second I watch my mom's Netflix picks- though that's not a very reliable source.
Redbox mainly. We have four within a 10 minute drive. Plus hulu now and again. With two little kiddos- it is right tough to watch very many movies.
library/hulu/friend's man cave with 120" projection and blu-ray (:
I subscribe to basic cable because it is cheaper than an internet only subscription (Comcast is a marketing genius) and I don't even have it plugged in. Therefor I relay almost exclusively on netflix (streaming mostly but also blue-ray) and Hulu for my content consumption. I will go to individual content provider sites (CBS and TNT) for shows I can't get on the two aforementioned sites and if I really cannot find anything to watch for free or basicly free I will go to amazon. I haven't gone to a movie theater in 6 months or more.
All that said I still like a good book from time to time.
Netflix all the way!
3 movies at a time, about $18 all in per month, you can beat that... (no fees, great website)
Cable is so overrated!
In no particular order: 1. Local theater for recent releases, 2. Blockbuster Express rental, 3. Redbox rental, 4. Hulu, 5. AT&T U-Verse free and online rental.
I usually get my movies from the local library. Or watch them on basic cable.
Love NetFlix and Roku....can't beat them for being able to watch what I want in my jammies.
My gf and i usually will watch a movie once a week, maybe up to 3 movies though! How do we get them? Well, it's usually by hulu or downloading them in some fashion. We aren't subscribed to netflix, and hardly ever pull out the dvd's we watch.... Oh and we only have our laptops, no cable bills for us!
We can't get rid of cable because of our college football consumption, but at the price we've negotiated (75 dollars a month for cable internet, HD Cable, DVR Service, and HBO and Showtime), that means we usually just DVR new movies when they come out on the Premium Channels... it's in HD after all!
Oh, and we probably see about 20 movies a year in theaters.
I use Netflix mostly, supplemented by short things on YouTube, Vimeo, et al. We recently got Netflix Watch Instantly for our Wii.
I will go to the movies for certain movies which I (a) am excited about seeing, and (b) do not feel would work well on the small screen. But I go so rarely that I'm usually hit by sticker-shock.
I don't watch a lot of movies, but when I do I either tend to see them in the theater (preferably a matinee) or wait until they come to DVD and borrow them from a friend.
I haven't tried watching movies on Hulu, but I do watch a lot of tv shows that way.
I am a combination Netflix/Hulu/Movie Theater person, but Netflix is my primary entertainment platform. I have a Roku in my bedroom and an XBox 360 with Netflix streaming in my living room. I do one disk at a time on Netflix to take advantage of unlimited streaming. I even considered (though have not yet) dropping cable for the Netflix/Hulu combination. If I could stream Hulu through the Roku, I think that would close the deal.
I wrote about it at http://www.narrowbridge.net/2009/11/the-great-cable-debate/
Netflix ROCKS in our house! We don't have cable tv - just an antenna in the attic and a Roku streaming box. My children aren't subjected to commercial TV and we control the quality of the shows they watch.
I love Netflix Watch Instantly. There is a theater that does $2 Tuesdays, and I have been there several times - but their second-run price for other days went up from #3.75 to $5, which is hardly worth the drop in theater quality anymore.
Also, the library! The library is like a magical wonderland of DVDs I haven't seen.
If I really want to see the latest movie, I go to a matinee which is $4 where I live (I don't buy treats at the theater either). If it's something I can wait on, I go to Blockbuster and buy the "previously viewed" DVDs...I also use Hulu and I'm about to try Netflix too.
I probably save $100 a month this way. We don't have cable...we use "rabbit ears" lol...
I watch movies on Netflix and Hulu mainly. Occasionally I splurge on a movie in theaters if I really want to see it and am going with friends.
I mostly torrent them, but if it's one that I'm excited about and/or contains a lot of action (e.g. Avatar or Kick Ass), I'll watch them in theaters. I don't stream, partly because I don't have a Netflix subscription, partly because of the low video quality.
I watch most of my movies by Netflix. We just got a streaming bluray player, which makes instant watching easier (than setting up our laptop on the TV). We still go to the movies occassionally, but only a couple of times a year.
Netflix rules our household - with support from Hulu. No cable, we are broadcast TV only. Most TV series end up on DVD these days, so we can catch things like MONK - if a bit later than most. Works well for us!
"So why is Social Security not a Ponzi scheme? Well, first of all it does not make wild claims about making money fast."
The issue isn't "make money fast", so much as "let's promise fantastic returns!" Here is a quote from the article "http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/03/the_social_security_ponzi_sche.html":
"This maiden disbursement was $22.54, which, according to Social Security Online, after cost of living increases and 35 years of receipts until her death in 1975, totaled a startling $22,888.92 in payments from a system to which Mrs. Fuller contributed $24.75.
"Now, please bear in mind that Mr. Ponzi was only promising people a 40% return on their money in 90 days. By contrast, the first Social Security recipients received yields approaching 100,000 percent."
The article gives several other examples of how Social Security promised fantastic returns. It can only pay those returns by paying out what the current payees pay in...to me, that sounds like a Ponzi scheme, if it's anything!
Like the poster, I also take great advantage of Netflix Watch Instantly. I have three devices in the house that can use that service. On rare occasion, I will see a movie at the theater, but almost always at a matinee, and we have a dollar theater up the road as well. Otherwise, I catch a few shows on Hulu or do without.
Easy on the shade if you plan on having a garden. All the best fruits and vegies want full sun!