Comments on: The Price of Media Consumption: Confessions of a Cheap Bastard http://www.extratextual.tv/2007/09/the-price-of-media-consumption-confessions-of-a-cheap-bastard/ Up The Content Stream Without A Paddle Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: allison http://www.extratextual.tv/2007/09/the-price-of-media-consumption-confessions-of-a-cheap-bastard/comment-page-1/#comment-74 allison Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.extratextual.tv/test/?p=13#comment-74 As a binge-er myself, I feel your pain. Netflix is a scary, scary place for people like us. Waiting for the next disc in Rome/Friday Night Lights/Entourage/The O.C./many others that shall not be named can be tortuous... 2 whole days?? How do these shows get such a foothold in my life?? An interesting twist: after finishing an entire season of a series, I found myself imposing a break (a month or so) to get a sense of how it felt for those watching it when it was broadcast who had to wait months and months for those season-ending cliffhangers to be resolved. As a binge-er myself, I feel your pain. Netflix is a scary, scary place for people like us. Waiting for the next disc in Rome/Friday Night Lights/Entourage/The O.C./many others that shall not be named can be tortuous… 2 whole days?? How do these shows get such a foothold in my life??

An interesting twist: after finishing an entire season of a series, I found myself imposing a break (a month or so) to get a sense of how it felt for those watching it when it was broadcast who had to wait months and months for those season-ending cliffhangers to be resolved.

]]> By: aswin http://www.extratextual.tv/2007/09/the-price-of-media-consumption-confessions-of-a-cheap-bastard/comment-page-1/#comment-17 aswin Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:19:58 +0000 http://www.extratextual.tv/test/?p=13#comment-17 Thanks for this, jonathan! And I should confess that I've been so spoilt by the "pirate" network of Indian films that I just flat out refuse to pay more than $5 for a DVD...in fact, when I was in Vancouver for SCMS, I went to the punjabi section and ended up bargaining with a storeowner (there were three of us, and I felt it was only fair that she bring down the price of each DVD given we'd be buying so many). I feel bad...now that I'm employed and all, perhaps I should start supporting the good folks in Bollywood and buy the original DVDs? Thanks for this, jonathan! And I should confess that I’ve been so spoilt by the “pirate” network of Indian films that I just flat out refuse to pay more than $5 for a DVD…in fact, when I was in Vancouver for SCMS, I went to the punjabi section and ended up bargaining with a storeowner (there were three of us, and I felt it was only fair that she bring down the price of each DVD given we’d be buying so many). I feel bad…now that I’m employed and all, perhaps I should start supporting the good folks in Bollywood and buy the original DVDs?

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