TV on the Web Embraced by Viewers and Advertisers


	TV on the Web Embraced by Viewers and Advertisers

Perkalicious11

10-8-2007 10:32 AM

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tv, commercials, computer, streaming, download, television

Perkalicious11 says:

will you jump on the bandwagon?

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10-9-2007 2:22 PM

allenmarkowski

Will you move over & give me some more room? LoL. I actually prefer the internet over TV & spend more time on it. I've downloaded one movie to watch "The Secret" & the quality was excellent. It cost about $5 as I recall & that was last November. It looked great on my 17" MacBook Pro & I could even rewind & put it on pause while I got some popcorn. I rent DVDs more than I watch movies on TV as I do have a large screen & look forward to full conversion & paying exactly for what I want. I have cable at present mostly for my boy but with over 150 stations between us we don't watch over 10 on a regular basis! I've given feedback to the cable company more than once about purchasing only what ...

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