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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
I was telling a friend once that I've made three wise financial decisions in my life: I never got a divorce, I never made a movie with my own money, and I never bought a boat. He replied, "Well, I've never bought a boat...." 
We've all but given up on movies in theaters, especially with all the 3D crap they want you to pay extra for. We'll occasionally take in a movie at matinee rates, but NetFlix and Turner Classic Movies satisfy our movie needs quite nicely.
I dropped NetFlix streaming when they started charging because the selection didn't seem worthwhile, and that was before they lost the Starz deal. We manage to watch two or three NetFlix movies a month, at best, so the basic DVD deal has to be pretty cheap to be worthwhile for us.
With the streaming market splitting, it's going to get really expensive if you want all the content that's available. Streaming is pretty clunky compared to DVD and satellite and cable, so I'm beginning to think that this "white-hot" market may be in for a cooling down period as Hulu-Plus battles NetFlix battles Amazon battles Who-knows-who-else for content. Viewers aren't going to want to subscribe to all of them and no single service can afford to buy all of the content and offer it for cheap. Once streaming rates approach the rates for cable and satellite, people will have to wonder what all the fuss was about. |
You are a very "wise" man, except you could look into "little" boats. I have a rubber sea kayak that is a lot of fun, can be carried easily in any vehicle and has never cost a cent after the initial purchase.