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Old 04-22-2014, 11:27 AM   #361
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Originally Posted by Sregener View Post
What is tech stuff? Ten years ago, you would have spent $2000-3000 to get a computer fast enough to decode the streaming video, $10,000 for the HDTV to watch it on, and your 1.5Mbps Internet connection would have run somewhere around $300/month and would only be available from the phone company.

Hardware is cheaper. Connection speeds are faster. If you look at what $10/month would buy you in content a decade ago, I don't think you have much right to complain about what it buys you now.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Damn. And I was soooo counting on the prices of stuff I like to remain the same forever.
Wow, DD, you really know your audience. I'd never have dreamed that, on a forum of readers, the smiley face would actually be necessary for either of our comments. Shows what I know.
I need to dumb it down, I guess.
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