On TV in USA
Is this series available on TV in the US?
sharePBS Sunday nights at 9 in Los Angeles, may be different elsewhere.
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We're watching it on HULU. Good show!
shareLori: is that the free Hulu, or Hulu + which is a paid subscription? If you are paying, it is also available on Acorn, which is a bit cheaper, doesn't have commercials and has some of the newer episodes not on PBS. But it also has a rather limited library. I keep vacillating back and forth whether to pay for Acorn, but so far I haven't. I would probably only watch Vera and Cadfael. Not really worth it then. But I just thought I would mention it. Someone here on IMDb told me about it; I had never heard of it.
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No, David. No one is happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.
I think we're paying. Hubby's handling that. I'll mention Acorn to him - thanks! We're loving our streaming options (we share Netflix with son and pay for Amazon Prime and Hulu); He even got an antenna hookup so we can see some local stations. Only problem is we can't see/tape certain local shows to watch later - feels like a step backwards. Ha! There may be a way we haven't figured out yet.
shareIf you have amazon prime, they offer "subscriptions" to several streaming sites, and Acorn is one of them. You can see what is available, that will help with the decision. As far as I can tell, the only advantage to getting subscriptions tied into your amazon account is that you can watch everything at the same site/app.
We do much the same, but still have a very basic cable package since my husband likes sports. We keep waiting for a sports streaming site.
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No, David. No one is happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.
as far as 'Time shifting' to Tape and watch on your own time...
Look into a newer model Digital-to-Analog set top Box; the Digital Tuners that let you use a older CRT TV for Digital Signals (I found one for $35, but I think they average $50)
- if you already have a Digital TV, the Tuner is redundant; but some of the newer models now have a Record feature if you have a USB storage device (unless you let it build up, a 16gb Thumb drive should be enough)
with most HDTVs having multiple inputs I'd suggest a Co-axial splitter so that the TV's tuner gets a dedicated signal, and your recorder runs on a split line, and routes back to the TV via the Red/White/Yellow (as everything switches to HDMI (or RBG), these are the least used inputs on most TVs
all told; 1 time purchases of
$50 for the box
$10 for the thumb drive
$20 for 2 3-foot Coaxials (unless you have some already
$5 for a 1-2 Coaxial splitter
so less than $100 after taxes (old school VCRs cost almost as much in their heyday, and before passing into obsolescence spiked to cost even more)
Bill, my local library had the first 2 seasons and another branch had the next 2. You can place a "hold" on an item and it will be sent to your branch for you to pick at your convenience, usually at no cost or a small fee. (It used to be $.75, but they've discontinued that here.) if you have access to a library, it may have the dvd's and you can watch it that way.
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No, David. No one is happy in a poodle skirt and a sweater set.
We've been able to subscribe via Acorn tv (British shows) via Amazon Prime streaming.
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