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On 8 Aug 1997 08:40:10 GMT, "820" <f820684@hotmail.com> wrote:

>why pay? don't you think those US rubbish worth US$1 ???
>
>In the last 3 weeks, I only watched these movies on TV and I found that
>they were just rubbish...
>
>"My Gal"... I caught it for 30 min only, dull life of a little girl.. =
bore
>like hell..
>
>"Batman - Forever".. lucky me, i didn't go to cinema and pay for this
>crap... only watched it for 20 min.
>
>"Coma".. a classic, not bad..
>"Murial's Wedding" comedy about an ugly white woman, not sure where this
>movie was made.. it didn't look like US movie anyway. Crap, no wonder it
>was screened at late night without commercial interrupt.
>
>By the way, British already gone. Don't you think TVB & ATV should close
>down their English services (which was required by British Colony's =
law)?
>They were making loss for the last 30 years!
>
>Andy KONG <Andykong@net.vigator.com> =A6=B8=BCg=A4J=A8=EC=A5D=C3D
><33e995fb.13590116@news.netvigator.com>...
>Sorry for not participating in the first round discussion. =20
>
>I have some opinion regarding movie viewing in local (Hong Kong) TV
>channels.  I used to enjoy these movies very much but not so when I am
>more seriously about Home Theater.  The problems is the large number
>or advertisement involved in each film.  For those good films, they
>normally highlighted it as a "movie of the month"  As a result, a
>movie started at 9:30pm will finish at 11:45pm  the earliest and
>sometime it goes all the way to 12:30am with Late News in between.  I
>try to combat the problem by record the show to VCR but I am still
>very annoyed even when the FFwd functions is available. I really don't
>enjoy watch these great movies (especially fot those action packed
>movies) with interrupt at every 10 to 15 minutes.
>
>
>
> =20
>
>In fact the LD rental cost in Hong Kong is very low and I think the
>extra cost is well worthwhile.  I am paying HK$880 (~US$113) for 100
>movies and I get better picture, better sound, earlier release date
>and no commercial in betweeen.  Besides, I can record the blockbusters
>onto VCR and the result is always better than recording from TV
>signals.
>
>Just my $0.2 opinion.
>
>
>
>Andy KONG (Remove "." in "netvigator.com" to response with email)
>
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>

I think you have missed my point.  IF you enjoy watching those movie
on TV wih commercial interrupts, I think a LD rental at US$1 is
worthwhile.  Not that you HAVE to pay for them.


Andy KONG (Remove "." in "netvigator.com" to response with email)