We find ourselves, without any effort on our part, connected to Netflix. If I had been asked last week where Netflix appeared on our list of priorities, it would have been so far down it would have been out of sight. However, notwithstanding my lack of interest, it's now part of our consciousness.
Jamie and Nera recently bought a new TV. It's bigger and has a curved screen. No doubt, there's a good scientific reason to have a warped screen, but I'm unaware of what that is. My own assessment is that it is just another marketing ploy. Electronics companies have to keep inventing new products or they'd go broke. Last year it was Fit watches, now it's curved TVs.
Anyway, as part of the new arrangement, they signed up for Netflix - only $8 per month, and for an extra $3 they can add another 'screen' at a different address. So that's our designation - a second screen at a different address. And, with the increasingly appalling offerings on free-to-air TV, Netflix is an attractive option.
The world has certainly moved on. I think we had to pay around $45 per month for Austar 15 years ago, then I spent innumerable hours scratching through torrent sites looking for interesting series and now, for the cost of a cup of coffee, we have access to more TV than we could ever watch. Add the delights of SBS on Demand, and we may never have to leave the house again.
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