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John Eckart @ Jul 4th 2006 3:20PM
This is a little off topic, but I want to make a comment about PPV. First off, let me say that I never use it. It just doesn't seem worth it to me, and people using PPV are just screwing themselves. Let me explain why.
Years ago I lived a very happy TV life. I had HBO and Showtime and I would see all the movies I wanted including special events like boxing. Then PPV started gaining momentum and the boxing fights moved to PPV. This really upset me because these events were somewhat free in a way as I got to see them on HBO or Showtime at no extra charge. So TV is much more expensive today thanks to PPV.
The PPV pricing scheme is insane. They charge something like $50 or $100 to watch a single event! At that price, I can probably get a years worth of HBO and/or Showtime and watch perhaps hundreds of movies.
So, needless to say, I do nothing to help PPV and hope for a day people will do the same to kill PPV off, but there are just too many people out there that are more than happy to pay these high prices. So it looks like I will have to live without these special events because I refuse to pay.
I would like to recommend everyone not to use PPV. Subscribe to a pay channel instead. It is much cheaper and rewarding as you get to discover allot of movies you would have normally never have seen. And if you really want to watch a particular movie, rent it on a DVD so you can rewatch it if you like and you can see the special features as well, something you can't do with PPV.
If I'm missing something here, please let me know because I don't see what is so great about PPV.