On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one episode!
On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:
I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe
to whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay
episode by episode.
I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series
so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.
Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
off.
Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which
is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for
sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.
I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And Order"
(original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing portrayal
of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate prices,
whether for DVD box sets or streaming.
I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.
It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.
I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another
H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the
final season (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:40 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 24/01/2026 12:39 pm, Davey wrote:
On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:05:35 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 21/01/2026 12:03 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:
I am a fan of Hawaii-50. Trying to stream it means I can subscribe
to whatever channel has each series, pay for the series or pay
episode by episode.
I went to Amazon and got the box set, 10 series, 6 DVDs per series
so 60 DVDs cost -u79.99.
Males me wonder if streaming subscriptions are a complete rip
off.
Convenience is what a lot of consumers are after these days, which
is part of the reason you see so many DVD collections offered for
sale on FaceBook or eBay, usually at quite low prices.
I would like to watch the first fifteen seasons of "Law And Order"
(original series), mainly for Richard Belzer's continuing portrayal
of Detective John Munch, shifted across to NYC from the
Baltimore-based "Homicide: A Life On The Streets", but at present
they're available only at what I regard as disproportionate prices,
whether for DVD box sets or streaming.
I used to enjoy "Homicide...." when I was living in the US, I knew
the area of Baltimore where it was based, but I missed the
double-length finale. One day I'll catch it somewhere.
It's available on Sky Atlantic at the moment.
I was watching L&O on 5USA last night and one of the episodes
featured Munch and Falsone, with cameos from Giardello and another
H-ALOTS character. Obviously set sometime between the start of the
final season (when Falsone arrived) and the feature-length final|-.
Thanks, but I'm not going to subscribe to Sky just for that one episode!
On 14/02/2026 16:39, Davey wrote:
I have selected Subtitles in the stream before downloading it, but
it doesn't have the subtitles when saved.
That is something I didn't know and is worth remembering.
Youtube has not made a friend tonight.
Davey wrote:
Youtube has not made a friend tonight.
I watch sufficient YT that I consider it worthwhile paying for "premium"
with no ads, YMOV.
Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
Davey wrote:
Youtube has not made a friend tonight.
I watch sufficient YT that I consider it worthwhile paying for
"premium" with no ads, YMOV.
Ditto, with the added bonus that Google Music is then available.
Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
On 14/02/2026 16:39, Davey wrote:
I have selected Subtitles in the stream before downloading it, but
it doesn't have the subtitles when saved.
That is something I didn't know and is worth remembering.
I finally watched Homicide etc. If that was Youtube hoping to encourage
more use of it, it failed miserably. There must have been 100 advert.
breaks, they even interrupted Frank Pemberton in the middle of a
sentence. What was that saying, "There was an advertising session and occasionally a program broke through"?
Youtube has not made a friend tonight.
On 22/03/2026 09:45 pm, Davey wrote:
Indy Jess John <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
On 14/02/2026 16:39, Davey wrote:
I have selected Subtitles in the stream before downloading it, but
it doesn't have the subtitles when saved.
That is something I didn't know and is worth remembering.
I finally watched Homicide etc. If that was Youtube hoping to
encourage more use of it, it failed miserably. There must have been
100 advert. breaks, they even interrupted Frank Pemberton in the
middle of a sentence. What was that saying, "There was an
advertising session and occasionally a program broke through"?
Youtube has not made a friend tonight.
If you download a YouTube video and watch it off the hard drive (or whatever), the adverts are no longer an issue.
I finally watched Homicide etc. If that was Youtube hoping to encourage
more use of it, it failed miserably. There must have been 100 advert.
breaks, they even interrupted Frank Pemberton in the middle of a
sentence. What was that saying, "There was an advertising session and >occasionally a program broke through"?
Davey wrote:
I finally watched Homicide etc. If that was Youtube hoping to
encourage more use of it, it failed miserably. There must have been
100 advert. breaks, they even interrupted Frank Pemberton in the
middle of a sentence. What was that saying, "There was an
advertising session and occasionally a program broke through"?
Use an ad-blocker. I have uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill, aka
"gorhill" (watch out - there are others named similar) installed on
MS Edge. I see no ads at all on YT. get it from the MS store or
github.
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Davey wrote:
I finally watched Homicide etc. If that was Youtube hoping to
encourage more use of it, it failed miserably. There must have been
100 advert. breaks, they even interrupted Frank Pemberton in the
middle of a sentence. What was that saying, "There was an
advertising session and occasionally a program broke through"?
Use an ad-blocker. I have uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill, aka
"gorhill" (watch out - there are others named similar) installed on
MS Edge. I see no ads at all on YT. get it from the MS store or
github.
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has ensured
that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I really do not
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely to
ever use. I will take the risk.
Davey wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I really
do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely to
ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd wrote:
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have any >problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd wrote:
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have
any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
You wouldn't even know there were any ads. There are no interruptions
or strange effects at all on YT.
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:
Davey wrote:On that I wholeheartedly agree.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I really
do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely to
ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
On 24/03/2026 02:07 pm, Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:
Davey wrote:On that I wholeheartedly agree.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I
really do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely
to ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have
any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
The mp4 (or whatever) file used on the YouTube servers does not have
gaps for ads. The YT system simply pauses the playback and shows an
ad (or ads) instead, reverting to the point where the content gave
way to the advertising when that has finished. If you download the YT
file, it is whole and unmolested.
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:23:17 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 24/03/2026 02:07 pm, Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:
Davey wrote:On that I wholeheartedly agree.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I
really do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely
to ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have
any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
The mp4 (or whatever) file used on the YouTube servers does not have
gaps for ads. The YT system simply pauses the playback and shows an
ad (or ads) instead, reverting to the point where the content gave
way to the advertising when that has finished. If you download the YT
file, it is whole and unmolested.
...but without subtitles.
On 24/03/2026 17:44, Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:23:17 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 24/03/2026 02:07 pm, Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:
Davey wrote:On that I wholeheartedly agree.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have
ever watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact
it has ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from
Primark, I really do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am
unlikely to ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers
have any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank
screen?
The mp4 (or whatever) file used on the YouTube servers does not
have gaps for ads. The YT system simply pauses the playback and
shows an ad (or ads) instead, reverting to the point where the
content gave way to the advertising when that has finished. If you
download the YT file, it is whole and unmolested.
...but without subtitles.
not an issue if you use Windows ..
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:23:17 +0000
JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
On 24/03/2026 02:07 pm, Davey wrote:
On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:56:03 -0000
Apd <not@all.invalid> wrote:
Davey wrote:On that I wholeheartedly agree.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:10 -0000
Apd wrote:
<https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock>
Although thinking about it, as this was the only film I have ever
watched on Youtube, and it has not impressed me, in fact it has
ensured that I will never, ever, buy anything from Primark, I
really do not
I don't know about internet ads because I rarely see them. My
attitude is if something is over-advertised then it's not worth
buying.
intend to spend time adding something to my PC that I am unlikely
to ever use. I will take the risk.
Since your existing ad-blocker is not doing such a good job, I
thought you might like to replace it.
I have had no reason to even consider that my current blockers have
any problem. This is the first occasion in several years.
If I had had uBlock installed when I watched Homicide..., which I
streamed, what would I haven seen instead of the adverts when they
would otherwise have been displayed? Would the display have jumped
directly to the after-advert. time, or substituted a blank screen?
The mp4 (or whatever) file used on the YouTube servers does not have
gaps for ads. The YT system simply pauses the playback and shows an
ad (or ads) instead, reverting to the point where the content gave
way to the advertising when that has finished. If you download the YT
file, it is whole and unmolested.
...but without subtitles.
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