Until yesterday I had never used a TV streaming service. I had occasionally watched a programme on youtube but had never used Netflix, Amazon Prime or whatever else might exist.
But on Sunday when buying stuff from Amazon it gave me the option to try Amazon Prime free for a month. So I took the offer up.
Hitherto I had sort of assumed that the £8 a month membership would include loads of programmes where I do not pay any extra. That's not the case. Of all the movies and TV series I've seen in the past and searched for, perhaps around 1 in 15 are available for no extra charge.
The 1973 version of Jesus Christ Superstar was available; a film I've seen in the past many times. The quality was amazing! I'm not sure what I was expecting, perhaps a little bit of stopping and starting. But it was just like watching it on TV . . nay, if anything the quality was better. I think perhaps the resolution was higher than what I'm used to. My TV only goes up to a resolution of something like 740 * 480. It's a Panasonic 32 inch TV that I bought back in 2007 and cost me £950. I had plenty of money back then so I got the most expensive TV available. But I suppose it won't compare well to modern TV's. I need to buy a new 50 inch TV so I can watch streamed TV on it.
Anyway, I did find the children's sci-fi series The Girl from Tomorrow which was free to watch. I first watched this back in around 1992 when it was originally aired. I loved it to bits! And now I'm finally watching it again. One complaint. Why must they cut out most of the theme music at the beginning and end of each episode? I love the music and it's extremely irritating that Amazon insist on cutting it out.
Anyway, almost 30 years ago I remember thinking the portrayal of the future in the year 3000 wasn't completely daft as most portrayals of the future are. I was particularly captivated by the use of "transducers", a headband type of device used to vastly amplify one's psi abilities eg levitating objects, healing. Anyway, I'm not doing a review here as I've just started to watch it again.
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