@ = Amazon – Ø = Netflix – © = CBS All Access

Avenues of Entertainment

• Acorn TV – $5 – This was recommended, but I am not familiar with it. – British
• Amazon Prime
• ABC App
• Cable (usually COX) – TiVo
• CBS App
• CLICK HERE.
• Cloud DVR – I know absolutely nothing about this
• Digital Antenna – TiVo
• HBO / Showtime / Starz
• Hulu and Hulu Plus
• MP4 files on a Thumb Drive
• Netflix
• NBC App
• Philo – $16-20 – I don’t know too much about this
• Public Library
• RedBox – $5 per DVD rental
• Sling – $25-40
• Ted Talks
• TV Channels Online
• YouTube / Vimeo

Regular TV Programming

• Alex, Inc – _____ – Season 1 Ep – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• American Idol Talent Show – – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Americas Funniest Video – – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Bang Goes the Theory – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Beckett
• Big Bang Theory – ______ – Season ___ Ep – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Blackadder II – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Brain Games – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Burn Notice @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Cheers – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Chef Tips – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Chuck @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Crown – Netflix – Season 2 – not started – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• CSI – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Daredevil – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Deadwood – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Dr Blake – Netflix – Season 1 Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Dr Ken – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Elementary – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Emerald City – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Eureka @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Father Brown – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Final Conflict – Netflix – – Season 1 Ep 9 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Firefly – Hulu – Season 1 Ep 2 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Frasier – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Game of Thrones – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Goliath @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Good Doctor – TiVo and Hulu – Season 2 Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Good Place – Hulu – Season 3 – # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Gotham – TiVo – Season 3 Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Grace and Frankie – Netflix – Season 3 Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Grays Anatomy – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Great British Baking Show – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Grey’s Anatomy – Netflix – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• High Castle @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Hill Street Blues – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Homeland – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• How it’s Made – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Impastor – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• IT Crowd – Netflix – Season 1 Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Jack Ryan @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Limitless – Season 1 Ep # 15 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Longmire – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Marco Polo – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Master Chef Jr – TiVo – Season 6 Ep # 5, 6, 7
• Merlin – Netflix – Season 1 Ep 1 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Midsommer Murders – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Minority Report – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Monk @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Mr Robot – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Murdock Myst – Hulu Season 1 Ep # 11
• Narcos – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• NCIS – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Office, The – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Orville – Amazon – – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Outsourced – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Psych @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Rome – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Rookie
• Royal Pains – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Salvation – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Scorpion – TiVo – Season ____ Ep # – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Scrubs – Hulu – Season 1 Ep # 3 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Splitting Up Together – Hulu – Season 1 Ep # 3 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• ST Enterprise @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• ST Orig @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• ST TNG @ – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Star Trek © – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• The 100 – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• The Man in the High Castle – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• The Prisoner – Patrick McQuen – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Tick 2003 – Amazon – Season 1 Ep # 7 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Tick 2017 – Amazon – Season 2 – not started – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Twilight Zone – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Twin Peaks – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• UnSuper – Season 1 Ep 4 – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• VEEP – Amazon – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
• Young Sheldon – TiVo – Season ___ Ep ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Operas and Stage Performances

Instruments Only

• Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony
• The TEN Tenors
• The Texas Tenors: Wish you were here

Operas

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – 1976 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• A Chorus Line
• A Quiet Place – 1983 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• Abduction from the Seraglio
• Anything Goes – ABOUT
• Aquarius
• The Arc Between – Winter Dance – ABOUT
• Arizona Lady
• Ariadne on Naxos
• Barber of Seville – ABOUT
• Big River
• The Bodyguard, The Musical
• The Boob Show
• The Book of Mormon
• Boris Gudonov
• Buddy Guy
• Candide – 1956 – Voltaire / Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• Carmen
• Carousel
• Celtic Nights – Oceans of Hope
• Chapter Two – Neil Simon
• Charlie Parker’s Yardbird – Daniel Schnyder – ABOUT
• Chicago the Musical
• Cinderella
• Company
• Cosi tan Tutte
• Cruzar la Cara de la Luna
• Das Rheingold – ABOUT
• Death of a Salesman
• Dialogues of the Carmelites
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Disney’s Aladdin
• Dolores Claiborne
• Don Giovanni
• Don Pasquale
• Doves Flight
• Dybbuk – 1974 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• Elixir of Love
• Esther
• The Exterminating Angel
• Fidelio
• Follies
• The Foreigner
• Gideon’s Knot
• Gobsmacked!
• Gospel of Mary Magdeline
• Green Day’s American Idiot
• Hair
• Hairspray
• Hand to God
• Hansel and Gretel
• Henry VI – Part One
• Hercules vs the Vampire
• How to Succeed in Business
• In the Heights
• It’s Only a Play
• Jake Heggie
• Joseph and Technicolor Dreamcoat
• The Journey to Reims
• The King and I
• The Kiss – Smetana
• Kurky Boots
• La Cenerentola – Rosinni
• L’assedio di Colais
• L’elisir d’Amore
• L’italiana in Algeri
• La Faniculla del West
• La Fille du Regiment
• Flight
• La Forza del Destino
• La Perichole
• La Traviata – Giuseppe Verdi – ABOUT
• Les Miserables
• The Liar
• Love is Here to Stay – Gershwin
• Macbeth
• The Magic Flute
• Major Barbara – ABOUT
• Maria de Buenos Aires – Astor Piazzolla – ABOUT
• Marriage of Figaro – Mozart – ABOUT
• Maddi’s Fridge
• Man of La Mancha
• Matilda
• Men are From Mars – Women are from Venus
• The Merchant of Venice
• The Merry Widow
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Micado – Gilbert and Sillivan
• Million Dollar Quartet
• MoTown the Musical
• Mulan
• Notre Dame de Paris
• The Nutcracker
• The Odd Couple – Neil Simon
• Oklahoma!
• On the Town – 1944 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• On the Waterfront
• One Drop of Love
• Opera 101 – The Audition
• Othello
• Out of Darkness
• Outside Mullingar
• Owen Wingrave
• Parson’s Dance
• Pearl’s in the House
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Plated and Staged
• Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band
• The Producers
• The Queen
• The Rakes Progress
• Rent
• Riders of the Purple Sage
• The River Bride
• Rothschild’s Violin
• Rusalka
• The Secret Garden
• Seong – Jin Cho
• Shen Yun
• Siege of Calais
• Silent Night – Kevin Puts – ABOUT
• Song from the Uproar – Mazzoli
• Songfest: A Cycle of American Poems for Six Singers and Orchestra – 1977
• Spring Awakening
• Street Scene
• Streetcar Named Desire
• Sunday in the Park
• Sweeney Todd
• Tancredi
• The Tempest
• The Tipping Point – Spring Dance – ABOUT
• Thomas Andes
• Tosca
• Trouble in Tahiti – Bernstein
• Xerxes
• West Side Story – 1957 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• Wicked
• Witches of Venice
• Wonderful Town – 1952 – Leonard Bernstein – ABOUT
• Yamato
• You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown – ABOUT
• Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Best Movies of All Time

• 12 Angry Men
• 2001 Space Odyssey
• 8 1/2
• A Place in the Sun
• A Time to Kill
• African Queen
• Alien
• All About Eve
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Amadeus
• American Beauty
• American Graffiti
• An American in Paris
• Annie Hall
• Apartment, The
• Apocalypse Now
• Back to the Future
• Ben Hur
• Best Years of our Lives, The
• Big Lebowski, The
• Blade Runner
• Bonnie and Clyde
• Boogie Nights
• Braveheart
• Bridge on the River Kwai, The
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Casablanca
• Chinatown
• Cinema Paradiso
• Citizen Kane
• City Lights
• Clockwork Orange
• Close Encounters
• Dances with Wolves
• Dark Night, The
• Dead Poets Society
• Deer Hunter, The
• Departed, The
• Die Hard
• Dirty Dozen, The
• Double Indemnity
• Dr Strangelove
• Dr Zhivago
• ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
• Fargo
• Fight Club
• Forrest Gump
• French Connection, The
• From Here to Eternity
• Full Metal Jacket
• General, The
• Giant
• Gladiator
• Godfather, The
• Gone with the Wind
• Goodfellas
• Goodnight and Good Luck
• Goodwill Hunting
• Graduate, The
• Grapes of Wrath, The
• Great Dictator, The
• Green Mile, The
• High Noon
• Inception
• It Happened One Night
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Jaws
• Jurassic Park
• Karate Kid
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Maltese Falcon, The
• Matrix, The
• Mean Streets
• Midnight Cowboy
• Mr Smith Goes to Washington
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• My Fair Lady
• Nashville
• Network
• North by Northwest
• Notorious
• On the Waterfront
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• One Flew over the Cukoos Nest
• Panther Panchali
• Patton
• Philadelphia Story, The
• Pianist, The
• Pirates of the Carribbean
• Platoon
• Princess Bride, The
• Psycho
• Pulp Fiction
• Raging Bull
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Rain Man
• Ran
• Rashomon
• Rear Window
• Rebecca
• Rebel without a Cause
• Requiem for a Dream
• Rocky
• Saving Private Ryan
• Schindler’s List
• Searchers, The
• Seven
• Shane
• Shawshank Redemption
• Shining, The
• Silence of the Lambs
• Singing in the Rain
• Some Like it Hot
• Sound of Music, The
• Stagecoach
• Star Wars – Episode IV
• Star Wars IV: A New Hope
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Strangers on a Train
• Streetcar Named Desire
• Sunset Boulevard
• Taxi Driver
• Terms of Endearment
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• There will be Blood
• Third Man, The
• Titanic
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Tokyo Story
• Toy Story
• Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
• Unforgiven
• Usual Suspects, The
• Vertigo
• West Side Story
• Wizard of Oz, The
• Wuthering Heights
• Y Tu Mama
• Yankee Doodle Dandy

At one point in time, there was VHF/UHF and cable.  Cable was a no brainer if you wanted crisp clear images.

These days though, this is not the case.

Here is a list of options with cost estimates, benefits and drawbacks.  It is not comprehensive, but WTH I am not a corporation, I am a viewer like you.

Digital Antenna

• I have this.
• I run my digital antenna into my TiVo (lifetime subscription) box.  Otherwise TiVo costs about $20 per month… I think.  The boxes these days are around $600.
• The cost is a one-time outlay of about $100 for a decent antenna.  Don’t skimp, get the best you can afford.
• The benefit is that it remains absolutely free after the initial purchase
• The drawback is that it requires a (nearly) line of sight to the towers, and has a range of (realistically) no more than 65 miles.
• You can get anywhere from a few to nearly a hundred channels

Cable (usually COX)

• I have basic
• They nearly had a monopoly, and the cost shows it.  The cost is about $40 for basic, and it goes up to about $300 per month based on what premium channels you want.
• The benefit is that it’s easy to understand and navigate
• The drawback is the hellacious cost

Netflix

• I have this.  I have a two-DVD per month plan and a one-device streaming plan
• This cost is reasonable, but not as great as it used to be.  The cost is about $10 for each plan – and that is per month
• The benefit is that it is very flexible, and there are no commercials.
• The drawback is that it requires an internet data plan of at least 5 mBps – better if you have 20.

YouTube / Vimeo

• Benefit:  If you have a Smart TV you can do this.  It is currently mostly free.
• Drawback:  I find it kind of cumbersome to find programming.

Great Courses

• I do this.  It is about $20 per month, but has everything from Dog Training to Quantum Physics
• If you are into education, this is a good thing to have.

Ted Talks

• Free, and great if you like educational stuff

Amazon Prime

• I have this
• The benefit is that you have a decent selection of programming at no cost
• The drawback is that – there is nothing free in life – and Amazon makes their money with commercial advertising.  Not too bad, but commercials?  Yech.
• Amazon Prime used to be $79 per year, then went up to $99.  For 2019 the price is now $119.  There are all kind of web coverage about if this is worth it, or not.  For me, it is.

MP4 files on a Thumb Drive

• Before I got rid of all (1000+) of my DVDs, I burnt them to a 5 TB drive.  As I want something, I burn it to a thumb drive, stick it in the TV USB port and go from there.
• The benefit is that it is totally free
• The drawback is that it was a PITA getting all of the files to MP4 format, with about 2% failure rate – but remains free.  It is also a bit of a pain retrieving a movie when I want it

Hulu and Hulu Plus

• I have basic Hulu.  The benefit is it is only $10 per month.
• The drawback is that you have commercials.  The same one, usually, over and over.  SIGH
• Hulu Plus has additional programming and no commercials, but is about $20 per month… I think.

Philo – $16-20 – I don’t know too much about this

Acorn TV – $5 – This was recommended, but I am not familiar with it.

Sling – $25-40 – This used to be free.  I don’t know too much about the new paid version

Cloud DVR – I know absolutely nothing about this

RedBox – $5 per DVD rental – This remains a popular standard.  I’ve done it a few times, but not too often.  I think the loan period is only two days, with a stiff penalty after that.

TV Channels Online – I know absolutely nothing about this

Public Library – This is free – I did it once years ago, so can’t comment on current technology

HBO / Showtime / Starz – Each is about $10 and they have recent movies, but not a whole lot of selection options.

That’s about all that I have time for.  If you want to explore some more,

CLICK HERE.

@ = Amazon  –  Ø = Netflix  –  © = CBS All Access

• Alex, Inc.
• Big Bang ©
• Burn Notice @
• Cheers
• Chef Tips
• Chuck @
• Elementary
• Eureka @
• Father Brown
• Frasier
• Goliath @
• Gotham
• Grays Anatomy
• Great Brit Bak
• High Castle @
• Impastor
• Jack Ryan @
• Limitless ©
• Longmire
• Midsommer Murders
• Minority Report
• Monk @
• NCIS
• Orville
• Psych @
• Royal Pains
• Salvation
• Scorpion ©
• ST Enterprise @
• ST Orig @
• ST TNG @
• Star Trek ©
• Twilight Zone
• Young Sheldon ©

12 Angry Men
2001 Space Odyssey
8 1/2
A Place in the Sun
A Time to Kill
African Queen
Alien
All About Eve
All Quiet on the Western Front
Amadeus
American Beauty
American Graffiti
An American in Paris
Annie Hall
Apartment, The
Apocalypse Now
Back to the Future
Ben Hur
Best Years of our Lives, The
Big Lebowski, The
Blade Runner
Bonnie and Clyde
Boogie Nights
Braveheart
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
Chinatown
Cinema Paradiso
Citizen Kane
City Lights
Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters
Dances with Wolves
Dark Night, The
Dead Poets Society
Deer Hunter, The
Departed, The
Die Hard
Dirty Dozen, The
Double Indemnity
Dr Strangelove
Dr Zhivago

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
Fargo
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
French Connection, The
From Here to Eternity
Full Metal Jacket
General, The
Giant
Gladiator
Godfather, The
Gone with the Wind
Goodfellas
Goodnight and Good Luck
Goodwill Hunting
Graduate, The
Grapes of Wrath, The
Great Dictator, The
Green Mile, The

High Noon
Inception
It Happened One Night
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Karate Kid

Lawrence of Arabia
Maltese Falcon, The
Matrix, The
Mean Streets
Midnight Cowboy
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
Mutiny on the Bounty
My Fair Lady
Nashville
Network
North by Northwest
Notorious
On the Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in the West
One Flew over the Cukoos Nest
Panther Panchali
Patton
Philadelphia Story, The
Pianist, The
Pirates of the Carribbean
Platoon
Princess Bride, The
Psycho
Pulp Fiction

Raging Bull
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rain Man
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebecca
Ran
Rebel without a Cause
Requiem for a Dream
Rocky
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler’s List
Searchers, The
Seven
Shane
Shawshank Redemption
Shining, The
Silence of the Lambs
Singing in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
Sound of Music, The
Stagecoach
Star Wars – Episode IV
Star Wars IV: A New Hope
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Strangers on a Train
Streetcar Named Desire
Sunset Boulevard

Taxi Driver
Terms of Endearment
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
There will be Blood
Third Man, The
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tokyo Story
Toy Story
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
Unforgiven
Usual Suspects, The
Vertigo

West Side Story
Wuthering Heights
Wizard of Oz, The
Y Tu Mama
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Rent these movies on Netflix when available.  Still cheaper than the theater – plus we can watch in our pajamas.  Be sure to watch the Trailer on YouTube.

• 120 Beats Per Minute ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
• Ant-Man
• Ant-Man and the Wasp . ★ ★ ★ ☆
• √  Arrival
• Avengers: Infinity War ★ ★ ★ ★
• Batman v Superman
• Boundaries . ★ ★ ★
• Captain America: Civil War – 2017
• Captain America: Winter Soldier – 2014
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – 2014
• Deadpool
• Deadpool 2 ★ ★ ★ ★
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Get Out
• Ghostbusters
• Guardians of the Galaxy – 2014
• Guardians of the Galaxy – VOL 2 – Watch others
• Hearts Beat Loud ★ ★ ★ ☆
• √  Hidden Figures
• I, Tonya
• Incredibles
• Incredibles 2 ★ ★ ★ ★
• Inside Out
• Interstellar
• Iron Man 3
• Justice League
• Jurassic World
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom★ ★ ☆
• Leave no Trace ★ ★ ★ ★
• The Lego Movie
• Lego Batman Movie
• Logan – see other X Men movies – 2016
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• √  The Martian
• Oceans 11, 12, 13
• Oceans 8 ★ ★ ★
• RGB ★ ★ ★ ★
• Sausage Party
• √  Secret Life of Pets
• Sorry to Bother You ★ ★ ★ ★
• Star Trek: Beyond Action – 2017
• Star Trek: Into Darkness – 2013
• Spiderman: Homecoming – watch others too
• Star Wars: Solo – A Star Wars Story
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Star Wars: IX
• Terminator: Genisys
• √  Tomorrowland
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
• Wonder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
• The Theory of Everything
• Three Billboards
• Three Identical Strangers ★ ★ ★ ★
• War for the Planet of the Apes – 2017
• X Men: Days of Future Past – 2014
• X Men: Apocalypse – 2018
• √ Zootopia