That's not being a mass-media luddite.  I am a mass-media luddite.  I have
never owned a television, VCR, DVD, one of those little music-playing things
- an IPOD, yes? - or even a stereo.  Of course I've never had cable because
what would I use it for?

I am, however, addicted to public radio, so I do have plenty of radios -
ones for the house, the van, portable ones, ones in each room so I can hear
the news in stereo.  And in Canada, I become addicted to CBC-1.  Gotta get
some intelligent info somewhere!  I own a few DVDs, too, which I've been
known to watch on my laptop, albeit rarely.

Joy

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Joy Hecht
now living in a real house in northern Virginia
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
lugging Joy and her stuff around...

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of BA
:::Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:32 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: TV antenna
:::
:::We are mass-media luddites.  We refuse to pay for more than basic
:::cable (and that, only because we're in a condo complex and aren't
:::allowed to run antenna wires in from the roof).
:::
:::But when we "camp", we media-splurge.  We favor places that have
:::electrical hookup.  But in extremis, we rely on Simon's solar panel to
:::save us from an evening of media indulgence.
:::
:::We most-often travel with an Axion AXN7080 8" dual-voltage TV/DVD
:::player**.  An interesting note is that it uses less power than our car
:::radio!  Alternately, we use one of our laptop computers to play DVDs.
:::We have Netflix, so have a plethora of movies on DVD to watch while
:::travelling, since we almost never watch them while at home.
:::
:::(While camping we occasionally search for local TV channels, but
:::generally find the expected Nothing Worth Watching.)
:::
:::
:::**If we were looking to replace it, we consider that it would be nice
:::to have a wide-screen display for the DVDs.
:::
:::B&S
:::'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
:::SoCal