36
by El Protoolio_Archive
I have an iPhone with AT&T and live in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area so of course I don't get a signal at my house. Therefore, since I need to be able to use a phone at home, I have a landline from Verizon with DSL service, a PS3 connected to it to stream Netflix, watch DVDs and Blu Rays. I get my TV from the free digital broadcasts which, if you have a good signal and an HDTV, looks and sounds just as good as cable. They also have more channels than analog broadcasts did so it's kind of almost like the cheapest cable packages except it's free.To summarize :Start up costs -PS3 (used) - $225 + tax Monthly charges -Phone & DSL - $51.01/monthNetflix 5 DVDs at a time plus unlimited streaming - $32.91/monthPS3 online service - FREEDigital Antenna HD Quality Broadcasts - FREEIt's more expensive to buy the PS3 then the Xbox or AppleTV but the Xbox has the online service costs which the last time I had it was at least $12/month, maybe more. The PS3 has no monthly online charges. What if you go a month or two without using it online? You still pay those fees.The AppleTV lets you buy and rent from iTunes and watch your Netflix and is only $99 to buy but you can't play DVD's or Blu Rays or video games with it like the PS3. So you get more entertainment options with the PS3, which to me provides the maximum home entertainment value aside from my music collection.
it's not the length, it's
the gersch