That's sure right about actors starting out on Oz. A bunch of them went on to The Wire.

For the first time in a long time, I do not have HBO. They don't have anything I want to watch any more.

>I've been using the play on line feature for quite a while. Haven't done the box for tv as most of my tv watching gets done at my desk anyway so i can watch on my HDTV that I use as a second monitor. Lots of good old brit TV series etc. They are really bumping up the variety of stuff available that way now.
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>I wish my cable company offered more stripped down movie packages. I want HBO and Showtime for the original content but haven't watched a movie there in a long time.
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>I liked Oz but not as much as a lot of other HBO and showtime originals. Lots of people got good career launches from it though, including Chris Meloni and Edie Falco.
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>>BTW, speaking of Netflix, are you aware of their new download feature? It's free if you are on any of their unlimited rental plans. You pick movies the normal way, except you watch them instantly -- OK, in 15 seconds or so -- on your computer or TV. You need a box to watch it on TV. You can use a TiVo or a couple other DVRs. If you don't have one of those, which I don't, you can buy a dedicated box from Roku for $99. I got one of those as a family Christmas present. The girls are already using the heck out of it. Emily said it's like having our own video store.
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>>Downside: not all titles are available for download, hardly any new ones. They say they have 12,000 movies and TV shows now. "No Country for Old Men" is one of them, for example. I expect the number will increase. Netflix's CEO likes to say they named the company Netflix, not DVDs In The Mail.