Poll: what do you pay for entertainment?

[think]

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Media and TV i.e. movies plays acting actors and concerts et.c.

How much is entertainment worth to you? would you pay more for greater quality greater amount that is not there? What do you want to see that you have to pay someone to have you see that?

Like me I think, I am a fantasy entertainer so... I get to entertain myself all the time-- fine -- and that is free. And when I get into an Off section of my entertaining life I just move on to a different medium.

I would almost never pay to see someone else do anything because I have my own sorta .. reality that has everything I need to be entertained..my imagination right? we all do. They might or might not pay me to entertain somebody or some kind of animal thing but never would i consider it worthwhile to pay someone for their ... constructions and shapes of time/stagings and such in that I have too much of my own of that and theirs would really be in the way.

anyway. --meet mr joe normal... has things and watches his tv. looks thru the magazines and reads the papers and .. maybe goes to a movie or play concert performance et. c, and or so on.. nice mr normal you buy your music from iTunes and so forth. what is this entertainment budget? going for, at, well, dollar value?

HOW IMPORTANT is getting entertained..and what does that mean to you...what is more entertaining etc... personal preference is the reason I am polling to find out what the average trekbbs peep would put out.?

 

[DeMilburn]

Entertainment means a lot to me, I am a huge TV and Film fan (more film) and I think I spent, well not too much but a resonable amount.
I have a monthly cinema pass that lets me watch as many films as I want, if your not UK based I have Sky TV with all the packages and demand films. I have Netflix and spent most of my time n the web watching trailers and films etc. I also on average buy a new bluray a week maybe a couple if new films have been released or I spot a classic film I need. I will also soon be signing up to Amazon Prime.

 

[SPCTRE]

DS9 ON BLU-RAY IT'S HAPPENING DOT GIF

 

[Squiggy]

DS9 ON BLU-RAY IT'S HAPPENING DOT GIF

 

[RoJoHen]

I pay for an internet connection and Netflix. That's about it.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

I pay... With my very soul.

 

[Starbreaker]

DirecTV with DVR and HBO for the summer
Netflix
I buy 4-5 movies a year on Blu-ray
Buy PS3 games a year or so after the release so they're a third of the price
Nook Simple Glow Light. I read several books a year.
Read X-Men comics on my Surface

 

[think]

I ,,, I am getting a spike in the disposable cash option we need to fix that

I know Less. less disposable cash all around.. specially if it has not gotten less in a while. )0000

 

[BillJ]

Between me and the wife? Probably somewhere around $1,800 a year. That's going out to movies, video games, books, DVD/Blu-ray and Netflix/Amazon Prime.

It would push to around $2,400 if you factor in the cost of our internet connection.

 

[Velocity]

I spend way too much on books; paper and ebooks both. Libraries just don't stock all the sf and fantasy that I want to read. I'm scared to figure out how much I actually spend on reading material, but I may need to get a job to support my habit.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't have cable, but I do pay a princely sum for Internet access, and I get a lot of entertainment from that. Also my yearly MLB.TV subscription gets me much enjoyment.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

I pay a lot less now than I did when I had less money, mostly because with streaming services I only actually buy CDs and DVDs if I already know I really like them. Cable is kind of expensive. Otherwise I just have maybe a handful of $10/month charges like Netflix and Hulu Plus.

Although I paid more than usual this year because my old TV died so I bought both a new TV and a PS4 in the span of a month.

 

[HIjol]

I am a big a Reader and a Big Movie Watcher at home, not in the Theaters. I do buy DVDs, but no movie packages or premium cable channels. Music to sing to in the car and when no one is home. Going for drinks and dinner count? And my secret form of entertainment is People-Watching. They never disappoint. I would give my Living Essence and Very Core for a Holodeck. Without hesitation.

Teasing out the cost of the Holodeck, I spend about $2000 a year.

 

[Seven of Five]

I've just got rid of Sky, so now all I pay is £5.99 for Netflix. I also have NowTV for free for now, which will go up to £6 or £7 in a couple of months. NowTV is a subsidiary of Sky so I can watch Game of Thrones, Flash and other things on demand, rather than pay £40 a month for a load of channels I hardly use.

The good thing about these services is you can cancel them anytime you feel bored, and start them back up again when you're in the mood again.

I buy blu-ray films, but usually try and wait for them used to save money. I don't buy TV series like I used to. I also buy Xbox One games used.

I have learned to have a great deal of patience when it comes to entertainment, which mainly comes from being full time at work, and therefore less time to do these sorts of things. I'm not in a rush to watch or play anything, so it doesn't matter if I'm a few months out of touch.

 

[Timewalker]

There were several years of my life when I had no TV at all. So when I finally did get a TV and cable, it turns out that I got so used to not having it, I haven't gotten back into it, at least not as I used to. I prefer watching stuff on my computer, since I can do that when I prefer, and my computer chair isn't so comfortable that I'm in danger of falling asleep and missing half the show.

That said, there's a lot I'd like to see but can't, since so many of the services that Americans take for granted are not available to Canadians. You know how much Star Trek is on Netflix Canada? TNG, TNG movies, and STiD. That's it.

Thank goodness I've got an extensive personal library of books. I've actually tried to cancel my cable TV several times, but then the cost for phone and internet go up astronomically because of the insane way Telus insists on bundling its services. So it's cheaper to pay for something I hardly ever use than to cancel it.