Pay Per View

When the weather is bad and I really want to see a movie, I am grateful for pay per view on my television. I am used to the old listings of movies, but I had no idea how advanced this service has now become. Not only can I choose whatever I want from what they have to offer, I can watch it whenever I want. The days of ordering a movie and waiting for it to come on are almost over. Most movies can start the minute you order them.

We get pay per view movies once in a while, though I can’t say we do it every week. It seems to be a rare occasion when we can all sit down and watch a movie together. I love that I don’t have to go to the store to pick out a movie, fight with others over the last copy of what I want to see, and there are no late fees. I don’t have to worry about losing a DVD when we order pay per view, and I don’t have to worry about going out yet again to return a movie.

In most cases you must have digital cable to get pay per view movies, and I think you can also get them with satellite television service. I had regular cable for a while when I first moved into my current place, but switched to digital so we could get pay per view movies, Roadrunner Internet, and digital phone. Even if we order a few movies a month we still are paying less than we used to and we have a ton more options. We can also watch previews of each of the movies offered, and that helps tremendously when trying to decide if we want to view a movie or not.

If you have DVR, you can pause your pay per view movies or specials, though you should know you can’t record them. My husband tried. He didn’t think it would work, but he gave it a go anyway. It is nice to be able to pause a pay per view event though, because life rarely stands still long enough to watch a movie. I miss the days when I had all the time in the world and when visiting the video stores wasn’t such a hassle, but I am glad I can usually find something I want to watch right from the menu on my television screen.