kins

No, I'm with you on that...

Nutek

Tom Baker would be a plus (as would Father Ted, obviously).

SultanOfSwing

Truth be told, I only had a passing interest in the show even then. I know more than a few native Americans who are way more into the show than I ever was

One word. Porridge ...

Bink

I love TG too but I appear to have seen every episode multiple times at this point.

They also used to show a lot of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on BBCA. I haven't had a chance to watch BBCA in a while so don't know if that's still the case.

SultanOfSwing

Yeah, while I do enjoy rewatching certain ones, I do think they could spread the repeats a little thinner in between new series from the UK. Top Gear is really rather popular here though, so ratings are ratings I suppose!

Ramsay makes an appearance most days as well.

Perhaps there should be two BBC Americas. One for Americans who like British TV (i.e. the current one) and one actually for Brits, that shows 70s and 80s sitcoms, Open University programs, British movies, cricket and snooker. With half an hour of Testcard F every day.

Nutek

I would happily pay extra for this. I have a large collection of DVDs that are almost all old (70s / 80s) TV shows and I'm adding all the time.

Fortunately, Mrs. N. likes a lot of them, especially the sitcoms.

Sally Redux

By no stretch of the imagination could US TV come under the heading 'tell me the positives'

SultanOfSwing

I've got my DVDs from back home, I just haven't bought a region-hackable DVD player yet to play them on.

Game of Thones does ...

Apart from the crappy news (which I never watch anyway) and endless infomercials though, US TV isn't that bad. Even if I do spend most days watching reruns of Family Guy and Big Bang Theory

Bink

I quite like a few of the US shows and you get to see them sooner. You HAVE to DVR everything though else the adverts would drive you crazy.
The one that really got me was that BBC News had a commercial break and then came back on for 10 seconds. I thought that the beeb was above that!

Bob

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-DVD-C5.../dp/B003ANVQWU
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.

We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.

Nutek

Yeah.. we picked up a couple of Phillips units from Amazon. Paid about 40 apiece for them I think. Nothing fancy, but 1080P capable and Region 0, so perfect for what I needed.

dfrbrowne

thats a point, I am bring my large dvd library with me, so if I bring my own UK dvd player with me will it work in the US, do I need a transformer or anything?

fathermike

A transformer will cost more than an all regions DVD player bought here.

Nutek

Bring the DVDs, dump the player.

SultanOfSwing

Oh aye, I can find one easy enough, I just tend to spend my spare cash on other things before I get to it