Of course everything has its drawbacks. You noticed the phrase “ad supported”? But if you miss a favorite TV program, you may just find it on HULU the next day. And the day after. Which means “goodbye VCR, hello HULU.” And may also mean you’ll invest in a larger computer monitor and more comfortable computer chair.

http://www.hulu.com/

1,000 BEST MOVIES

     The NEW YORK TIMES has here 28,000 movie reviews, including all reviewed since 1960 and what they consider the 1,000 best ever made.

http://movies.nytimes.com/ref/movies/reviews/

     Bill swears by NETFLIX and rents movie DVDs from them on a regular basis. If you’d like to check them out:

http://www.netflix.com/Register

TV AND MOVIE LISTINGS

     Zap2it has U.S. TV listings, movie listings, DVDs, reviews, and gossip. Put in your zip code to find what movies are playing in your area at what times.

http://www.zap2it.com/

     If you're interested in movie reviews or celeb gossip, and if you don't mind being swamped, click below for the Google directory for U.S. TV and movie reviews. I wandered into it, planning to stay fifteen minutes. Wandered out two hours later, glassy eyed but deeply impressed at what's out there.

http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Television/Schedule_and_Programming/

     If you're not in the U.S., go to

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

and put in the name of your country and "Google directory TV listings" or "TV and movie listings." You should get a bunch. I accidentally landed in the Google TV/movie directory for the UK and was almost overwhelmed. Which directory is at:

http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Movies/Theaters/Theater_Chains/

RADIO-LOCATOR

     RADIO-LOCATOR says it’s “the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the Internet. We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.”

http://www.radio-locator.com/