I don't know if we get TCM here or not (is it cable-requisite?) but if not, we'll figure something out.
It is not cable-requisite! At least, not the way we're going to do it. TCM has an online streaming service available to subscribers; my parents have a subscription along with the rest of their cable package from RCN, but no interest in watching the movies on a computer rather than the actual TV, so they transferred the access to me. The important part of this service is not the ability to watch TCM on my laptop, although that's fun, but the fact that a decent percentage of the programming then goes into a buffer and becomes available to stream on demand for a number of days after airing. Most of the movies I watch these days are from the TCM buffer (or the Somerville Theatre, although the Brattle is giving it some competition recently). So that's what I meant above: if we get Phantom Lady, as long as it's in the buffer, we can watch it any time we like.
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It is not cable-requisite! At least, not the way we're going to do it. TCM has an online streaming service available to subscribers; my parents have a subscription along with the rest of their cable package from RCN, but no interest in watching the movies on a computer rather than the actual TV, so they transferred the access to me. The important part of this service is not the ability to watch TCM on my laptop, although that's fun, but the fact that a decent percentage of the programming then goes into a buffer and becomes available to stream on demand for a number of days after airing. Most of the movies I watch these days are from the TCM buffer (or the Somerville Theatre, although the Brattle is giving it some competition recently). So that's what I meant above: if we get Phantom Lady, as long as it's in the buffer, we can watch it any time we like.