However, today we have television series released on dvd and
these can be found in the stores and at libraries too.

There's really good stuff on these: Horatio Hornblower and
Longitude to nmae just a couple.

During these sad times of few good sci-fi releases I picked up
on some tvdvd's: like Star Trek Voyager and Stargate SG-1.

These I got at the local library.

But today I actually paid full rental at the store for Dark Angel.
I don't plan to make a habit of this. My local lending library
is pretty damned good about getting just about anything I request.

But other people like this stuff too and it's hard to get in
the queue for a multi-season series.

The deal with Dark Angel is even though it's on dvd, there's
a rental only stipulation on it or something... so they
don't buy it. The story line is similar to a novel by
William Gibson called "Neuromancer" (a bit anyway.) It has to be back by tomorrow. It won't be late.

This form of Pay TV _really doesn't_ have any commercials in it
which is why I enjoy them so much.