In this context, it would be better to say, I prefer A to B. So, I prefer driving my own car to having someone else drive.
However, you can say something like, I prefer driving my car rather than having someone else drive me. Than doesn't generally get left by itself, and it's possible for it to be misunderstood as a misspelling of 'then', which changes what you're trying to say:
I prefer driving my car, then having someone else drive me. It's somewhat similar, but it's actually setting an order of preference, rather than choosing which one you actually want.
You could also say something like, I prefer driving my car over having someone else drive me.
So, there's some versatility there to accomplish more or less the same thing, it just might require adding a word in some cases.
Netflix is a streaming service you pay a monthly fee for, and on top of that need access to the Internet in order to see. It provides quite a large catalog of movies, original programming and other television shows. For many people, it's the best way to go, because if what you want is available, you can watch it on demand. A couple of clicks or voice commands and you're watching your entertainment from the comfort of your own home. You didn't have to go anywhere to do it.
If you already have Internet, Netflix is mostly likely the cheaper option.
BLOCKBUSTER
Blockbuster is a largely defunct video/DVD/Bluray rental business with stores you would go to make your selection (there may still be one Blockbuster around, but the rest were closed as of mid-2018). Since it was a store with a finite storage space, you could only find predominantly movies that were fairly popular, along with newer releases. As more stuff came in, other movies that weren't producing would probably be removed.
To watch the same amount movies in a month that you could do on Netflix (providing Netflix and your choices at Blockbuster matched up), would be considerably higher through Blockbuster, considering rental fees were typically somewhere around $3.99 or so a film. With to or three videos, you'd be over you Netflix payment.
CABLE TV
Perhaps the most diverse, cable TV has all kinds of different channels that can be watched simultaneously if you're programming package, cable equipment and television permit it. Generally, though, you watch programs based on when they come on, instead of when you want to watch them, though the workaround for that is a DVR. Some options actually have an app you can download and stream from when you want.
Cable and/or Satellite TV do have a limited amount of On Demand movies you can watch, that are typically rather new. But they generally cost more to rent (similar to Blockbuster), and you would pay on top of the monthly bill, which is considerably higher than Netflix by itself and probably rivals the fees for the Internet connection, depending on what you have.
To watch live sporting events or other live programming is virtually unavailable via Netflix, which would include your local and national news. Other services like Hulu allow you to watch some television shows the next day, but I'm not sure if that's as much of an option with Netflix.
WHICH ONE TO GET?
Blockbuster is pretty much out of the picture, so it comes down to Netflix and Cable. In general, that battle will be one mainly by how much money you have available to spend each month on home entertainment, then what you want to watch, and maybe when you want to watch it. Answering those questions will give you which one to go with.
There could be a better way to do this, but here's what I've been doing.
Just above this text box are four text settings and one for images (the last box). It wants a URL to an image, which means it needs to be stored somewhere on the internet. If the photo is already accessible that way, then all you need to do is copy and paste the the URL into the image pop up box. (see image below). If it's coming from a free image site, like Pixabay, or somewhere else, such as an entertainment web page, they might not permit what's referred to as hot linking, so you might get an error image instead. The best way to do it would be to have it stored somewhere that provides such services, like Google.
The way I've been doing it is taking the image I want on my computer, going to to my replies list page on Steemit, opening up any reply I have, and then clicking on the reply link to open the text box. That then allows me to drop in the image I want to use. When it does that, it creates a URL linked to Steemit's storage file. Then that link can be copied and pasted into a musing post. You just then cancel the reply to avoid inadvertently sending the image as a reply to someone else.
Mine's very much a round about way, but I don't really have images sitting online anywhere, so it's a fairly quick way to produce the URL.
When it first shows up in the reply text box (if you do it my way), it will have the name of the file at the beginning and parentheses around the actually https link. The image name and the parentheses should be removed.
As I mentioned at the top, there could be a better way to do this, but I don't know it. It's just not as simple as dragging and dropping into the text box like it is on Steemit.
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In this context, it would be better to say, I prefer A to B. So, I prefer driving my own car to having someone else drive.
However, you can say something like, I prefer driving my car rather than having someone else drive me. Than doesn't generally get left by itself, and it's possible for it to be misunderstood as a misspelling of 'then', which changes what you're trying to say:
I prefer driving my car, then having someone else drive me. It's somewhat similar, but it's actually setting an order of preference, rather than choosing which one you actually want.
You could also say something like, I prefer driving my car over having someone else drive me.
So, there's some versatility there to accomplish more or less the same thing, it just might require adding a word in some cases.
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Well, let's see:
NETFLIX
Netflix is a streaming service you pay a monthly fee for, and on top of that need access to the Internet in order to see. It provides quite a large catalog of movies, original programming and other television shows. For many people, it's the best way to go, because if what you want is available, you can watch it on demand. A couple of clicks or voice commands and you're watching your entertainment from the comfort of your own home. You didn't have to go anywhere to do it.
If you already have Internet, Netflix is mostly likely the cheaper option.
BLOCKBUSTER
Blockbuster is a largely defunct video/DVD/Bluray rental business with stores you would go to make your selection (there may still be one Blockbuster around, but the rest were closed as of mid-2018). Since it was a store with a finite storage space, you could only find predominantly movies that were fairly popular, along with newer releases. As more stuff came in, other movies that weren't producing would probably be removed.
To watch the same amount movies in a month that you could do on Netflix (providing Netflix and your choices at Blockbuster matched up), would be considerably higher through Blockbuster, considering rental fees were typically somewhere around $3.99 or so a film. With to or three videos, you'd be over you Netflix payment.
CABLE TV
Perhaps the most diverse, cable TV has all kinds of different channels that can be watched simultaneously if you're programming package, cable equipment and television permit it. Generally, though, you watch programs based on when they come on, instead of when you want to watch them, though the workaround for that is a DVR. Some options actually have an app you can download and stream from when you want.
Cable and/or Satellite TV do have a limited amount of On Demand movies you can watch, that are typically rather new. But they generally cost more to rent (similar to Blockbuster), and you would pay on top of the monthly bill, which is considerably higher than Netflix by itself and probably rivals the fees for the Internet connection, depending on what you have.
To watch live sporting events or other live programming is virtually unavailable via Netflix, which would include your local and national news. Other services like Hulu allow you to watch some television shows the next day, but I'm not sure if that's as much of an option with Netflix.
WHICH ONE TO GET?
Blockbuster is pretty much out of the picture, so it comes down to Netflix and Cable. In general, that battle will be one mainly by how much money you have available to spend each month on home entertainment, then what you want to watch, and maybe when you want to watch it. Answering those questions will give you which one to go with.
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There could be a better way to do this, but here's what I've been doing.
Just above this text box are four text settings and one for images (the last box). It wants a URL to an image, which means it needs to be stored somewhere on the internet. If the photo is already accessible that way, then all you need to do is copy and paste the the URL into the image pop up box. (see image below). If it's coming from a free image site, like Pixabay, or somewhere else, such as an entertainment web page, they might not permit what's referred to as hot linking, so you might get an error image instead. The best way to do it would be to have it stored somewhere that provides such services, like Google.
The way I've been doing it is taking the image I want on my computer, going to to my replies list page on Steemit, opening up any reply I have, and then clicking on the reply link to open the text box. That then allows me to drop in the image I want to use. When it does that, it creates a URL linked to Steemit's storage file. Then that link can be copied and pasted into a musing post. You just then cancel the reply to avoid inadvertently sending the image as a reply to someone else.
Mine's very much a round about way, but I don't really have images sitting online anywhere, so it's a fairly quick way to produce the URL.
It ends up looking something like this:
Here's what the URL should look like:
https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXJSz29A2YkNHXHbSBy7NTSxZJsoyX95APxwxqXHEbaBZ/Screen%20Shot%202019-03-23%20at%2010.33.05%20PM.png
When it first shows up in the reply text box (if you do it my way), it will have the name of the file at the beginning and parentheses around the actually https link. The image name and the parentheses should be removed.
As I mentioned at the top, there could be a better way to do this, but I don't know it. It's just not as simple as dragging and dropping into the text box like it is on Steemit.
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