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December 8, 2010 at 5:20PM

Super-premium-ultra-high-end cable? Well, with the economy booming, and folks taking out home-equity loans with the reasonable expectations that home values can only increase, sure, this sounds great:

Yes, I'm putting in my order right now! It will be built in a new wing of my house constructed by invisible elves who spin gold from moss they get in the Enchanted Forest. This comes on the heels of an announcement from Blockbuster - they'll be offering DVDs in kiosks earlier than, say, Netflix, but for more money. All this assumes there are lots of movies people simply cannot wait to see on DVD. Is that the case? You get one "Inception" per year. Folks can probably wait for that Adam Sandler buddy film.

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