How much TV do you watch in a week, on average?
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Downloads (Score:4, Insightful)
Does downloaded TV count? If not, none (would be 1, except my freeview box has packed up). If so...
Bored, busy, or hipster (Score:5, Insightful)
Those are the big three, in my mind, that stop people from watching tv. You're either sick of the current lineups, too busy to veg out, or loooooove telling people how you don't watch tv. The advanced variant is "I don't even OWN a tv!"
I'd rather spend time on other hobbies, especially with the ridiculous price of cable, but sometimes it's nice to do nothing but watch Kirk punch some guy in the back for the hundredth time.
Background (Score:4, Insightful)
Life is too short... (Score:2, Insightful)
Ad breaks (Score:5, Insightful)
Maybe it's adult onset ADD.
Maybe it's just commercial breaks that go on forever.
The other thing I've noticed about TV in recent years is just how derivative (being polite here) all the programmes are. Most of the time by about 5 minutes in I've worked out what earlier programme a particular episode is, who dunnit to whom, with what and how it's likely to end.
It just doesn't engage me much any more. I just mentally check back in with the progress a show is making every now and then, then go back to whatever else I am doing. Usually all you need is the sound channel in order to keep up - it's surprising how little actual content is conveyed by the pictures - despite the huge bandwidth consumption.
I was born in a TV-less house... (Score:3, Insightful)
about 20 hours. (Score:4, Insightful)
It used to be possible to watch a series in the US a year or 3 ahead of the UK broadcast, but in recent years it's noe possible to follow along perhaps a week or 2 behind in some cases, if you can be bothered to wade through adverts and spend approx 30% of your viewing time watching adverts, I mean seriously - WTF?
Who would do that, I don't understand why you would do that.
Theres also been some Australian programmes which have been interesting which I otherwise wouldn't get to see, plus the fact I can watch when I want, do mammoth 'catch-up' sessions, not run the risk of being spoilered when browsing the net, and pause, fast forward etc.
It's now possible to watch all the UK freeview channels, live, for free, via the interwebs. With a 10MB connection, this makes a TV card a antiquated peice of hardware these days.