JonMyers
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Walker said:
Have either of you two watched tv show or movie/film content on computers or laptops though?
Yeah, I'll watch TV and movies on my laptop on occasion. I'll rent some TV shows and movies in the iTunes store on occasion or stream some stuff on Cuevana.tv if I can't buy what I want.
Walker
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Walker said:
Exactly. The phrase "I don't own a TV" used to mean "I don't watch TV". Now it means "I watch TV on my computer instead".
To answer your question Walker, yes I watch tv shows and movies on my laptop all the time, I even listen to radio shows on it.
It is ironic that leftovers says that because it is 100% true. When I tell people all the time that I do not have a tv, they assume it is because I am trying to be edgy or "check out". It is quite the opposite. My last tv broke, I wanted a new tv, and still do, but every time I wait to buy the model I want at the price I want, a new model arrives, and I wait for that.
Meanwhile, I get movies, tv, whatever I want on my pc. Because of this I am in no hurry to buy a tv, and probably will not buy one for another two years or so. I will own one again eventually, but I am in no rush at all.
The other, and also major factor is, I am a minimalist, who likes being able to relocate quickly, so my living room only includes a couch, and 2 bar stools. This is also the reason I got rid of my desktop for a 17" desktop replacement, I like being very mobile.
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BuenaVista said:
To answer your question Walker, yes I watch tv shows and movies on my laptop all the time, I even listen to radio shows on it.It is ironic that leftovers says that because it is 100% true. When I tell people all the time that I do not have a tv, they assume it is because I am trying to be edgy or "check out". It is quite the opposite. My last tv broke, I wanted a new tv, and still do, but every time I wait to buy the model I want at the price I want, a new model arrives, and I wait for that.
Meanwhile, I get movies, tv, whatever I want on my pc. Because of this I am in no hurry to buy a tv, and probably will not buy one for another two years or so. I will own one again eventually, but I am in no rush at all.
The other, and also major factor is, I am a minimalist, who likes being able to relocate quickly, so my living room only includes a couch, and 2 bar stools. This is also the reason I got rid of my desktop for a 17" desktop replacement, I like being very mobile.
I've experienced a similar response when I tell people I don't own a TV. I'm not trying to be edgy or make a statement, I just get bored passively sitting there for hours on end. There are other things I usually want to be doing. As far as cable goes, the onscreen controls, the user interface for cable is ugly as hell, slow and makes me insane. I don't have the patience to sit there navigating 1000 plus channels for hours in a linear fashion with that ugly crap, and pay for it.
Sometimes I like to watch sports. The only sports I would go out of my way to watch are basketball and tennis, and some boxing matches. If I feel the need to watch them, I'll go to a bar with friends.
Also, I'm comfortable with silence or music. I don't need a TV on just for the sake of being on to keep me company. I have a lot of friends that always need to have a TV on just for the sake of being on. I can't stand when bars or restaurants have TVs blaring to keep people company.That's what staring at your cellphone is supposed to accomplish. :)
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JonMyers said:
As far as cable goes, the onscreen controls, the user interface for cable is ugly as hell, slow and makes me insane. I don't have the patience to sit there navigating 1000 plus channels for hours in a linear fashion with that ugly crap, and pay for it.
That's another thing. During the era of the "cable ready" TV, when you could just plug the cable wire directly into your set, avoiding channels you didn't like was easy. You simply erased those channels from the TV's memory. Channels you really liked were easy to remember because they had numbers like 7, 24 and 33, not 678, 1345 or 923. Ones you didn't like didn't fight like hell to make it back onto your display or stop you in your tracks. Even if you remember some four digit channel, you hit the first number and the countdown begins! Will you depress the buttons in the right order, with correct firmness and quickly enough for your channel selection to register? Lord knows. I know you make a favorite channel list, but then you only end up watching those channels because its such a hassle to navigate the morass of other channels. They're not impressing me with all those channels, either, when so many are informercials, home shopping or religious.
If TV goes away, it will be it's own fault for focusing on programming made to scare or manipulate people into spending money.
Neil Jaye
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I am still a user of Cable and TV, but my viewing has changed drastically. I rarely watch the networks and keep HBO and Showtime for the series. I have not become accustom to watching shows on a computer. Maybe because I stare at one all day long and watching a TV ‘seems’ like a change. Today, TV is mainly for movies (DVD’s) and live sports. I could see that changing though with cable bills getting ridiculous.
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