hungrych Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/weekinreview/24hamilton.html?ex=1324616400&en=2f4daade4d5b4d51&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Guy who hasn't owned a TV in 30 years buys an HDTV and chronicles his journey. Cool stuff.
ojnihs Posted January 3, 2007 Report Posted January 3, 2007 Damn...I sometimes wonder how life would be without a television. Guess I know what it'd be like to have one and then not have one for a really long time.
thrice Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 Cool article. My wife and I haven't had cable for 6 years (me for and I gotta say life is better that way. We really only watch 1-2 hours a day and we don't mindlessly flip channels. We're focused TV-on-DVD watchers. We sit down with a viewing agenda and stop when it's done. But the internet is the big one for me. Even when there's shit to read on the few forum I frequent I still "flip channels" through sites.
ojnihs Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 I never had cable when I was growing up, my parents didn't want us to sit there and watch television all the time. I guess it worked. Now that I'm in college though, my roommates and I have a few televisions and cable all around. Not to mention the Wii that we just got...
PsychoZX Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 the internet also consumes far more of my time than TV ever did. Ditto.
Dusty Chalk Posted January 4, 2007 Report Posted January 4, 2007 Note avatar. I basically don't watch television. Every once in a while, I'll pass by when my housemate is watching, and I'll get sucked in. Got sucked in for several hours over the weekend, but I was sick and didn't feel like getting up, don't know what her excuse was...she keeps considering getting cable, I really hope she doesn't. I'll probably get sucked in by concerts on M2 and stuff, but I told her, since I watch 1/10th of what she watches, I ain't payin' for it, so it's entirely up to her to get it... Now...DVDs, that's something else entirely...I love watching those... Oh, and:the internet also consumes far more of my time than TV ever did. Ditters, more or less (back when I was addicted to television around 1999 or so, I watched more television than surfed the internet, but if I were to get addicted again, I'd probably surf more than watch television).
hirsch Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 Now...DVDs, that's something else entirely...I love watching those... Really? Sounds like fun. I should try DVD sometime. Ditched cable over fifteen years ago, and haven't missed it once. There are enough time sinks around here without it.
Filburt Posted January 11, 2007 Report Posted January 11, 2007 I rarely watch TV, but my roommates watch it a lot so we still have it along with cable. The internet, though...
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