TV or no TV?

[Skiz]

About 4 months ago my TV was shorted out or something by lightning and no longer worked properly, so I threw it out. I knew I was going to be moving about a month later so I just told myself to wait until after the move to tackle getting a new set. Well, I've been moved for 2 months now and don't even really miss my TV or feel the strong desire for another.

I get all my shows from Usenet now and watch them on the PC shortly after they air; nothing new there.

I'm finding myself going out more and doing things that I might not normally. Does anyone here live TV free or gone any long duration without? Did you end up getting one?

I'm considering holding out until football season starts in the Fall. :unsure:

[Cabalo]

i do live a bit like you, though some times i need to go to one of my nearest cafeterias to watch my team's football matches (soccer as you call it). But it's a nice pretext to go meet some friends and neighbours and have those healthy sports discussions, heh.
other than that, i watch all my news streamlined, i DL all the tvshows i need too, etc etc. and it was mostly my GF's iniciative.

what i miss the most is sometimes that background noise feeling you have when the TV is on, even if you are not watching or paying attention, especially at dinner time.
dunno, it's still when i could miss my TV.

[apextwin146]

I have been TV free since last 2 years .. Indian TV serials have too much Drama in them so its not like i miss anything .. As for the news i have the net and Newspaper .. But i would be getting one if i get myself a Wii .. Virtual Workout FTW!!!!

[Skiz]

I have noticed that I spend more time in front of the PC now as well though, which I guess is more of a downside. Such as when I cook dinner or something, I plop down in front of the PC instead of the TV. I also don't have anything to do when cooking now... usually I watch TV whilst doing so but now I just post about not having one. :huh:

[Detale]

What about music do you listen to more music. My wife would divorce me if we had no TV. I mean can you imagine having to talk to me all day :shutup:

[Cabalo]

indeed, Tv is necessary to keep the woman busy. fact. i know by experience that even if you keep TBs and TBs of HDDs with serials, she would always want to watch that crap no one else bothers to release on p2p.
so the trick is to get her some nice live streaming sites, either music or video, plus loads of serials, wireless internet, and you have her distracted.

well, as payment, i'm having daily free polish and cooking lessons. and we go out more often aswell, instead looking at a tv.
women, can't live without'em ...

[droste]

tv is not very important to me, when i flashback i realize i never watch tv maybe i shud sell it so i not have to pay tv licence :yes: but sometimes can be good like war in world... i watch tv everyday many hours in 11 september and foolowing days..

[Barbarossa]

tv is not very important to me, when i flashback i realize i never watch tv maybe i shud sell it so i not have to pay tv licence :yes: but sometimes can be good like war in world... i watch tv everyday many hours in 11 september and foolowing days..

O Hai Osama what's the reception like in that cave, huh? :blink:

[droste]

tv is not very important to me, when i flashback i realize i never watch tv maybe i shud sell it so i not have to pay tv licence :yes: but sometimes can be good like war in world... i watch tv everyday many hours in 11 september and foolowing days..

O Hai Osama what's the reception like in that cave, huh? :blink:no it was abt the towers and usa attacking..

[Barbarossa]

What towers? What the hell are you talking about? :O

[Sanka113]

Yeah, I rarely watch shows on my tv. Basically, the only thing I watch on broadcasted tv is sports. Everything else I watch is downloaded. It's probably a bad thing that I don't ever tune into my favortie because theres more than a few of them that I watch that have crappy ratings. Oh well.

[droste]

What towers? What the hell are you talking about? :O
r u kiddin me? it was all over the news when this happened :unsure:
well i can find u some links and info if ur interested, kinda surprised u have missed....but i understand sometimes work n stuff make u busy

[hushpuppies]

lol its not a disease whom u r talking about
but TV is little bit necessary today life

[Barbarossa]

What towers? What the hell are you talking about? :O
r u kiddin me? it was all over the news when this happened :unsure:
well i can find u some links and info if ur interested, kinda surprised u have missed....but i understand sometimes work n stuff make u busy

I just had a look on the internet.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1800/52884317.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It seems like they're still there. Look, I pointed at them with an arrow.

Maybe this was a film you watched :unsure:

[droste]

r u kiddin me? it was all over the news when this happened :unsure:
well i can find u some links and info if ur interested, kinda surprised u have missed....but i understand sometimes work n stuff make u busy

I just had a look on the internet.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1800/52884317.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It seems like they're still there. Look, I pointed at them with an arrow.

Maybe this was a film you watched :unsure:that is photoshopped or date of photo fake :P or they build them again? i missed that if so

[Barbarossa]

Of course it's photoshopped. I told you I added the arrow :frusty:

Don't try and hide the fact that you are confusing Hollywood with real life...

[droste]

Of course it's photoshopped. I told you I added the arrow :frusty:

Don't try and hide the fact that you are confusing Hollywood with real life...
i never watched the movie that was made in hollywood :dabs:

[Squeamous]

About 4 months ago my TV was shorted out or something by lightning and no longer worked properly, so I threw it out. I knew I was going to be moving about a month later so I just told myself to wait until after the move to tackle getting a new set. Well, I've been moved for 2 months now and don't even really miss my TV or feel the strong desire for another.

I get all my shows from Usenet now and watch them on the PC shortly after they air; nothing new there.

I'm finding myself going out more and doing things that I might not normally. Does anyone here live TV free or gone any long duration without? Did you end up getting one?

I'm considering holding out until football season starts in the Fall. :unsure:

I went for months after moving into my own place without a telly, and I didn't miss it. But in the last week I've seen some documentaries on religion, science, society and the like, and they've given me some interesting topics of discussion with other people and opened my eyes to some things. So, as with everything: all in moderation.
I usually circle what I want to see that night when I get home from work then turn the TV off in between programmes and listen to music. That way it's not on all the time and I'm not having soaps or unfunny sitcoms seeping unbidden into my brain to rot my neural pathways.

[JPaul]

I'm not having soaps or unfunny sitcoms seeping unbidden into my brain to rot my neural pathways.

Can they really do that, you're a scientist so I know you won't lie.

[Artemis]

I have both a TV and a projector, but then only watch the documentary channels ( and the kids have their programming). The most handy button is the off button though. The difference I choose the programming I watch rather than let the shlock wash over me, and of course the projector is for my movies..........


p.s. @ barby :glag:

[pentomato]

What about music do you listen to more music. My wife would divorce me if we had no TV. I mean can you imagine having to talk to me all day :shutup:

I could never talk to you all day detale lol

[pentomato]

Cable is to expansive, so not tv here, I get the shows and watch what I like.
I don't like sports so I am good there. Even with the antena and all that I hate watching anything with commercials, it is frustating.

[100%]

My tv is big and heavy.
It stands on a small table, with thin legs.
We use it to watch in real life family movies
dust loves it.
for local news we use jlc (http://www.jlc-software.com/?page=internet_tv.html)

[chalice]

Cable is to expansive, so not tv here, I get the shows and watch what I like.
I don't like sports so I am good there. Even with the antena and all that I hate watching anything with commercials, it is frustating.

Yep, they should have an 'on' switch the size of a Frisbee for idiots like you.

[The Flying Cow]

About 4 months ago my TV was shorted out or something by lightning and no longer worked properly, so I threw it out. I knew I was going to be moving about a month later so I just told myself to wait until after the move to tackle getting a new set. Well, I've been moved for 2 months now and don't even really miss my TV or feel the strong desire for another.

I get all my shows from Usenet now and watch them on the PC shortly after they air; nothing new there.

I'm finding myself going out more and doing things that I might not normally. Does anyone here live TV free or gone any long duration without? Did you end up getting one?

I'm considering holding out until football season starts in the Fall. :unsure:

I don't watch any TV. It's there for my roommate, really.

Only thing I'll accept to watch is BBC News now and again. Other than that the TV shows I follow are all taken from the scene.

I think you're doing a great thing. Frankly, the TV set is a source of entertainment, but, to be sure, that entertainment can be ascertained with good films and novels.

My2centavos.

[The Flying Cow]

It's a huge source of time wasting when you think about it.

But then again, so is wondering the internet aimlessly..

[pentomato]

It's a huge source of time wasting when you think about it.

But then again, so is wondering the internet aimlessly..

But on the internet you find everything, not only movies, books, you always learn something. You can find people you didn't keep in touch for the last 20 years, on tv it is always the samething.

[Squeamous]

I'm not having soaps or unfunny sitcoms seeping unbidden into my brain to rot my neural pathways.

Can they really do that, you're a scientist so I know you won't lie.

Well I have no empirical evidence, but I do know people who watch such things are rarely of much interest to me.

That doesn't really help does it?

[Cheese]

I have a TV but I got rid of my freeview box and canceled the free TV package with Virgin (harder than you'd think) so I don't have to pay the TV license. Been that way since November and I haven't missed it at all. I just watch movies, TV shows and porn via PC on the TV ...

[Something Else]

I moved about 6 months ago to where I am now. We have loads of telly channels here. Before that i'd never had a tellybox in my life. I much preferred it that way.

These days I find myself watching Hull v Tottenham and shite like that. :mellow:

[Squeamous]

I have a TV but I got rid of my freeview box and canceled the free TV package with Virgin (harder than you'd think) so I don't have to pay the TV license. Been that way since November and I haven't missed it at all. I just watch movies, TV shows and porn via PC on the TV ...

You still have to have a TV licence....a PC counts as receiver equipment.

[Snee]

I'd have thunk they needed a TV-card or something for that.

Dunno, though, not living in Britain. But that's how it works here. Although they'll try and change that once they've put everything shown on the state run telly online.

[Barbarossa]

Do I need a TV Licence?

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You must be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV. It makes no difference what equipment you use - whether it’s a laptop, PC, mobile phone, digital box, DVD recorder or a TV set - you still need a licence.

You do not need a TV Licence to view video clips on the internet, as long as what you are viewing is not being shown on TV at the same time as you are viewing it.

If you use a digital box with a hi-fi system, or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence.

:eyebrows:

[Barbarossa]

That's unenforcible, shirley

[Snee]

Which is?

[Barbarossa]

What I posted.

I replied to my own thread for dramatic effect

[Squeamous]

You can tell them to take a flying jump. There was a case recently of a vicar who refused to let the inspectors into his home to prove that he didn't have a TV. He said it was up to them to prove they had grounds to believe he did have one. I think he won....I should look it up.

[Swift]

Tv for news and sports the rest I'll get from my PC

[Snee]

What I posted.

I replied to my own thread for dramatic effect

Which thread?

[Snee]

You can tell them to take a flying jump. There was a case recently of a vicar who refused to let the inspectors into his home to prove that he didn't have a TV. He said it was up to them to prove they had grounds to believe he did have one. I think he won....I should look it up.

I had some woman from the organisation which tries to enforce it here call me up late at night, last year. I kept denying I had a telly, she got all mad at me. Kinda' pissed me off in the end. I dunno what she got so mad about, had the sound off the telly turned pretty low in the background. Not as if she could tell, or at least not for sure.

And she threatened to send someone to check on me. Pretty much said she was going to in the end. I was all "k, do that". So she hung up on me.

No one came to check if I had a telly. I was quite disappointed I was.

[Barbarossa]

What I posted.

I replied to my own thread for dramatic effect

Which thread?

Shit. I meant post.

LEAVE ME ALONE

[Skweeky]

Lookie, Barbie has a coke habit and he's ran out.

[Barbarossa]

It's true that is. I forgot to get a can today. :yes:

[Squeamous]

You can tell them to take a flying jump. There was a case recently of a vicar who refused to let the inspectors into his home to prove that he didn't have a TV. He said it was up to them to prove they had grounds to believe he did have one. I think he won....I should look it up.

I had some woman from the organisation which tries to enforce it here call me up late at night, last year. I kept denying I had a telly, she got all mad at me. Kinda' pissed me off in the end. I dunno what she got so mad about, had the sound off the telly turned pretty low in the background. Not as if she could tell, or at least not for sure.

And she threatened to send someone to check on me. Pretty much said she was going to in the end. I was all "k, do that". So she hung up on me.

No one came to check if I had a telly. I was quite disappointed I was.

They do that here, but they're all mouth and no trousers. They have no real power. There's not a civilised democracy on Earth that will allow state representatives to enter your home without judicial process. They do become quite hysterical trying though, bless them.