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Author Topic: Can you live without TV? Jennifer Pan THE JEN! Posts: 1219 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: Nov 2003 posted 03-14-2006 01:42 AM                        Yeah, of course literally you can. But for those of you who watch 0-30 minutes total a day on average compared to people who end up watching about 3-5 hours a day. I don't care what you watch or what programs or specials non-sense. I'm speaking as just television... either news, cartoons, sports, c-span and from of you having your TV on while you multitask or even just background noise as you sleep. The question is... How much television do you watch on average a day?... And from those of you who just NEED to watch something(a show or whatever)... Are you able to spend a week or even a month without watching it? (This is by choice not by schedule conflicts and the like) And from those who do not watch much at all... how are you able to keep current with news, events, disasters, trends, and etc. And if it takes you two weeks later to find out about "Katrina" that is pretty sad.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2006 02:00 AM                        I could live without "cable." I would prefer not to live without a TV SET, however. I really only watch 3 shows with any regularity: Letterman, Judge Judy, and 60 Minutes. I tape all of those and watch 'em when I can. (Usually have a backlog built up.) Sometimes after work (before going to the theatre) my wife and I will watch "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune." But I probably spend more time watching DVDs at home than I do actual TV. As for news: I like to check online newspapers. The Orlando Sentinel is my favorite. You can find out FAR more, faster, online than you can watching TV news. I find that when news happens, I usually find out about it on the web before TV has gotten to it. (I guess this is mostly because I don't have TV at my day job.)  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 03-14-2006 02:22 AM                     I do not like watching TV, so yes, I can.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 03-14-2006 02:36 AM                     I have done for the last eight months or so, since my set packed up. I may get it repaired or replaced at some point.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-14-2006 04:20 AM                        I don't have a TV at home, and this is a conscious decision - as I deal with moving images all day at work, I like a break from them when I get home. Of course I don't really get one, because I do a lot of video-based work on my PC - editing clips of archive footage for broadcasters, public and education screenings, that sort of thing - as well as watching DVDs that way. Radio (Britain's main public service broadcasting speech station, Radio Four, has extensive news and current affairs coverage, the only downside being what is in my opinion its very strong political bias), Internet and newspapers are where I generally get my current affairs from. If there's a TV broadcast I really want to see, I can always ask the University library at work to record it for me (we do this for programmes that use any of our footage as a matter of routine), or a friend. As for Katrina, think I probably found out more about it more quickly through online news sources than if I relied on the TV.  |  IP: Logged Nick Scott Expert Film Handler Posts: 133 From: nsw austrailia Registered: Nov 2004 posted 03-14-2006 06:02 AM                        Im at around 4hrs a day 1hr in the morning before work (bit of a cheer up) then 3 hrs of wind down tv when i get home from work. I Dont really care what i watch just aslong as it doesnt put me to sleep So no i dont think i could go that long without tv  |  IP: Logged Jason Winn Expert Film Handler Posts: 131 From: Mesquite, TX, USA Registered: Jan 2006 posted 03-14-2006 06:38 AM                     If there was no TV, I would die. Seriously, I would just stop living. I don't know what I would do without it. I have lots of shows I love watching, but my favorite is wrestling. Yeah, I'm a huge wrestling smark. I watch it every Monday and Friday. Some shows I might be able to live without, but I don't think I could live without wrestling.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 03-14-2006 07:41 AM                     I don't have cable. I can only pick up one station, sometimes. The only time I use the TV is to watch the occasional DVD. I also watch Seinfeld and Everyone Loves Raymond on DVD. So yes, I can live without it. I use the internet, read the paper, and listen to the radio for news, ect.- Matt  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2006 07:58 AM                        I don't have a TV. When I want to watch something on TV, I go elsewhere. I don't really have time to watch TV at home and, even if I did, most of the programming doesn't really interest me enough to get a TV set. At one point, I was randomly selected by the Neilsen ratings people to be one of their "ratings households" (they were looking for someone who didn't have cable and didn't have kids). The Neilsen people were very nice, but they had a difficult time comprehending that someone might not have a TV set. I tried to convince them that my opinion of television was just as valid as anyone else's, but they evidently didn't agree. As for news, I read the paper and listen to the radio (WBZ and NPR). I don't feel out of touch.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2006 08:09 AM                     TV, especially sports is generally non-productive time. I watch very little TV but I couldn't live with being aboe to watch "Emeril Live"! Mark  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-14-2006 08:09 AM                     Deleted double post.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 03-14-2006 09:25 AM                        It's a monitor for my DVD player, and nothing more. If I lived without it, I'd save money on DVD's, sure enough. No broadcast programming. Years ago it may have been consciously decided, but now I don't even think about it enough to say I don't care. I don't get current events from anywhere, although I switch on NPR while I'm driving every now and then. Who's Katrina? If you HAVE to "keep current" on trends, especially those that "television" is telling you are trendy, then THAT is pretty sad.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 03-14-2006 09:42 AM                     Hmmmm, the TV set in my bedroom doesn't ever get turned off! That's because my boyfriend needs to sleep with music (Usually VH1 Country) and it drives me crazy! As far as me actually turning the TV on to watch it, it depends on if I'm working that day. Usually if I'm working its between 0-1 hrs and if I'm not its probably closer to 2-3 hrs. On most days I could live fine and be happy with a good book, but I do like watching my Sex and the City and CSI: Las Vegas.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-14-2006 10:13 AM                     I don't watch TV very much. "The Sopranos" and "24" are the only TV series I'm currently watching. "24" is the only thing that has me switch from my satellite dish to the outside antenna (my Dish Network thing doesn't have the local channels package on it). I know there's a few other good TV series peppered in with the tide of crappy so-called "reality TV" programs. But I just don't feel like making the effort of following any other shows. Usually the TV set functions more as background to what I'm doing on the computer. When its on, its usually switched to Comedy Central. Sometimes HBO will be selected.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-14-2006 11:31 AM                     Since I usually work weekdays, I only get to watch prime time-late night TV & whatever movies are replaying on the weekends. But I could really care less what's on until my roommates leave ESPN or some crime scene investigation show on all day. After they've gone to bed around 10 I'll flip between whatever's on IFC or Comedy Central, until adult swim comes around with my Aqua Teen Hunger Force Now's the time of year in MN to sit around home & watch TV.  |  IP: Logged

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