T.V.

chadwick

who doesn't have their t.v. hooked up?
who doesn't watch t.v.?
i disconnected my cable t.v. about 6-9 months ago to save money.
i do miss certain t.v. shows but not very many.

i like being among the people who don't watch (much) t.v.
seems to me that they are a smarter group of folks.

discuss.

eyedclaar

Well, I don't have t.v. and I'm damn near a genius. Consider your theory proved.

Black Diamond

My brother does not have cable. He only watches movies on his with my neice. She is going to be a genius..

Brisk.

Here it doesnt matter if you dont have 'cable' you get 5 basic channels.. actually nowadays most households have something called 'freeview' where you get a mixture of channels like sport, comdey, news etc for free, this extends your 5 to about 30.

81

i have a tv and it's hooked. however, i mostly only watch movies and sports

i am the smartest person here

neilybabes86

i cant live w/ out my sports

if my cable goes out for an hour i bug out

peacegirl

we never had cable growing up and I still don't have it in my own house...I get the 7 channels that are free
I never sit down and search for something to watch or watch something for the heck of it...when I watch tv I am watching something I have specifically chosen to watch...there are certain shows I enjoy watching

most people are shocked to find out I don't have cable...in fact, my best friend's boyfriend asked her what I do with my time since I don't watch tv!

however, I do have netflix and enjoy watching movies

dimitrispearljam

no pearl jam in greek tv..so i dont open it

Black Diamond

dimitrispearljam wrote:

no pearl jam in greek tv..so i dont open it

decides2dream

Black Diamond wrote:

My brother does not have cable. He only watches movies on his with my neice. She is going to be a genius..

well, i never had cable tv in my life until about a year ago this may. i like to think i'm intelligent, but yea...no genius. we only watched movies on our tv, some PBS here or there. went for cable simply for the HD capabilities, and sure...enjoy a few programs, but absolutely not with any regularity. we DVR, no reservations, diners, drive-ins and dives....hubby DVR's a few historical programs, anything supernatural, etc. tv is not evil, it does not make you fat, it does not rob you of your intellect. i *heart* my tv, mostly b/c i love, love, love watching blu-ray discs on a high def 52in screen with surround sound. ask me what shows are currently on, and i have not a clue.

DeLukin

About 10 yrs ago I moved and never hooked up the cable. Up until that point I was a cable addict - I remember wasting an entire Sunday afternoon watching like a 5 hour History Channel series on trap doors for god's sake! Anyway, I moved and didn't have cable and it was one of the best decisions of my life. I missed it for a while, but I was amazed at how much more I got done in a day. About 3 yrs ago we moved again. Got Dish Network this time, but I've still retained the same viewing habits. I never watch before 10pm during the week and when I watch on weekends it's usually just sporting events. DVR has helped me watch what I want in that hour or so a day before go to sleep, and since I can skip commercials on DVR'd shows I end up watching about 40 mins per hour-long show. It's funny because I can't fall asleep with the TV on anymore, and when I go to someone's house who has TV on constantly as background noise it really bugs me now. Crazy, right?

pandora

eyedclaar wrote:

Well, I don't have t.v. and I'm damn near a genius. Consider your theory proved.

I think that would be "proven" hee hee

Mr Rocko

Well I have a tv but only watch VH1 channel and 1 or 2 more channels. I couldn't live without my VH1 classic. The tv programs on my country are a totally crap, it looks like they are made for retards. Hate that.

eyedclaar

pandora wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Well, I don't have t.v. and I'm damn near a genius. Consider your theory proved.

I think that would be "proven" hee hee

When you know the rules, you can break them. That's some free writing advice from ol' eyed.

pandora

eyedclaar wrote:

pandora wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Well, I don't have t.v. and I'm damn near a genius. Consider your theory proved.

I think that would be "proven" hee hee

When you know the rules, you can break them. That's some free writing advice from ol' eyed.

genius

you said it just couldn't resist kind of a stickler for proof reading an english major and all

chiquimonkey

i have cable just cuz if i don't i get zero reception. i wish there was a way to get cable pro-rated by channel, since i only watch probably about 5-6 channels on a regular basis. don't think watching tv or not has any bearing on a person's intelligence....there are lots of good programs and documentaries available that help one keep learning

i've met a few folks in my time that refused to watch tv. a lot of them were dolts, so go figure

prism

chiquimonkey wrote:

i have cable just cuz if i don't i get zero reception. i wish there was a way to get cable pro-rated by channel, since i only watch probably about 5-6 channels on a regular basis. don't think watching tv or not has any bearing on a person's intelligence....there are lots of good programs and documentaries available that help one keep learning

i've met a few folks in my time that refused to watch tv. a lot of them were dolts, so go figure

exactly! i only watch like maybe 4-5 channels so pro-rated would be the way to go...i like the good ones where i can learn something

though i think watching too much t.v. could be detrimental...

81

it would be nice if cable was alacart. there are tons of channels i would dump from my package.

i'd start with telmundo and continue on to nickolodian, and finish up with all the shop at home networks.

_

I haven't had cable in many, many years. Got rid of the TV reception (network stations) altogether about 5 or so years ago. I felt like it was rotting my brain. I feel a little left out of some news and pop culture these days, but overall I think it was a great decision. I think it helps me to lead a more purposeful life. I still have a TV that I use for Netflix. And I go to my mom's to watch Lost.

dcfaithful

The only thing I would miss from T.V. is watching the NBA...and Dexter. Other than that, I could probably go without it.

ZiggyStar

No tv for me. Nothing to watch. And I don't have cable....i refuse to pay for tv!! I'd watch maybe an hour a week....generally when I'm eating dinner. I watch movies on my tv though....or my computer.

If I am going to watch a tv show, it's generally a boxset like Arrested Development or something like that and I'll watch the whole thing in a couple a hits then go back to no tv.