How do FFF watch TV?

POSTED BY: LindyCat
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 22:12
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LINDYCAT

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:02 AM

Well, just got a TiVo. It got me thinking.... How does everyone here watch TV, and has it changed since Firefly was on the air?

A. TiVo
B. Cable
C. Satalite
D. Antenna
E. Don't watch TV
F. Other

Changed since Firefly?

Yes
No

I'm curious

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
- Abraham Lincoln: Speech in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dec 18, 1840.

EMBERS

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:26 AM

I watch on cable
Firefly I would both watch & tape
(even if it was run at 1 am when the Basketball game finally ended in overtime...).

nothing has changed except there are very few shows I tape now...
and none I would stay up waiting for,
none I would telephone the local station and ask if it'll be run as soon as basketball has finished.

TAUSETIPRIME

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:23 AM

Live TV (except for sports) is dead to me.

I record it, cut out the commercials (and any other things I dont like...you know: dialogue, background plot lines, any scene with a nude Kevin Bacon), and then I watch it in some sort of fast forward view.

I've found I can cut an hour long sit-com to a little less than 25 minutes (some shows these days are lucky to get even that much).

Ive even been known to turn off the TV when shows I like come on, because I would rather wait until my computer records it. This really pisses of my friends who hang out at my place.

Some shows arent even worth watching. So, I get them in AVI format, then strip out just the audio, and listen to it on my MP3 player while running errands. This works great for stand up comedians, almost all of the late shows.

Personally I think (at least in America) we've simply accepted too many advertisements. We give, on average, 7 or 8 minutes every half hour so companies can spew attractive women in their 20's serving up dreck.

I cant wait for the companies to start suing people like TIVO for allowing its customers to edit out commercials. I cant wait. This is the political equivalent of someone handcuffing me to a chair and glueing my eyelids open in support of commerce.

This change came about when I was working from home, and I had to do a lot of work at night. Has anyone seen the kind of crap on TV from 2am-6am. I think I should be able to shock anyone who hosts an informercial by pressing a button on my remote.

They didnt call it the dark ages because it was dark.

NEEDLESEYE

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:52 AM

Cable, (non digital variety)
Just recently got a video card to record shows and burn 'em, and I also got a netflix subscription.

In the Firefly days I used to have Dish network, and used a VCR.

Tell me if this makes sense.
I don't watch much TV anymore, because it's awful, except for "Lost". So, we downgraded to plain cable instead of antenna, only because we hoped for a hockey season, and because I could record shows for my son, Bear in the Big Blue house,Blues Clues , Rolie Polie Olie, etc. Now I have a huge collection of cartoons, but nothing have I bothered to record for myself. I just watch the rented movies when they show up, and on TV the weather, and news occassionaly.
So, when you add it up, I've bought a video card and pay $40 mo for my kid to watch cartoons with.

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

RAT

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:09 AM

I'v got Cable.

Changed since Firefly? - Yes and then changed back!!

ANGUSTHERMOPYLE

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by LindyCat:
Well, just got a TiVo. It got me thinking.... How does everyone here watch TV, and has it changed since Firefly was on the air?

A. TiVo
B. Cable
C. Satalite
D. Antenna
E. Don't watch TV
F. Other

Changed since Firefly?

Yes
No

I'm curious

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
- Abraham Lincoln: Speech in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dec 18, 1840.

I watch regular terrestrial TV; but got a Freeview box for my birthday. It has about 30 channels of digital TV and another 60 of dig radio.

I've never seen FF on TV, only DVD. The only thing that changed my viewing habits was getting a DVD player. I watch more DVDs than TV, better choice of programs and better sound and picture quality (DTS, 5.1).

May none of your pizzas have unfortunte toppings.

REEQUEEN

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:03 AM

We have digital cable, and just got their version of a TiVo type thingy - they call it OnDemand - and except for the big long commercial at the front end (which you can fastforward through), you can pause, rewind, and so forth. Not much in the way of choice yet, but I hope that'll change.

My watching habits had already changed before Firefly. I did watch Firefly on Fox, but since I have trouble with watching commercials - they're so annoying, loud (louder than the programs they theoretically pay for), and dull, I get really aggravated (with the commercials, not Firefly!). Except for the Geico commercials (the caveman "So condescending" is beautiful), and I used to like the Verizon (I think) commercials ("Soup from the store/soap opera star" became a family joke). (The previous brought to you by I Have No Life, tm.)

Anyway. What's really changed is the fact that I'm a DVD snob. We got a free player when we bought our Jeep (Frankie) in 2000, and now it's hard to watch videotape. So archaic, so analogue, so....last century.

"You mean they have the internet on computers now?" Homer

THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:05 PM

I no longer watch TV.

I buy DVD's and watch those on my Mac. Over here in England TV is 'reality tv' hell at the moment and the only way to avoid it, is to not flick on the tube.

Now that Formula 1 is so dull - I won't even bother to catch that so....

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IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:15 PM

As a kid I'd watch several hours of tv a day. When I got a job I taped the shows I liked, and only watched that while fastforwarding the ads.

When Firefly was on I'd watch it live, and tape it, and watch the tapes. A few months after Firefly ended I moved to a new place, and noticed that except for The west wing nothing even remotely as good as Firefly was on - so I gave away my TV and VCR (but not my PC and DVDs).

Joss and Tim, you ruined TV for me! and for that I will always be thankful.
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SERGEANTX

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I no longer watch TV.

I buy DVD's and watch those on my Mac. Over here in England TV is 'reality tv' hell at the moment and the only way to avoid it, is to not flick on the tube.

I'm with you. I haven't watched since they canceled Firefly. That was their last chance as far as I'm concerned. It's amazing how tasteless and rude commercial television seems after you've been away from it for awhile.

SergeantX

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