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21 posts & 21 voices | Started 2 years ago by joolsburger | Latest reply from trailofdestruction

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joolsburger - Member

Just had a look on the freebe view thing.

Britain's got talent
Over the rainbow results or something
Reruns of Top Gear

etc etc

Last good thing I saw was the solar system thing, quite liked coast both available on iplayer..

Increasingly I'm coming to the view that there is not much point in having a super dooper 42inch HDTV if the broadcasters output is utter shite.

Also is there any way of having something bad happen to Jeremy Kyle? I had Friday off work and have decided that he is just like the Victorian freak show guys, evil bastard he is..

Posted 2 years ago #
alpin - Member

yes.

not had a tv for over two years and can't say i miss it.

i'm shocked everytime i do end up somewhere with a tv (family for example) at how shit most tv programming is.

if you're after a few hours of viewing you can usually find something on the net.

veoh is good for nature progs.

there are plenty of german stations that put their programmes online. unfortunately you can't recieve i-player outside of the uk.

Posted 2 years ago #
Simon - Member

In one word, yes.

Posted 2 years ago #
MtbCol - Member

God yes, I hardly watch the thing anyway, as its usually churning out whatever is on CBeebies for my 2 year old to get excited about. I'd still have a big screen for the Wii and watching DVDs though.

Posted 2 years ago #
ton - Member

deffo

without radio2 would hurt me tho..

Posted 2 years ago #
becky_kirk43 - Member

Left me TV at home for my last month of uni (too much hassle bringing it up and a bit of a distraction), don't miss it too much. can get most of what I want on iPlayer anyway...
The radio is much better!

Posted 2 years ago #
cogglepin - Member

Ditto Ton,
Listen to Radio 2, just use tv for watching dvds.
Its mostly complete and utter garbage.

Posted 2 years ago #
teagirl - Member

For sure. Radio 4,2 and 6 I couldn't do without. Now Shameless has finished no need for TV

Posted 2 years ago #
clareymorris - Member

Who needs a telly when you have the internet

Posted 2 years ago #
ChunkyMTB - Member

Who needs a telly when you have books.

Posted 2 years ago #
Andy - Member

Quite happy peering at my 15 year old telly. No way would I pay a monthly subscription for Sky, and these day I'm starting to think the £12 a month for the licence is a waste of money and too much!

Posted 2 years ago #
samuri - Member

Telly is pants. I like good films though and there is occasionally one on telly so I'll record that. I could easily live without any broadcast though. HD and wide screen are great for watching movies on though.

Posted 2 years ago #
ex-pat - Member

Only thing I watch on TV is House, and occasionally Criminal Minds (though that's been pants of late).
40" TV is for kids, movies and Top Gear downloaded (we get it a year late in Aus).
So wouldn't ditch the box (kids would kill me), in fact we have two, as I'm on a PS3 playing Battlefield Bad Company II most nights at the moment - hopelessly addicted. Other half gets the comfy couch and big TV.

Posted 2 years ago #
mikewsmith - Member

Yes but don't get rid of the TV!

With my PC hooked up to it I watch what I want when I want (via entirely legal download sites of course!!)

Only live stuff I watch is on sport on the BBC over I-player. Olympics online & the grand prix sometimes.

Posted 2 years ago #
MountainMonkey - Member

Not had a tv since I got married (almost 5 years). I genuinely don't miss it...

Posted 2 years ago #
Karinofnine - Member

My tv broke in February and I haven't bothered to replace it. I do miss it sometimes but not enough to propel me to the shop to buy another.

Posted 2 years ago #
tron - Member

I don't think not having a telly would kill me, but I'd rather have one and a hard drive recorder. There is a bit of decent stuff on, just not neccesarily at times when you want to watch it, so a recorder makes a lot of sense.

Not that fussed about DVDs, as even though I like films, I rarely have the time to sit down and watch one.

To me, iPlayer is overrated - I want to watch telly on the telly with my girlfriend, not through a laptop or at my desk, or by faffing about with another computer attached to the TV. Maybe if I had a device that could put iPlayer on the telly I'd be interested.

Posted 2 years ago #
Ti29er - Member

I did not buy a TV 'til I was in my mid 30's and sometimes catch myself simply watching stuff because it's on.

There are some things I love, "Have I got news for you" and such like. On the whole, there's a lot of filling. Latterly I've discovered quite a soft spot for "Frineds" which I miseed first time around & Star Gate!

Posted 2 years ago #
_tom_ - Member

Well technically no as I'm hoping to get into the tv/film industry so I'd need it to get an income But thats not looking too likely and there's a lot of crap on telly.. so could probably live without it, although I do love my american dramas (House, Breaking Bad etc).

Posted 2 years ago #
Three_Fish - Member

TV is literature for the illiterate.

I'll quote Rudolf Arnheim from his "A Forecast of Television" essay (1935) because he said it so succinctly and with quite stunning foresight...

"Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But it can also put our mind to sleep. We must not forget that in the past the inability to transport immediate experience and to convey it to others made the use of language necessary and thus compelled the human mind to develop concepts. For in order to describe things one must draw the general from the specific; one must select, compare, think. When communication can be achieved by pointing with the finger, however, the mouth grows silent, the writing hand stops, and the mind shrinks."

Posted 2 years ago #
trailofdestruction - Member

I love television. I think it is one of the best inventions of the last century. It has defined our lives for the better, and given us access to places and people we would never otherwise encounter. Sure, there's going to be things that are not to your taste, but if you don't like soap operas, don't watch them. It's called self cencorship. Don't go calling for things that don't please you to be taken away, as it will not serve any purpose apart from diluting the range of programming that exists. Just because I don't like Eastenders, doesn't mean I'm against it. Lots of folk probably don't want to watch obscure documentaries about 17C German Scientists on BBC4 (to paraphrase), but both should exist, and I'm more than happy to pay for all of them in my licence fee. No, the system isn't perfect, and you can't please all of the people all of the time, but it's a lot better than most.

I'd rather have this than the alternative, which is commercial television on every channel. Lots of people seem to think that by not watching television, it would make them more intellectual and above those who do. I say, it depends on what you watch and what you learn from it.

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