Do You Still Watch TV?

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...I mean just sit down and watch it for hours at a time without having one eye on your laptop/desktop/smart phone/Ipad or whatever.

If so, what do you watch?

My days of just sitting down and watching TV seem sto be over, even if there's a match on or whatever I'll have the laptop open looking up ****e that I don't need to be looking up really.

Do ye think that after a while people will stop having TV's in their sitting rooms?

Yer Ma's.

Robdude

The TV Tax crap was enough for me to give it up.

Glico Man

Nope. I stream what I want to watch as there's an ungodly amount of shite on t.v, and its never my favorite shows.

If there's a match on, I'll pop a cable between my laptop and t.v and watch liveonlinefooty.com in HD

Sindri

Yes. No point paying for it and not using it.

But, as above, there is some god awful ****e on it.

Biggins

Only for very select programmes - then its switched off again.

FatherLen

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pragmatic1

Very little. The news and the odd documentary. TV is dead.

Doyler92

Tv has gone to the dogs.

Literally.

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Uriel.

Rarely these days unless its something specific and usually a once. Mostly it'll be a political or current affairs program.

I have loads of box sets and i am working my wah through these instead

tigger123

Still watch TV but always with one eye on the laptop.

Actually, watching big sporting/political events or tv shows with twitter on at the same time (eg #aras2011 etc) is incredible fun!

Biggins

membersonly wrote: »

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Should be an option for "Select programmes - not just BIG ones".
It would be inaccurate for me to vote with the present options.

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Biggins wrote: »

Should be an option for "Select programmes - not just BIG ones".
It would be inaccurate for me to vote with the present options.

That's a shame:(

Johnny Foreigner

I gave up watching TV 7 years ago. I don't miss it at all. I go out more and do things. I watch DVD's on my laptop, listen to music, and read more.

My name is URL

I swear I don't watch Eastenders.. I just have it on for ambient background noise

William_Hicley

Wheres the NO option? I dont download/stream anything, and I dont watch soccer/football/hurling whatever.

Sheeps

voted all options

Tesco Massacre

I got rid of my tv a couple of months back. I hardly ever watched it and I didn't want to pay the tv license, so out it went. The only time I miss it is when I can't get a good stream for football matches.

MagicMarker

I selectively watch terrestrial television.

I do however watch ''recorded'' shows 90% of the time, and have been known to sit down and watch a whole season of a program in one day, far FAR better than waiting a week between episodes.

Chuck Stone

I have TV on in the background while I'm on the web. If something is really interesting I'll stop surfin' and start watchin' TV but it has to be really interesting.

Niles

Selectively, wouldn't just sit there and watch anything for the sake of it. In recent years my viewing has been whittled down to a few chosen sitcoms and maybe the odd good film. Used to watch US dramas but all the ones I liked are finished now. Somehow this has resulted in me reading more.

Sindri

My name is URL wrote: »

I swear I don't watch Eastenders.. I just have it on for ambient background noise

The only ambient background noise would be some tart shouting, 'You's well is a slag'.

Chuck Stone

I enjoy watching the Hairy Bikers.




There. I said it.

Niles

MagicMarker wrote: »

I selectively watch terrestrial television.

I do however watch ''recorded'' shows 90% of the time, and have been known to sit down and watch a whole season of a program in one day, far FAR better than waiting a week between episodes.

Depends... it can be frustrating but there is that sense of anticipation. Shows like Prison Break and Lost worked well in this respect. Though with sitcoms probably less so.

elmolesto

Gave up TV 7 years ago and I never miss it.

Dude111

I have one but to be quite frank,THERE IS HARDILY ANYTHING WORTH WATCHING ON IT NOW!

dxhound2005

Dude111 wrote: »

I have one but to be quite frank,THERE IS HARDILY ANYTHING WORTH WATCHING ON IT NOW!

The News will be on at 9 o'clock.

TPD

Only when hungover or without internet.

citizen_p

only when my internet dosnt work really, i could live happily without tv, as long as i have a good internet connection....

Babybuff

stream movies but occasionally sit down in front of tv for docu or something interesting with fire alight, especially after working week is over.

af_thefragile

Watch Top Gear episodes when on, F1 when on and recently the Dakar rally coverage and that's about all the TV i get...

Richie90

I watch matches or something like MOTD.

Also for some reason if there is a good movie on TV I'll watch it even though I could stream it without ads quite easily. I guess some habits "die hard".

cocoshovel

Very very rarely. Maybe 1 show every 5-6 months if even that. Stopped watching it about 3 years ago