Comments on: TV has ads? http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ian http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-175 Ian Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:19:28 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-175 You're definitely not the only one. I watched a whole lot of TV when at San Antonio due to not having much else to do (other than running and reading) but haven't watched anything while at home on TV since May. Honestly, the stuff you can get on DVD and video games are more than enough to keep myself occupied for far too much time as is. And I will buy something on DVD any day as opposed to trying to deal with watching it on TV. Ads just cause me to either mute the TV or change channel, thus usually making miss a part of the show, anyways. You’re definitely not the only one. I watched a whole lot of TV when at San Antonio due to not having much else to do (other than running and reading) but haven’t watched anything while at home on TV since May. Honestly, the stuff you can get on DVD and video games are more than enough to keep myself occupied for far too much time as is. And I will buy something on DVD any day as opposed to trying to deal with watching it on TV. Ads just cause me to either mute the TV or change channel, thus usually making miss a part of the show, anyways.

]]> By: Will http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-169 Will Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:34:31 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-169 I really enjoy watching TV shows on DVD. The one exception was Firefly, where Whedon did such a great job setting up cliffhangers that I started to wish I had ads there to give me a couple minutes to process what had happened. In any case, it's much nicer to be able to watch on your schedule. Back when I had TV, I got so that I'd set aside 4-5 every afternoon to watch the Simpsons. It wasn't that I <i>really</i> wanted to watch the Simpsons every day, it was that if I wanted to watch it I had to watch it then. Having that block of time set aside was a real pain. I really enjoy watching TV shows on DVD. The one exception was Firefly, where Whedon did such a great job setting up cliffhangers that I started to wish I had ads there to give me a couple minutes to process what had happened. In any case, it’s much nicer to be able to watch on your schedule. Back when I had TV, I got so that I’d set aside 4-5 every afternoon to watch the Simpsons. It wasn’t that I really wanted to watch the Simpsons every day, it was that if I wanted to watch it I had to watch it then. Having that block of time set aside was a real pain.

]]> By: Dana http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-167 Dana Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:36:24 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-167 I quit watching TV regularly during my second year of grad school, and when I moved back to NC, I didn't get a TV hookup here either. It's not that I don't watch TV at all now; instead, now I have to go over to either my parents' house or Mark's place to watch. (And Mark uses his TV almost exclusively for games if I'm not there.) This means that my TV watching has gotten refined down to watching just a few shows that I actually really want to follow. The annoying thing is trying to be home at a time when those few shows are on. This will probably either be solved by a TiVo-like contraption, or just waiting until everything comes out on DVD. I definitely find the internet distracting. I love to read, but if my computer is nearby and I think of something I want to look up, I put the book down and get distracted by the internet for hours. I find I get more reading done when I don't have ready access to my own computer, and I get a lot more craft stuff done when I'm around a TV, because then I can multi-task. And I definitely find TV to be more social, as you said. It is nice now that there are so many channels not everyone can watch the same shows, because it was kind of socially isolating in elementary and middle school to not be allowed to watch TV during the week. I quit watching TV regularly during my second year of grad school, and when I moved back to NC, I didn’t get a TV hookup here either. It’s not that I don’t watch TV at all now; instead, now I have to go over to either my parents’ house or Mark’s place to watch. (And Mark uses his TV almost exclusively for games if I’m not there.) This means that my TV watching has gotten refined down to watching just a few shows that I actually really want to follow. The annoying thing is trying to be home at a time when those few shows are on. This will probably either be solved by a TiVo-like contraption, or just waiting until everything comes out on DVD.

I definitely find the internet distracting. I love to read, but if my computer is nearby and I think of something I want to look up, I put the book down and get distracted by the internet for hours. I find I get more reading done when I don’t have ready access to my own computer, and I get a lot more craft stuff done when I’m around a TV, because then I can multi-task. And I definitely find TV to be more social, as you said.

It is nice now that there are so many channels not everyone can watch the same shows, because it was kind of socially isolating in elementary and middle school to not be allowed to watch TV during the week.

]]> By: Will http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-165 Will Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:03:30 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-165 No question there. The web is a powerful distraction. In my first draft, I talked about that some, but I don't feel like I have much unique to say there. Having separate work and play computers has helped, though. Messing around on the computer also isn't very social, so I tend to avoid it in the evening when Maggie is home. No question there. The web is a powerful distraction. In my first draft, I talked about that some, but I don’t feel like I have much unique to say there. Having separate work and play computers has helped, though. Messing around on the computer also isn’t very social, so I tend to avoid it in the evening when Maggie is home.

]]> By: Student Doctor Green http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-164 Student Doctor Green Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:30:50 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/03/11/tv-has-ads/#comment-164 I agree about tv being a distraction. We have one only for watching movies on the weekends. I find the internet can be an equally powerful distraction. Maybe even more so. I agree about tv being a distraction. We have one only for watching movies on the weekends. I find the internet can be an equally powerful distraction. Maybe even more so.

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