T.V. or not to T.V, this is my question...

[NYboy]

I live alone, I turn on tv when I get home from work and it stays on till bed time. A lot of times I am not watching it, more for background noise. Makes you feel not alone.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I have a tv but I only watch it at night I mostly online during the day watch a little tv at night then listen to my ipod the rest of the night.

 

[teach1rusl]

We have a television set, but don't do cable or satellite or anything. But I like getting the news, and there are a few other shows I'll watch. DH likes watching movies on it. My son used to play video games on it. I figure it'd take about two weeks to adapt if we threw the thing out, and I'd probably spend MORE time on here or reading...lol.

 

[Tiramisu]

Have an old tiny TV my mom gave me. Can't really use it though because we don't have a converter box, and I doubt we would watch it then anyway, so it would be a waste of money. We do have netflix and watch stuff on the computers though.

 

[Alicia G]

My house hold has 4. I use none of em. My reasons:
- There nothing good on

- They are very loud
- I have better things to do
I suppose being blind could be a set back, but that wouldn't stop me! >.<

 

[Beekissed]

I'm sooooo glad to know I'm not alone out here...sometimes I wonder just who is watching all that senseless programming.

 

[RHRanch]

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It must be me! LOL I watch all kinds of shows, stuff on animal planet, TLC, History Channel, Military Channel, HBO Series like True Blood and Boardwalk Empire (Great show, u are missing out if you haven't seen it.) I record them and watch them when I have time, I am super busy, so sometimes I don't watch TV for weeks, but when I can I will get an episode or two in. I personally think TV is like anything else, its fine in moderation, and you can use it like a tool and pick and choose what you want to get out of it. Example, if you want to watch PBS or Ovation, you can do so, and learn a lot about art and culture. Or you can watch the movie channels and whatever genre of movie you prefer.

 

[Beekissed]

Yes...in moderation. Sort of like the computer...I use it as a tool, primarily, and as entertainment a far distant second.

 

[krcote]

No TV here!

 

[BusyBlonde]

We have a couple TV's, and have satellite service. We can do without it much of the year (and do put our service on suspension for months) - but DH & I love football. I can do without it and don't really miss it, but DH works so hard, I can't ask him to do without football. It's about the only luxury item he requests. We don't have any of the pay channels (no HBO, Cinemax, etc).

I don't watch many of the programs people tell me I "need" to see, but I do have a couple favorites. I really like "Grimm", "Parenthood", and "Justified". I will have the cooking channel on sometimes when I'm home, more for noise but sometimes I get some great recipes/ideas.