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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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If you are on your own I can understand that. Though when I was living with my parents many years ago we had one in the living room and kitchen and one on the parents bedroom. With four of us we would invariably want to watch something different.
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Nope not giving up my TVs. Laptop is good when travelling as well as the iPad and I also use the iPad if I'm doing housework and want to watch something. Also use the TVs for radio at the weekends.
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Other than the year we lived in a rented house that had no way of getting a TV signal (no aerial or cable), no I can't see myself ever ditching a TV. Maybe I'll switch on TV via the internet, but I'll still watch it on a TV in my living room.
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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Haven't owned one in 9 years. Sometimes I enjoy the experience at a friend's house, but I know if I got another I'd probably end up watching it all of the time.
I sometimes look at the latest offerings in electrical shops. I think that the action looks really blocky.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:14 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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Not the same as real 3D. The resolution of real things is so much better almost 8k in quality.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:18 am |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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Can you ever see yourself ditching the TV?
That depends how you define TV.
By the BBC's definition of TV, unless its changed then you need a licence to watch real-time broadcasts, whether delivered by Internet or Satellite or cable or whatever. I really don't care if I watch something 10 minutes later than live. There's no such thing as live anyway - most digital streams are actually several seconds behind. I find the distinction arbitrary and a little perverse. I don't need a licence to watch Doctor Who on my 42" screen via BBC iPlayer, but I do need a licence to watch a Ukrainian live stream of Eurovision?
By my definition of TV, that's a big box for shared viewing. As long as I have a front room and visitors to share it with, then yes - I'll keep it. Mostly for watching YouTube and downloaded video content, but as I asked - What is TV anyway?
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:36 am |
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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I'm always trying to work out how to get things off my computer and onto my tv, so no, I'll always want a tv.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:44 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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I use my TV just as a panel.
It's fed by the HTPC (which does live TV, catchup, movie library etc), the apple TV (for screen mirroring) and occasionally the cable box (when the parents are babysitting as it's easier).
I'll always need a big screen in the front room. It just doesn't need to have a tuner or any intelligence built in.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:03 am |
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 3838 Location: Here Abouts
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We haven't had a tv for at least 6 years. We watch Doctor Who on the internet and have a computer in the living room for the odd occasions we watch movies and the like. Mostly though we're both too busy and there's entirely too much rubbish on tv to change our minds.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:24 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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By my definition, you do have a TV. It's a fairly big screen in the front room and I watched Doctor Who on it.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:38 pm |
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soddit112
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:12 pm Posts: 2020 Location: Mute City
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Haven't watched TV in ages. Everything I watch is either on Netflix or Amazon for piss all.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:33 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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So what do you make of Smart TV's then? My TV has a Freeview HD tuner built in but that is it. Any fancy internet stuff is dealt with through an Apple TV, with no need for an internet enabled or Smart TV.
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Zippy
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:20 pm Posts: 3838 Location: Here Abouts
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It's definitely a computer though, doesn't have an aerial, doesn't receive a tv signal so it's not a tv. We are lucky enough to only watch the things we want, when we want and not be buried by any amount of random sh!t. 
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Meh. I could give it up and live off on demand online services. I think the longest time I spend in front of the TV is watching Neighbours (don't judge me). Now, a good display panel is another thing... but through-the-air TV reception? Don't need it.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:42 pm |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Erm, not ditching TV, because Planet Earth, Masterchef, some football games.
But ditching 'A' TV, oh yes, I haven't owned one since I left for uni in 2003, I probably will never buy one.
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Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:18 pm |
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