How do FFF watch TV? by LindyCat

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How do FFF watch TV?

POSTED BY: LINDYCAT
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:12
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Monday, January 10, 2005 7:02 PM

Well, just got a TiVo. It got me thinking.... How does everyone here watch TV, and has it changed since Firefly was on the air?

A. TiVo
B. Cable
C. Satalite
D. Antenna
E. Don't watch TV
F. Other

Changed since Firefly?

Yes
No

I'm curious

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
- Abraham Lincoln: Speech in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dec 18, 1840.

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Monday, January 10, 2005 7:26 PM

EMBERS

I watch on cable
Firefly I would both watch & tape
(even if it was run at 1 am when the Basketball game finally ended in overtime...).

nothing has changed except there are very few shows I tape now...
and none I would stay up waiting for,
none I would telephone the local station and ask if it'll be run as soon as basketball has finished.

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Monday, January 10, 2005 8:23 PM

TAUSETIPRIME

Live TV (except for sports) is dead to me.

I record it, cut out the commercials (and any other things I dont like...you know: dialogue, background plot lines, any scene with a nude Kevin Bacon), and then I watch it in some sort of fast forward view.

I've found I can cut an hour long sit-com to a little less than 25 minutes (some shows these days are lucky to get even that much).

Ive even been known to turn off the TV when shows I like come on, because I would rather wait until my computer records it. This really pisses of my friends who hang out at my place.

Some shows arent even worth watching. So, I get them in AVI format, then strip out just the audio, and listen to it on my MP3 player while running errands. This works great for stand up comedians, almost all of the late shows.

Personally I think (at least in America) we've simply accepted too many advertisements. We give, on average, 7 or 8 minutes every half hour so companies can spew attractive women in their 20's serving up dreck.

I cant wait for the companies to start suing people like TIVO for allowing its customers to edit out commercials. I cant wait. This is the political equivalent of someone handcuffing me to a chair and glueing my eyelids open in support of commerce.

This change came about when I was working from home, and I had to do a lot of work at night. Has anyone seen the kind of crap on TV from 2am-6am. I think I should be able to shock anyone who hosts an informercial by pressing a button on my remote.

They didnt call it the dark ages because it was dark.

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Monday, January 10, 2005 9:52 PM

NEEDLESEYE

Cable, (non digital variety)
Just recently got a video card to record shows and burn 'em, and I also got a netflix subscription.

In the Firefly days I used to have Dish network, and used a VCR.

Tell me if this makes sense.
I don't watch much TV anymore, because it's awful, except for "Lost". So, we downgraded to plain cable instead of antenna, only because we hoped for a hockey season, and because I could record shows for my son, Bear in the Big Blue house,Blues Clues , Rolie Polie Olie, etc. Now I have a huge collection of cartoons, but nothing have I bothered to record for myself. I just watch the rented movies when they show up, and on TV the weather, and news occassionaly.
So, when you add it up, I've bought a video card and pay $40 mo for my kid to watch cartoons with.

Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)

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Monday, January 10, 2005 10:09 PM

RAT

I'v got Cable.

Changed since Firefly? - Yes and then changed back!!

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Monday, January 10, 2005 10:50 PM

ANGUSTHERMOPYLE

Quote:
Originally posted by LindyCat:
Well, just got a TiVo. It got me thinking.... How does everyone here watch TV, and has it changed since Firefly was on the air?

A. TiVo
B. Cable
C. Satalite
D. Antenna
E. Don't watch TV
F. Other

Changed since Firefly?

Yes
No

I'm curious

Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
- Abraham Lincoln: Speech in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dec 18, 1840.

I watch regular terrestrial TV; but got a Freeview box for my birthday. It has about 30 channels of digital TV and another 60 of dig radio.

I've never seen FF on TV, only DVD. The only thing that changed my viewing habits was getting a DVD player. I watch more DVDs than TV, better choice of programs and better sound and picture quality (DTS, 5.1).

May none of your pizzas have unfortunte toppings.

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Monday, January 10, 2005 11:03 PM

REEQUEEN

We have digital cable, and just got their version of a TiVo type thingy - they call it OnDemand - and except for the big long commercial at the front end (which you can fastforward through), you can pause, rewind, and so forth. Not much in the way of choice yet, but I hope that'll change.

My watching habits had already changed before Firefly. I did watch Firefly on Fox, but since I have trouble with watching commercials - they're so annoying, loud (louder than the programs they theoretically pay for), and dull, I get really aggravated (with the commercials, not Firefly!). Except for the Geico commercials (the caveman "So condescending" is beautiful), and I used to like the Verizon (I think) commercials ("Soup from the store/soap opera star" became a family joke). (The previous brought to you by I Have No Life, tm.)

Anyway. What's really changed is the fact that I'm a DVD snob. We got a free player when we bought our Jeep (Frankie) in 2000, and now it's hard to watch videotape. So archaic, so analogue, so....last century.

"You mean they have the internet on computers now?" Homer

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:05 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

I no longer watch TV.

I buy DVD's and watch those on my Mac. Over here in England TV is 'reality tv' hell at the moment and the only way to avoid it, is to not flick on the tube.

Now that Formula 1 is so dull - I won't even bother to catch that so....

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:15 AM

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Well, I'm all right. - Mal

As a kid I'd watch several hours of tv a day. When I got a job I taped the shows I liked, and only watched that while fastforwarding the ads.

When Firefly was on I'd watch it live, and tape it, and watch the tapes. A few months after Firefly ended I moved to a new place, and noticed that except for The west wing nothing even remotely as good as Firefly was on - so I gave away my TV and VCR (but not my PC and DVDs).

Joss and Tim, you ruined TV for me! and for that I will always be thankful.
--
I am Jack's username
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:25 AM

SERGEANTX

Quote:
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I no longer watch TV.

I buy DVD's and watch those on my Mac. Over here in England TV is 'reality tv' hell at the moment and the only way to avoid it, is to not flick on the tube.

I'm with you. I haven't watched since they canceled Firefly. That was their last chance as far as I'm concerned. It's amazing how tasteless and rude commercial television seems after you've been away from it for awhile.

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:28 AM

CORNCOBB

I watch cable. When I bother watching anything. There's hardly anything good on anymore. Although I am looking forward to the new series of Doctor Who.

"Gorramit Mal... I've forgotten my line."

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:21 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

We have digital cable.

I watch:

- Lost
- Stargate SG1
- Stargate Atlantis
- Battlestar Galactica

That's about it except for the occasional program on History Channel or Discovery.

My TV watching has definitely changed since Firefly. I used to watch Fox, now I don't at all. I used to watch more television, but now I prefer a good book or talking to my family.

__________________________________________

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:39 AM

XENOCIDE

We're strictly network and DVD now. When we watched cable TV it was mostly food network, trading spaces and scifi. Now we tape charmed (it overlaps game night) and occasionally watch things on the WB. We're talking about getting cable again (because it's part of the internet package) but I am not really exited about it.

-Eli

If voting mattered, they'd make it illegal.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:44 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

Cable. Hasn't changed since Firefly partly cause I didn't get into the show until it was on DVD. But now it seems like we're buyin' more shows on DVD.

-Taylor

The Uncharted Outlaw!
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:11 AM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

I have premium cable.

I don’t generally watch specific tv shows. I watched Buffy pretty much every week, until the sixth season. I haven’t watched a new episode of Buffy since then.

Firefly was the last tv show that I actually tried to watch every week.

Dark Angel before that, but it started to suck in the second season, so I changed to 24.

I’m looking forward to the new Battlestar Galactica.

Other then that, most shows that I watch are more out of convenience. Gilmore Girls, Seventh Heaven, King of the Hill, Stargate. I rarely follow them very closely.

Mostly, if my television is on, it is generally tuned to CNN, Foxnews, History Channel, TLC, Disney or Discovery Channel.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 6:18 AM

STILLSHINY

LOST on ABC

We go to a friends house to catch SG-1 - we don't have SCi-fi

Scrubs when we can

Angel on TNT or FX

otherwise I rehash all those DVD sets

or..............

I download episodes or seasons of good TV off Bittorrent. Just finished downloading Tru Calling & Season 1 of Mcgyver. Then burned those to DVD. & the good stuff I turn around & BUY!

oh yeah, and all the extras on the LOTR extended DVD's - yep my wife & I are commentary junkies.

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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn." --Joss

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:04 AM

CYBERSNARK

I watch on cable, and nothin's changed since Firefly.

I watch a lot, though I think that being a writer is probably a factor. I may end up working in TV someday, so I like to see what else is going on, and what storylines I can be inspired by/steal from. There are a few gems if you know where to look. YTV keeps showing animé, so I'll keep watching.

Plus DVDs are just so gorram expensive in Canada; I'll rarely spend the money if I can see it on TV. Though Teletoon's go-se treatment of TMNT and MegasXLR is making me want to start buying those sets, just to get away from Teletoon (imagine if Fox took over your local cartoon network).

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 8:51 AM

FREMDFIRMA

I'm with sarge... to hell with the idiotbox.

Firefly was the only thing that ever convinced me to watch the damned thing again, and look what happened to it ?

I read books, a rather forgotten pasttime in this day and age, but you don't have advertisements popping out of them and trying to ram themselves down your throat, if you don't like em, you can chuck em aside and pick up something else, and you can 'put it on pause' with a mere strip of paper for an indefinate period of time without worrying about equipment damage.

Got a VHS and DVD player, but rarely use that either, hollywood is so unorginal these days they've resorted to strip mining books for plot material, and doing it so badly that anyone who's read the books they're robbing (cause RARELY do they actually give credit, which is outright theft, imop) winces in pain when they see it.

Just like Sarge, with me this was their last chance, and they blew it so bad i'll never put up with them again.

-F

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005 12:12 PM

ZOID

Full digital cable and modem. I watch Discovery Science (Ch. 102) and Discovery Civilization (104) primarily. Currently, DiscSci is showing "Unsolved History: Aztec Temple" about Templo Mayor and the reported 20,000 eviscerations performed there in a single week (according to testimony by Cortez' Conquistadors). Really though, I'm just waiting for 7:00 PM local, when DiscSci's Cosmic Dimension kicks off: 3 hour-long programs about astrophysics (block-repeated 6 times in a 24 hour period).

It's what I live for. Tonight: Cosmic Odyssey (birth and death of stars), Universe 2001 (history of the Earth), and Understanding Asteroids (the NEAR mission).

DiscCiv does lots of anthropological stuff I like. History channel still occasionally gets interesting material. I watch some G4TechTV, too; although they've managed to turn ScreenSavers into a Nickelodeon-grade production. That used to be one of the best shows on TV. Now, instead of computer tips, tricks and buying advice, it's about cell phones and iPods, and they have live bands. WTF?! You need a scorecard to keep up with the 'host of the hour' scenario they've got going. Also on g4TechTV, Anime Unleashed: 2 30-minute episodes of recent Japanese animation series.

Other than that, mostly movies from digital tier.

P.S.
Unsolved History came to the conclusion that the Aztecs did cut the hearts out of 20,000 enemy warriors over a 4-day period. Just thought you might like to know. Next: Fire Mummies of the Philippines.

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