Tom's Hardware > Forum > Old Man/Woman's Club > Other > How much TV do watch?

How much TV do watch?

Forum Old Man/Woman's Club : Other - How much TV do watch?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Page:    Previous 1 2 Next Bottom Search this thread
Word :    Username :           
 
phial   07-09-2003 at 01:12:06 AM

I watch about 0 hours a day.

havent watched TV for about 6 months, except for a Deftones video while my kraft dinner was cooking


how about you guys? 8 hours a day? 12?

-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Auburn9698   07-09-2003 at 01:13:51 AM
- 0 +

Lately, I don't watch much other than a little ESPN and American Chopper on the Discovery Channel. That show just rocks.

<A HREF="http://www.phototalk.net/photos/showgallery.php?cat=3394&ppuser=663" target="_new">My phototalk gallery</A>
<font color=blue>War</font color=blue> <font color=orange>Eagle</font color=orange>

Reply to Auburn9698
dhlucke   07-09-2003 at 01:24:53 AM
- 0 +

Maybe an hour a week. I haven't watched any TV for months though.

<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=389&s=1fee5dab901bebe29da7aa1c2658fc6f" target="_new"><font color=red>dhlucke's system</font color=red></A>

<font color=blue>GOD</font color=blue> <font color=red>BLESS</font color=red> <font color=blue>AMERICA</font color=blue>

Reply to dhlucke
RichardCheese   07-09-2003 at 01:33:54 AM
- 0 +

I watch Road Rules and The Real World religiously. I live my life vicariously through the casts of those shows.

Reply to RichardCheese
eden   07-09-2003 at 02:17:25 AM
- 0 +

I like to chill on Much Music and some shows. I'd say 2 hours per day or more.
True about the fact there is less to watch, but there are always precious channels or shows.

Oh if only Family Guy never ended... :frown:

--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
lhgpoobaa   07-09-2003 at 02:19:52 AM
- 0 +

maybe 30 mins a day, though occasionally a few hours.

Ever since i got my PC ive found the stuff on TV drivel mostly, dividable up into discrete categories;

A. Imported American sitcoms with innane forced Laughing.
B. Imported American drivel (donahue, rikki lake etc)
C. Local home grown drivel (discernable by miniscule budgets and crummy plots)
D. hollywood movies (What?!?! The geeky guy got the cute cheerleader in the end?!?! what a suprise!!!)

So i really only watch TV for the news... SBS (world news) or the ABC (governemnt funded channel news) by prefrence.
Or the odd startrek/B5 episode, when they decide to air them before 2 in the morning.
Or maybe an education documentary. - The secrets of the ancients/ david attenbrough are allways good.

<b>My CPU is so powerful its faster than Melb_Angel's Laptop!</b> :eek: <i>(Plus it's not pink)</i>

Reply to lhgpoobaa
Spitfire_x86   07-09-2003 at 02:24:35 AM
- 0 +

I don't watch TV since 2000. Only watch when there's a very special show or a live cricket match

----------------
<b><A HREF="http://geocities.com/spitfire_x86" target="_new"> My Website</A></b>

<b><A HREF="http://geocities.com/spitfire_x86/myrig.html" target="_new"> My Rig</A></b>

Reply to Spitfire_x86
zpyrd   07-09-2003 at 02:31:30 AM
- 0 +

Four to Six hours per week in the fall and winter.
I don't watch much TV in the spring and summer.
I like to watch Law and Order series of crime shows. I also like the CSI crime series.
Most of all I like the Sopranos.

<font color=red><i>Doctor Hooter</i></font color=red> <A HREF="http://www.page3.com/" target="_new"><b>(·Y·)</b></A>

Reply to zpyrd
phial   07-09-2003 at 02:48:15 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

Maybe an hour a week. I haven't watched any TV for months though.



good man. =D

-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Reply to phial
phial   07-09-2003 at 02:55:45 AM
- 0 +

Quote :


Re: How much TV do watch? [re: phial]

I don't watch TV since 2000. Only watch when there's a very special show or a live cricket match




excellent.

TV offers nothing benificial nowadays i find. maybe the odd documentary or nature show (Law and Order is an exception of course)

have you ever watched someone watching TV?

blank glassy stare. and with laughing anger sadness and suprise all on cue. if you watch long enough, it looks almost like brain washing


when i have a child, i will not have a TV in our downstairs. i might have one upstairs for them to play video games on if thats what they desire, but NEVEr will i do what people are doing today which is using it as a parenting aid.

my brothers and sisters watch on average 5 hours a day. that is discusting, and its not as bad as some households. ive heard of parents who have turned off the TV and miraculously behavioral problems have disappeared or lessened

-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Reply to phial
eden   07-09-2003 at 03:08:07 AM
- 0 +

Now don't generalize Phial, this is no longer how TV affects us with prolonged use. Fact is, most households use less the TV now.
Most of us who do watch it, will watch for 2-3 hours mostly per day. None of us feel hypnotized, we simply enjoy watching. If you were to criticize the fact we have a blank stare, you should then go back when TV was invented and blame it, because it's only natural you're focusing on what you're watching. Sure, then you got couch potatoes who indeed are in their own world, but I ask you again to not generalize as TV has INDEED LESSENED its importance in the household. We could easily begin to blame PCs for making us stay hours ya know?

--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
phial   07-09-2003 at 05:03:24 AM
- 0 +

true good point

i DO spend 12-18 hours a day **EVERY** day on a computer

and i imagine i have a pretty blank stare

the difference is that im doing things I want to do , not something programmed by a TV station.

-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Reply to phial
eden   07-09-2003 at 05:06:33 AM
- 0 +

But why else would you watch TV nowadays? Is it not to find something you like to watch?

Sure, you got the bored status, where you flip channels with no hope. But according to those who watch TV here, they seem to really know and like what they watch.

As for "doing things" you like, unless it's Richard Simmons' push-up hour, there ain't much you do while watching! :smile:

--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
phial   07-09-2003 at 05:12:04 AM
- 0 +

wheni say "doing things" i mean what im reading or participating in like message boards for example

Richard Simmonds...............ahhhhhhhhaahahahahaha

another reason TV should be destroyed =)

-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Reply to phial
sirak   07-09-2003 at 06:47:21 AM
- 0 +

Not much. Mostly ESPN and some news.

Reply to sirak
silverpig   07-09-2003 at 06:51:19 AM
- 0 +

Internet > TV

When I move out I don't think I'm even going to order cable. The only thing I'll really miss watching are the Canucks games (played on the radio and at every bar around). I can download any episode of any show that I really care about on the internet and watch it at my leisure without commercials anyways.

Besides, I've sat down to watch TV a few times this week, and flipped through all the channels twice to find nothing on.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

Reply to silverpig
lhgpoobaa   07-09-2003 at 06:51:42 AM
- 0 +

Exactly... a computer lets one do what one wants to do... games, porn, surfing whatever!

<b>My CPU is so powerful its faster than Melb_Angel's Laptop!</b> :eek: <i>(Plus it's not pink)</i>

Reply to lhgpoobaa
phial   07-09-2003 at 07:21:01 AM
- 0 +

and if you dont liek a particular thing you can remove it

TV your stuck with what they give you



-------

<A HREF="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001355.html" target="_new">*I hate thug gangstas*</A>

Reply to phial
RobD   07-09-2003 at 09:29:47 AM
- 0 +

Not much really. About 2 hours a day max, but 1 hour of that is news (30 mins national/30 mins regional. Need to get the football news). Might be something else I'll watch afterwards, but not usually. Mainly I'll spend part of the evening on the PC and then I might read for a while.

About the only current programme I make a real effort to watch is 24, apart from documentaries etc.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
lhgpoobaa   07-09-2003 at 09:37:50 AM
- 0 +

unless you have cable, then you get a whole lot more of what you dont want... especially reruns of 20 year old sitcoms!

<b>My CPU is so powerful its faster than Melb_Angel's Laptop!</b> :eek: <i>(Plus it's not pink)</i>

Reply to lhgpoobaa
dhlucke   07-09-2003 at 10:17:17 AM
- 0 +

I watch 24 as well, but not on TV. It's so much better if you download it and watch it without commercials.

<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=389&s=1fee5dab901bebe29da7aa1c2658fc6f" target="_new"><font color=red>dhlucke's system</font color=red></A>

<font color=blue>GOD</font color=blue> <font color=red>BLESS</font color=red> <font color=blue>AMERICA</font color=blue>

Reply to dhlucke
RobD   07-09-2003 at 10:20:45 AM
- 0 +

You don't get commercials with the BBC. Ironically, 24's 24 1 hour long segments last 45 minutes on the BBC!

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
dhlucke   07-09-2003 at 10:25:33 AM
- 0 +

That's perfect. That's roughly how long they are. With commercials that show is ruined imo.

<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=389&s=1fee5dab901bebe29da7aa1c2658fc6f" target="_new"><font color=red>dhlucke's system</font color=red></A>

<font color=blue>GOD</font color=blue> <font color=red>BLESS</font color=red> <font color=blue>AMERICA</font color=blue>

Reply to dhlucke
RobD   07-09-2003 at 10:31:51 AM
- 0 +

I suppose that when the commercials run, that could be the time he pops off for a slash and a burger, but more than likely to charge his mobile up.

Man, that guy can perform wonders on an empty stomach and a full bladder!

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 12:29:30 PM
- 0 +

Maybe I should start the Wingding channel.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 12:31:21 PM
- 0 +

Late night subscription only, obviously.

Just think of the programming possibilities....

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 12:51:38 PM
- 0 +

You'd need a widescreen TV to appreciate my massive girth.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 12:58:22 PM
- 0 +

S'funny, I've seen it perfectly on a portable.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 01:06:45 PM
- 0 +

Must have been flaccid at the time.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 01:13:23 PM
- 0 +

I think it was. Must have coincided with Svol entering the room. That'd do it.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 03:31:27 PM
- 0 +

It would retreat into my body if Svol came near.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 03:38:37 PM
- 0 +

A perfectly understandable defence mechanism.

Similar siuation on women when her tries to chat them up. Their minge heals up and their breasts deflate.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 03:56:25 PM
- 0 +

And they develop chest hair and deep voices. That's when I step in.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 03:57:57 PM
- 0 +

And you'd turn Svol down for them?

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 03:58:51 PM
- 0 +

I wouldn't shag Svol if he was the last Dutch nerd on earth.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 04:02:40 PM
- 0 +

OK, I think that's pretty final. Looks like Svol's going to remain a virgin for the rest of his life then.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 04:07:10 PM
- 0 +

I thought that had already been established. His right arm will gets lots of exercise though.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 04:23:56 PM
- 0 +

True, but it seems a shame to miss an opportunity to rub it in again.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 04:26:05 PM
- 0 +

Of course. I must be slipping. Perhaps the thought of your ripe, pink bumhole is distracting me (again).

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
RobD   07-09-2003 at 04:31:29 PM
- 0 +

Well, I have been exposing it for the last 2 hours in a vain attempt to distract you.

<font color=blue>"When you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get." - Homer Simpson.</font color=blue>

Reply to RobD
WingDing   07-09-2003 at 04:47:04 PM
- 0 +

Ah. That would explain the eyewatering stench.

:eek: My CPU runs so hot it creates a quark-gluon plasma :eek:

Reply to WingDing
AMD_Man   07-09-2003 at 04:53:28 PM
- 0 +

Too many hours, but then again, I don't actually pay attention to it. I just leave it on as I'd leave music on in the background.

Intelligence is not merely the wealth of knowledge but the sum of perception, wisdom, and knowledge.

Reply to AMD_Man
svol   07-09-2003 at 08:30:55 PM
- 0 +

Luckly Emma comes back so you can chooce another target.

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM :eek:

Reply to svol
svol   07-09-2003 at 08:37:13 PM
- 0 +

1 Hour a day or less... mostly news, CSI (one day a week) and maybe something else if there comes anything interesting.

I love my Delta 60HP 7000 RPM fan that puts out more dB then CFM :eek:

Reply to svol
eden   07-09-2003 at 10:11:31 PM
- 0 +

Quote :

I watch 24 as well, but not on TV. It's so much better if you download it and watch it without commercials


Totally agree, 24 rocks. That is one show we can admit that really puts TV back where it belongs, a place for watching real entertainment.
Show has suspense and holds you on for real.

SPOILERS BELOW, IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED WATCHING THE SECOND SEASON:

Anybody know what will happen after the flesh-eating bacteria has caught on Palmer?


--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
jihiggs   07-09-2003 at 11:28:48 PM
- 0 +

lets see, i watch voyager every night for one hour just before i go to bed, ive done this for a very long time and is the best way i have found to unwind so i can sleep. other than that, i may watch a movie twice a week, sundays i usually watch, futurama, simpsons, and malcom in the middle. thats about it. maybe the odd simpsons episode somewhere in the week.

wpdclan.com cs game server - 69.12.5.119:27015

Reply to jihiggs
Yahiko81   07-09-2003 at 11:31:15 PM
- 0 +

You know instead of wasting your life infront of the tv, you could be out working earning money.

Je bent de meest onverschillige hasj dealende hoer die ik ooit heb ontmoet.
<b><font color=green>hagedis</font color=green></b>,<b><font color=green>hagedis</font color=green></b>
Svol heeft een reusachtige worst

Reply to Yahiko81
eden   07-09-2003 at 11:33:09 PM
- 0 +

LOL, now I think I just understood ya, you wasn't exactly being serious replying to me in my thread about the pics, crap, shouldn't have replied angrily... :smile:

--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
Yahiko81   07-09-2003 at 11:39:19 PM
- 0 +

You're my favorite person to mess with. It's so fun.

Je bent de meest onverschillige hasj dealende hoer die ik ooit heb ontmoet.
<b><font color=green>hagedis</font color=green></b>,<b><font color=green>hagedis</font color=green></b>
Svol heeft een reusachtige worst

Reply to Yahiko81
eden   07-10-2003 at 05:22:18 AM
- 0 +

What, just cuz of the time I asked why does the pussy look so squeezed, and it drowned my credibility of sex knowledge to sub-zero levels? :mad: !
HMMF!

--
<A HREF="http://www.lochel.com/THGC/html/news.html" target="_new"><font color=red><b>Join the Tom's Hardware Guide Community Photo album, send us your pics!</font color=red></b></A>

Reply to eden
Previous
1 2
Next
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Old Man/Woman's Club > Other > How much TV do watch?
Go to:

There are 771 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.299 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
Related Content
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them