"I don't even own a TV"

What about people who say: "I don't own a television, because I always watch tv programs on my computer, or occasionally my phone, so there's no real point in my owing yet another screen, unless it's so I can say I own a television, so as to avoid annoying all you thin-skinned folks who find this mere fact of my television non-ownership irritating."

they need to speak in shorter sentences

that's the trouble with you kids these days

I just added cable again. Every time I do it's a fun novelty for a little while and then I quickly wonder why I bothered -- basic cable doesn't even have that many NBA games televised and that's the only sport I watch with any regularity. It's such a howling abyss of people talking about open plan kitchens.

no TV in our house (he said, annoyingly? honestly?)

my bf hooked our computer up to a video projector which projects its desktop directly onto a big white wall, and we have thick black shades if we want to look at something during the day (tho we mostly don't do that)

works pretty well, with the exception of presidential debates (the only thing we go to a friend's house with a TV for, honestly- I just find the streams kinda crashy for those) and er honestly I am too busy w work and/or music and idgaf about TV

The other thing that always strikes me about cable when I add it again after not having it is how intense the bombardment of messages you are hit with feels at first when you have been away from it for a long time, just constant images of products and places you'd otherwise give no thought to, attitudes, ideas about lifestyle, etc.

#stuffguyswithouttvsay

there's a bit of that on the internet, too

Yeah but there's something about the visceral force of a loud television ad that you don't get on the internet or at least can easily avoid. Maybe it's more a visceral/aesthetic difference than an ideological one.

how intense the bombardment of messages you are hit with feels at first when you have been away from it for a long time, just constant images of products and places you'd otherwise give no thought to, attitudes, ideas about lifestyle, etc.

lol yes, it's really obnoxious and gross. anytime i go home to see my folks the TV is on all the fucking time and i get help but just feel really grossed out by all of it, the programs as much as the ads.

we have a tv and watch DVDs from netlix (including tv shows, usually years after they originally aired) and i love watching good films/shows but i think live network and cable TV is really pretty much a "vast wasteland." even when i go to a hotel and i get excited for a minute i tend to just flip through until i find some movie i've already seen and i might watch it for a few minutes and then get bored fast. cable is basically worthless imo when you can just watch all the actually good programming later via streaming or DVD. we are super into breaking bad right now and idgaf that i didn't get to see it live or that we are several years behind with everyone else, just like idgaf that i don't see a movie in the theatre if i can rent it at home a few months later

also i try to avoid internet sites that have that obnoxiousness of television, e.g. huffpost, clickbait sites, weather.com

there's something to be said for watching a show like breaking bad when it's huge, though. igaf.

Well yeah, but serialized commercial-free tv not the same thing blah blah.

after I started listening to podcasts, I began to appreciate the large range of television advertisers

TV advertising is just one long continuous shot of melted cheese being stretched

can't imagine why you'd do a cut mid cheese stretching

hooked our computer up to a video projector which projects its desktop directly onto a big white wall

this is my approach, heavily recommended.

weather.com

weather.gov is where it's at

We have a roku -- before that we would just hdmi cable the laptop into the TV, which is a minor yet annoying inconvenience to have every time you want to watch something. I use the roku for cable too -- the app organizes channels much better than the cable box.

TV advertising is just one long continuous shot of melted cheese being stretched

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hearty, oleaginous lol

i "cut the cord" - and i'm a HUGE TV guy believe me buster i was watchin guiding light w/my nanna when you were suckin on yr momma's titty - basically ditched $150 cable bill for netflix instant, amazon prime, and hulu+, and it's a pretty good combo, comes out to way less and at the very least i have to make a conscious CHOICE of what to watch and don't get sucked into real housewives marathons and shit like i used to

we are in that same situation. sports is where it hurts, though. also, hulu+ does not work.

netflix you say, hmm will look into it

after I started listening to podcasts, I began to appreciate the large range of television advertisers

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xp don't be scared. it is very new. but I received a month for free after I bought the new Matchbox 20 record at Best Buy.

NBA League Pass actually has a roku app, wonder if maybe cutting cable entirely and just paying for League Pass makes more economic sense -- they have a $150/season deal if you pick five teams, which is probably all I'd want.

I did the free trial, and it did not work very well streaming on a blu ray player.

streaming HD video over a best effort connection for a live event where seconds can really matter might make you upset

roku is sorta annoying, i hate doing searches or anything remotely complex in that interface, and projectors + fans are LOUD ime.

chromecast is definitely the best way to do it. espn has a pretty dope app for iphone and it streams very well, the netflix and hbogo apps are great, the only problem is with hulu stuff (if you don't pay for +) but you can solve this by just casting from a browser window on a laptop

we are in that same situation. sports is where it hurts, though. also, hulu+ does not work.

― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, November 10, 2014 2:02 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

*couch*firstrowsports.eu*cough*

HBO still hasn't announced the pricing for their upcoming cordless sub, right?

i wonder if they will step up enforcement of people piggybacking 8 ppl on one HBO Go account when they launch the service?

Can you hardwire a chromecast? BC I don't trust wireless streaming to be as good.

have no fear. you are american like me, I gather, so your shitty internet connection will be the bottleneck.

netflix app on chromecast somehow looks better on the screen than the hard-wired roku. you wouldn't think so, but yes it is true

if I weren't on a cable contract I think I'd comfortably cut it now; as it is I t0rr3nt almost half the things I watch and I'd happily just pay $10 to hulu plus or whatever.

UVerse made me an insane deal where I got the highest package + Internet for the price of Internet alone because I use UVerse for my business phone/Internet. So I have all 450 channels and all the movie channels and 99% of my viewing is still via Netflix or Amazon Prime.

i love Roku, so many weird/interesting channels

Secret twitch channel on Roku roolz

xxp - did they make you pay $200 for their technician to set up the cable box for you? Or does that vary by region?

I've never had to pay for a tech for cable or AT&T. They say they charge to add more than one outlet but I've never run into that.

here, they mandate you pay the $200 for the tech, apparently because when they let ppl do self-install, enough of them were dumb and did it wrong and had to have techs come out. I really had to swallow my pride on that one.

'i dont really watch tv shows i just watch twitch streams'

I own a TV that connects to my phone/laptop via my home network

must get an always-on box to really get cooking tho

never mind this "don't even" bollocks, gimme the certs on yr own current/desired set-up

the deets gimme the deets

Roku 3 for Netflix, amazon prime, YouTube, twitch, and spotify covers just about everything for me, thinking of getting the 4 when it comes out

HBO Now finally has an app for Roku.

xbox360 hooks me up to iplayer, netflix, etc etc. cannot get aerial to work so cannot watch terrestrial tv (is that even what it's called now?). Have a hard-drive full of occasional downloaded oddities and still watch DVDs because PHYSICAL MEDIA ROOLZ.

Ancient flatscreen Sony but no aerial into the house so currently just going through secondhand DVD boxsets.

i just steal law & order reruns from russia on my laptop

good thing they don't have any hackers over there!!