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DO YOU WATCH TV?
« on: Fri, 26 January 2018, 17:38:15 »
DO YOU WATCH TELEVISION? I WATCH IT SOMETIMES. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SHOWS?
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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 28 January 2018, 16:43:53 »
I don't have TV, so I need to go somewhere and watch it from time to time to get a good dose of Leftist propaganda or else I begin to have dangerous thoughts.

Also, I miss giggling at commercials that warn about "4 hour erections".

Damn... I need to go watch some now...
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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 30 January 2018, 06:17:48 »
I don't have TV, so I need to go somewhere and watch it from time to time to get a good dose of Leftist propaganda or else I begin to have dangerous thoughts.

Also, I miss giggling at commercials that warn about "4 hour erections".

Damn... I need to go watch some now...

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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 30 January 2018, 10:40:40 »
About the only over-the-air television I still watch is The Dr. Phil Show and The Bachelor(ette), mainly because they are easy to watch with my wife when we don't want to use our brains. It is also fun to make fun of the contestants (as my wife calls them).

As a side note, The Dr. Phil Show makes all of the guests use Apple laptops for all the B-roll footage in which the guests are looking at something online or snooping. Maybe that is part of their problem.
Maybe they're waiting for gasmasks and latex to get sexy again.

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« Reply #4 on: Fri, 02 February 2018, 17:03:31 »
Nah, Finnish TV sucks 90% of the time unless they manage to show some good movie by accident. Netflix, Viaplay, and HBO Nordic do the job. I need to cancel my DigiTV subscription. I guess that is similar to "cable" in USA.
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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 02 February 2018, 22:48:25 »
Nah, Finnish TV sucks 90% of the time unless they manage to show some good movie by accident. Netflix, Viaplay, and HBO Nordic do the job. I need to cancel my DigiTV subscription. I guess that is similar to "cable" in USA.

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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 03 February 2018, 15:45:06 »
I don't have a TV… can't watch it.

Used to watch lots of ice hockey, but gave it up for mainly ethical reasons similar to those pointed out in this interview (or the respective book).

I still do listen to TV/radio interviews (mainly politics or science), though, except online.

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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 03 February 2018, 16:19:21 »
I still find the Swedish public service channels to be quite good, the best TV channels over here. They show quite a lot British drama and documentaries, and some of the best shows from HBO -- only about a year later.
When it was on, they used to show a season of Game of Thrones timed so that the last episode of a season was aired precisely a week before the next season premiered on HBO.
Practically everything is also available for online streaming for a limited time from the air-date, only region-locked by IP address. And there are no ads on public service channels or on the web site!
The TV company gets its income from a kind of "TV tax", which is not called a tax, but it is ... which has caused many people I know to not buy a new one when their old one failed.

So, yes, I do watch TV. I have never had any streaming subscription for Netflix or HBO or whatever.
I once worked at a streaming service where the developers saved its ass from its management over and over again, and I suppose that I might have a bit of an aversion for them.
I might watch at least as much Youtube as TV though.

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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #8 on: Thu, 08 March 2018, 09:00:26 »
TV still exists?  :p
jk, I only watch it when the world cup or olympic games are on, otherwise why bother?

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« Reply #9 on: Thu, 08 March 2018, 09:21:46 »
NO.

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 08 March 2018, 20:03:03 »
Nope.
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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 08 March 2018, 20:52:17 »
i watch der' cnbc/ bloomberg/ msnbc

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« Reply #12 on: Thu, 08 March 2018, 21:15:57 »
I don't even own a tv.
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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #13 on: Fri, 09 March 2018, 08:43:41 »
I don't even own a tv.

More often these days people use tvs as monitors.


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« Reply #14 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 02:40:43 »
I watch television shows on my computer, if that counts... I have about 12 terabytes of shows that I legally ripped from off VHS tapes

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« Reply #15 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 04:37:25 »
I use a monochrome CRT to watch re-runs of Twenty One.

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« Reply #16 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 04:56:25 »
Legion is amazing. Actually have to focus for a full hour +.
My wife I a also push her button . But now she have her button push by a different men. So I buy a keyboard a mechanicale, she a reliable like a Fiat.

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« Reply #17 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 05:37:21 »

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« Reply #18 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 10:20:26 »
If being stuck in a perpetual loop of rewatching old tv shows counts, then yes but aside from using it as some white noise everything else is either online or legally downloaded shows/series through legitimate download sites

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« Reply #19 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 11:05:44 »
Oh.. I must have seen every episode of Stargate SG1 at least twice.

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« Reply #20 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 13:55:25 »
Oh.. I must have seen every episode of Stargate SG1 at least twice.

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« Reply #21 on: Wed, 30 May 2018, 11:25:59 »
Any Westworld watchers ?  :cool:


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« Reply #23 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 01:20:12 »
I watch TV, yes. On my computer xD not really into anime but that's about what I mostly watch only because it's the only thing that I find entertaining. Does that count as TV?

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« Reply #24 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 09:31:17 »
Mostly comedies, been trying to catch up on krypton (big superman geek).

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« Reply #26 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 22:17:56 »
The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Silicon Valley!! These all are the good shows!! The best one though, hands down is Rick and Morty!!

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« Reply #27 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 21:35:21 »
Any Westworld watchers ?  :cool:

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what about GoT ?  :p

Though WW is my fav (perv or not  :)) )


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« Reply #29 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 23:39:00 »
Real big fan of pre-Netflix Arrested Development.
The new Arrested Development is kinda lacking in my opinion.

They're definitely addressing the time it's been off the air but it's pretty rough going so far. I hope it picks back up before Season 5.

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« Reply #30 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 23:47:46 »
Any Westworld watchers ?  :cool:

aya3154 = Perv. !!

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what about GoT ?  :p

Though WW is my fav (perv or not  :)) )

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Re: DO YOU WATCH TV?
« Reply #31 on: Sat, 02 June 2018, 16:35:10 »
I watch a lot of TV and movies. I pirate all my stuff though. DS916+ NAS and a separate pc for my plex server with Sickrage to automatically download shows as they release, and radarr for movies.

I share it with ~10 other people lol.
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« Reply #32 on: Sun, 03 June 2018, 08:10:43 »
I watch a lot of TV and movies. I pirate all my stuff though. DS916+ NAS and a separate pc for my plex server with Sickrage to automatically download shows as they release, and radarr for movies.

I share it with ~10 other people lol.

10 people? what's ur upload bandwidth.

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« Reply #33 on: Sun, 03 June 2018, 17:24:29 »
Westworld season 2 is ok. Dolores is a total hypocrite though.

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« Reply #34 on: Mon, 04 June 2018, 02:51:45 »
I watch a lot of TV and movies. I pirate all my stuff though. DS916+ NAS and a separate pc for my plex server with Sickrage to automatically download shows as they release, and radarr for movies.

I share it with ~10 other people lol.

10 people? what's ur upload bandwidth.

I only have 25mb up, so I limit streams to 4mb.
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« Reply #35 on: Tue, 05 June 2018, 08:53:03 »
I watched The Orville and the latest season of Silicon Valley recently. Both excellent.

I'm trying to watch The Leftovers at the moment but keep switching it off because after 2 hours it hasn't really gotten going. I believe it a slow burner, and its gotten rave reviews most places, so I'll get over that hump eventually.

When Better Call Saul and Glow come back I'll probably watch those.

My folks have Sky Atlantic which comes with most of the HBO stuff. You can watch it on demand too. Just tend to watch stuff on my computer more often than not. My office chair is more comfortable than the living room ones.

I used to watch 4 or 5 movies a week but my attention span for them recently has gone to pot. I watch more Youtube and Twitch than anything these days.
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« Reply #36 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 08:30:20 »
Still watch a ton of shows via totally legal means, but i don't think i'd ever pay for cable tv.

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« Reply #37 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 09:04:17 »
I watch a ton of shows online and recently been enjoying Westworld Season 2 a lot. There's a lot of good tv shows out right now so there's definitely something for everyone.

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« Reply #38 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 09:04:43 »
I got rid of cable TV a long time ago but still DL and watch a lot of show and netflix.  I honestly watch twitch more than TV shows anymore tho.

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« Reply #39 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 10:58:14 »
I need to have a TV on to fall asleep so I watch a lot of sports center for background noise.

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« Reply #40 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 11:15:00 »
I watch game of thrones and I'm going to put SA Night King on my board during the entire season. I'll be sad to even temporarily remove Godspeed though.

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« Reply #41 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 14:10:30 »
Just re watched the Office...because it's still hilarious!!

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« Reply #42 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 19:45:09 »
Breaking Bad probably my favorite show of all time. Currently binging on Homeland and Brooklyn 99, really enjoying both.

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« Reply #43 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 19:48:10 »
I watch some TV shows like Silicon Valley and Always Sunny, but I watch them from my computer rather than from an actual tv.

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« Reply #44 on: Thu, 07 June 2018, 20:44:34 »
No, I haven't watched TV for years  :-[

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« Reply #45 on: Sun, 10 June 2018, 09:24:20 »
Any Westworld watchers ?  :cool:

Yes.  :cool:

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« Reply #46 on: Mon, 11 June 2018, 15:27:19 »
Any Westworld watchers ?  :cool:

Yes.  :cool:

Last night's episode was one the best of all time. Thank god for Lisa Joy

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« Reply #47 on: Fri, 06 July 2018, 22:22:29 »
Yes, some, but not much! I watch Netflix more often, or HBO.

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« Reply #48 on: Fri, 06 July 2018, 22:38:07 »
Been getting into Monk lately. I'd seen an episode here and there when it was airing, but never really got into it then.
Man was I missing out, what a great show.

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« Reply #49 on: Fri, 06 July 2018, 23:23:46 »
I want to shout out for news on Teletext on Swedish public service TV.
Each article is concise and to the point. There are no ads whatsoever and the articles are not difficult to browse: just type a number or press forward/back. Beauty in simplicity.

Most countries and channels that used to have teletext have discontinued their services. What a shame.
Back in its heyday, browsing was slow because the bandwidth was so low (only a couple of bytes in each vertical blank) but every TV set since the mid-1990's have stored all pages in memory caches thus working around that limit.
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