Fuck Television

At a rough estimate I'd say in the UK and excluding infomercials the ratio of content to ads across most channels is approximatly 50 : 50.

Except for the BBC of course but then we're forced to pay for that upfront whether we want it or not at the threat of violence and jail.

An interesting comment I heard the other day regarding this was that only retards are receptive to TV advertising and therefore by making anything more intelligent than a sing song competition or following a family of retards in NY you're actually reducing the value of your media to customers.

Ironically this means that if you can recall a TV advert you may be retarded.
 


I got rid of digital cable like 2 years ago. While I do miss some quality programming like history channel documentaries or discovery, it just wasn't worth it to pay the cable company through the nose. Seriously, the price of cable especially when there are no competitors in the area is highway robbery.

I still have the basic channels (I think there's like 20 or so). Haven't even turned my TV on in like 4 months. I don't miss it at all.
 
MyOwnDemon said:
I got rid of digital cable like 2 years ago. While I do miss some quality programming like history channel documentaries
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Does the History Channel still play any documentaries about history? All I ever see on the History Channel now is some guys cutting down trees, people driving trucks on ice, people that live in the swamp, people that live in the mountains, some pawn shop guys trying to rip people off, or a couple guys finding old crap in the garages and barns of hoarders.
 
nickster said:
Have my 52" Plasma connected to a desktop (only used for TV) and only watch stuff I download or on demand. Haven't watched an advert in about 3 years and always have quality stuff to watch.
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To make this thread worthwhile (to me at the very least) let's talk specifics here.

Downloading TV is torrenting I am assuming. You are *not* using anything paid for like Hulu or something correct?

This question also goes for the "on demand" statement you make.... do you have a service for this ? Recommendations?
 
Netphase said:
Does the History Channel still play any documentaries about history? All I ever see on the History Channel now is some guys cutting down trees, people driving trucks on ice, people that live in the swamp, people that live in the mountains, some pawn shop guys trying to rip people off, or a couple guys finding old crap in the garages and barns of hoarders.
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The Hatfield McCoy special a few weeks ago was actually a great watch. However, other then that and "Vietnam in HD", you are entirely right. Nowadays, the only TV I watch are Sportscenter, sporting events, and a few shows on USA.
 
webjedi said:
To make this thread worthwhile (to me at the very least) let's talk specifics here.

Downloading TV is torrenting I am assuming. You are *not* using anything paid for like Hulu or something correct?

This question also goes for the "on demand" statement you make.... do you have a service for this ? Recommendations?
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I use a variety of things. I use a VPN for UK sites like iPlayer and 4OD and also US sites like Hulu. But mainly torrents from eztv.it and sometimes Piratebay if they don't have it on eztv.

I also sometime use another service (paid subscription) for watching live UK TV without a VPN. But I don't usually watch live TV, just on demand.
 
Haven't had cable for the last 2+ years. The only thing I don't love is not having HIGH QUALITY live sports. I should also note that flipping on a station is also WAY easier than having to search online to find stuff.

Still worth it cuz fuck Time Warner, RCN, Comcast, etc... bunch of cable nazis.
 
I've been using tv-links.eu since I started my graduate program a few years ago and was driving way too much to justify keeping my own place. I still use it now because a few shows I like happen to come on at the same time and DirecTV only allows you DVR'ing two shows at once, and when you pause live TV, that eats up one of the slots.

The site lost a lot of great streaming links when Putlocker and Megavideo got DMCA'd a few weeks ago, but you can still find a good number of links to watch stuff.
 
Marketers who hate ads, the hypocrisy in this forum is overwhelming sometimes.
 
Jeeta said:
Marketers who hate ads, the hypocrisy in this forum is overwhelming sometimes.
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It's not about ads for me. I'd watch HULU, but Big Entertainment constantly changes how they push TV programs to it as well as their own sites. Sometimes it's the next day, week, month, etc. It's rather depressing.

They do this to artificially boost on-air ratings, because that's guaranteed ad money for them. Most people have developed the mindset of wanting their programing when they want it, around their own schedule. So, Big Entertainment's businesses strategy is not keeping with the change in society.

I don't know about you, but when I have free time and want to watch a show that's already aired, I want to watch it right then - not when it comes out on DVD at the end of a season - which is usually what has to happen unless you can find it streaming online.
 
Jeeta said:
Marketers who hate ads, the hypocrisy in this forum is overwhelming sometimes.
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TV is so outdated with its advertising model. Needs to be properly demo targeted to peak our interest. Don't mind being shown things that are of interest to me, but fuck watching adverts about washing up liquid.
 
What about those annoying TV icons in the lower right of the screen? And now it's not enough to stick their stupid logo in front of what I'm watching, they have those dumbass animations that pop up on the bottom with the actors of the show posing for the camera, looking at each other, smiling like their all friends, pointing to the title of their show...meanwhile I'm trying to watch the current show and they're annoying the fuck out of me.
 
Rexibit said:
I don't know about you, but when I have free time and want to watch a show that's already aired, I want to watch it right then - not when it comes out on DVD at the end of a season - which is usually what has to happen unless you can find it streaming online.
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There's this new fangled device called a DVR, it let's you record shit you may want to watch at a later time and date of your choosing.
 
Fiver said:
What about those annoying TV icons in the lower right of the screen? And now it's not enough to stick their stupid logo in front of what I'm watching, they have those dumbass animations that pop up on the bottom with the actors of the show posing for the camera, looking at each other, smiling like their all friends, pointing to the title of their show...meanwhile I'm trying to watch the current show and they're annoying the fuck out of me.
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That watermark shit drives me more mental than anything.
 
It's not just TV. My mobile provider (yes it's not an sms rebill) texts me about celebrity bullshit several times a week. In the process of switching providers ;)
 
mx=headroom said:
There's this new fangled device called a DVR, it let's you record shit you may want to watch at a later time and date of your choosing.
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I have one. My TV provider "allows me" to only record two shows at the same time, and pausing live tv uses up one. So, I'm SOL during prime time when there happens to be 3 or 4 shows that I want to watch that come on at the same time.

I mentioned it earlier up on the page.
 
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