OT: TV delivery alternatives (was: DirecTivo vs. 'New Direct TV DVR'?)

[Tom Buskey]

On 5/22/07, Dan Jenkins <dan at rastech.com> wrote:
>
> Ben Scott wrote:
> >   Alternative #1:
> >
> >   Stop watching TV.  Radical idea, I know, not buying a product you
> don't like.  :)
> >
> It's been well over a decade since I've watched television. Do get a lot
> more reading done. Does cut down on "water cooler conversations" though.
> Does mean I have to research modern pop cultural items to understand
> common references; I actually had to look up "American Idol" in
> Wikipedia to see what it was. :-) Just had no time for TV (or leisure,
> in general) for a few years, and lost interest. For me, definitely not
> worth the cost in money nor time.



Those water cooler conversations are getting smaller.  In the 70s, there
were 3 main stations and everyone watched one of them.  Now with hundreds of
channels and time shifting DVRs, there's a good chance that you're the only
one at work that watched a particular show.

I go through that all the time with sports.  I don't watch football,
basketball, baseball or hockey.  I watch MotoGP, Motocross, Tour de France
and The Dakar Rally,  Most people haven't heard about some of the races, let
alone the competitors.
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