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30 Jun 2012, 4:11 pm

I don't really miss having one, I do watch occasionally at a friends house, then it usually news or animal planet.



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30 Jun 2012, 4:13 pm

You're not missing out. Period.



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30 Jun 2012, 4:47 pm

I agree with Uprising.



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30 Jun 2012, 5:06 pm

Television is overrated these days, anyways. I wish I had a time machine so I could travel to the 60s for two hours a day and watch good TV.


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30 Jun 2012, 5:20 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
Television is overrated these days, anyways. I wish I had a time machine so I could travel to the 60s for two hours a day and watch good TV.


You can view many old shows online, but it just not the same on a computer and on demand, before cable if you missed it, IT MIGHT NEVER BE ON AGAIN!! !! Of course whatever it was you missed is now on YouTube or Hulu...



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30 Jun 2012, 5:48 pm

I used to have a TV in my room, but I got rid of it when I rearranged and redecorated my room a couple of weeks ago. It's been a little difficult trying to fall asleep without it, but other than that, I wasn't getting much use out of it.



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30 Jun 2012, 6:44 pm

There is really no need for tv nowadays
The only time I watch tv is when I watch reruns of Top Gear on BBC America..



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30 Jun 2012, 7:10 pm

I got a CHiPs watching interest a few years ago, they only issued 3 seasons and those had missing episodes, the stream quality was horrible. Never any further mention of issuing any more episodes, pisser waste of time


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30 Jun 2012, 11:55 pm

2wheels4ever wrote:
I got a CHiPs watching interest a few years ago, they only issued 3 seasons and those had missing episodes, the stream quality was horrible. Never any further mention of issuing any more episodes, pisser waste of time


I liked CHiPs too!



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01 Jul 2012, 1:37 am

My TV is used for video games and movies. I don't watch much TV these days.


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01 Jul 2012, 3:26 am

I wouldn't want to have to go without tv but I did get rid of cable a little over a year ago and don't really miss it. I just watch dvds.



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01 Jul 2012, 4:57 pm

No TV...
I do use iTunes and Netflix on my laptop.

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01 Jul 2012, 5:14 pm

There doesn't seem to be a pressing need to own a TV anymore, when you can just get your news online.


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01 Jul 2012, 5:20 pm

I haven't had a TV for at least 9 years. I think TV is 98% rubbish and the remaining 2% I can get through the Internet with iPlayer, 4od, netflix etc.


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01 Jul 2012, 6:23 pm

I am completely out of touch about most shows that are on now. Sometimes, it's hard to keep up with a conversation when the talk starts in on something popular and I have little clue what it's about. I will watch a game and a few things that catch my interest on the Science Channel when the mood strikes me. Other than that, I could probably do without TV.



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01 Jul 2012, 6:26 pm

I don't like watching tv on my computer. The screen is small (I think 15 or 16 inches) and sometimes it takes ages to load. I have a 40 inch tv.

The only network show I watched in the past year was Vampire Diaries and sometimes Family Guy. I'd rather watch dvds of old shows I like and have already watched before.