TV repeats

Ath_Wat

elsien said:

Ath_Wat said:

elsien said:

Ath_Wat said:

elsien said:

I still mainly watch live TV with a bit of catch up on the free steaming services. 

I record the ITV ones so I can fast forwards through the adverts. I don’t want or need to pay to watch Netflix and the like. Tried a free prime trial, can happily live without it. I can afford £70 a year or whatever it is but it’s money I’d far rather spend elsewhere. 

My internet isn’t great and buffers at times.
If there’s not a lot on and no catch up that I fancy seeing, I’d rather pick up a book than faff around all the dross elsewhere trying to find something decent.

Not a pensioner. Happy with live TV and a bit of catch up And do feel I get my money’s worth from the beeb because listen to the radio more often than not. 

Just to put the other side. 

If you record ITV, you are not watching live TV.  "Live TV" doesn't mean the broadcast channels, it means watching it at the moment they show it.

Perfectly well aware of what live TV is, thank you.  And most  of what I watch is live TV so my comment still stands.

Then, why?  When you have the means to watch whatever programme you want whenever you want to watch it, why do you confine yourself to whatever happens to be on the schedule?  And don't say "I'd rather pick up a book", I am talking about the times when you are watching something.  When you decide to watch television why not watch something that started 17 minutes ago from the start, rather than watch it from halfway through or watch something else that just happens to start at the time you turn it on?

There is simply no good reason to watch scheduled broadcasting any more and it won't be long before it is confined to live coverage of currently happening events.

Because it works for me and I’m quite happy doing it that way? 

I don’t particularly care whether anyone else thinks there’s a good reason or not. 

It's not a matter of having a good reason, you are going out of your way to watch something you're not that keen on, or miss parts of something, instead of just watching whole programmes.  It's just as easy to press "watch from beginning" as "watch live", and just as easy to select a  programme that was shown three hours ago as to watch whatever happens to be on now.  You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago. I am sure the Amish are happy with their idea that progress stopped in 1850, and you are welcome to join them if you want, but the only reason it works for you is because you haven't tried to do anything else.  Walking from London to Brighton would work for you if you'd never bothered to find out about cars.

I mean, if you like, I can come round and stand in front of your bookshelf, and when you decide to read a book, I'll grab two and say "You can have 'Pride and Prejudice', or 'American Psycho', but that one you have to start halfway through because it became available an hour ago".  Then if you say "I'd rather read 'Great Expectations'", I will say "Tough, this is all that's available now, come back at 6:15 precisely if you want that, any later and I'll tear out the first 100 pages.."  Then you can go and watch TV because "there's nothing on the bookshelf right now".

Does this sound like a good idea, or are you happier choosing whatever book you want when you want it?  if the latter sounds better, why do you make the decision to operate the TV like that, when you could operate it like a bookshelf?

The_Unready

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Ath_Wat

The_Unready said:

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Nobody is being belittled, that is exactly the case.  Superior technology has rendered live television a thing of the past. There is a way of consuming television that is simply superior that is freely available.  If anyone is not using it it has to be because they do not know it is available, so I am trying to help them by pointing that out.  If you have myriad good reasons for watching something that started ten minutes ago from the point it happens to be at rather than starting from the beginning, I would honestly like to hear them.

The_Unready

Are you familiar with the limited, sometimes almost non-existent, broadband speeds that many users, especially those in rural areas, have to contend with?

Zinger549

Ath_Wat said:

The_Unready said:

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Nobody is being belittled, that is exactly the case.  Superior technology has rendered live television a thing of the past. There is a way of consuming television that is simply superior that is freely available.  If anyone is not using it it has to be because they do not know it is available, so I am trying to help them by pointing that out.  If you have myriad good reasons for watching something that started ten minutes ago from the point it happens to be at rather than starting from the beginning, I would honestly like to hear them.

No everyone likes to binge watch a series. Some people like watching one episode a week. Sunday 9PM watch the next episode of Peaky Blinders, Sanditon ect. They use catch up and on demand as well. You think live TV is outdated many others don't.

Ath_Wat

Zinger549 said:

Ath_Wat said:

The_Unready said:

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Nobody is being belittled, that is exactly the case.  Superior technology has rendered live television a thing of the past. There is a way of consuming television that is simply superior that is freely available.  If anyone is not using it it has to be because they do not know it is available, so I am trying to help them by pointing that out.  If you have myriad good reasons for watching something that started ten minutes ago from the point it happens to be at rather than starting from the beginning, I would honestly like to hear them.

No everyone likes to binge watch a series. Some people like watching one episode a week. Sunday 9PM watch the next episode of Peaky Blinders, Sanditon ect. They use catch up and on demand as well. You think live TV is outdated many others don't.

You don't have to binge watch it.  You can just watch an episode every week at 9:30pm if that suits you better than 9pm.  If every episode of every TV show you ever watch is always on the most convenient time for you, fine.  I don't imagine that is really the case very often.

Ath_Wat

The_Unready said:

Are you familiar with the limited, sometimes almost non-existent, broadband speeds that many users, especially those in rural areas, have to contend with?

No, not really.  If you don't have broadband, then that would indeed be a good reason.  You are the first to mention it, though, which would lead me to imagine it is not a problem for those who have argued so far for live tv.

Zinger549

Ath_Wat said:

Zinger549 said:

Ath_Wat said:

The_Unready said:

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Nobody is being belittled, that is exactly the case.  Superior technology has rendered live television a thing of the past. There is a way of consuming television that is simply superior that is freely available.  If anyone is not using it it has to be because they do not know it is available, so I am trying to help them by pointing that out.  If you have myriad good reasons for watching something that started ten minutes ago from the point it happens to be at rather than starting from the beginning, I would honestly like to hear them.

No everyone likes to binge watch a series. Some people like watching one episode a week. Sunday 9PM watch the next episode of Peaky Blinders, Sanditon ect. They use catch up and on demand as well. You think live TV is outdated many others don't.

You don't have to binge watch it.  You can just watch an episode every week at 9:30pm if that suits you better than 9pm.  If every episode of every TV show you ever watch is always on the most convenient time for you, fine.  I don't imagine that is really the case very often.

The fact is lots of people like watching TV that way. Sunday 9pm watch the next episode of The Capture simple. Just because they don't do it your way doesn't mean they don't know about it.

elsien

Ath_Wat said:

The_Unready said:

"You don't have to defend yourself, you can do what you like, but I am just suggesting that could be be better off if you actually use  up to date technology rather than confining yourself to technology that was current 20 to 30 years ago".

You were doing so well up to that point, and you should really have ended your post there.

There is absolutely no reason to try and belittle or embarrass the above poster by referencing the Amish or the development of motorised transport to try and make your point.

As you said yourself, it's each to their own, and there are myriad reasons why everybody else on this planet doesn't want to do things the way you do them!

Nobody is being belittled, that is exactly the case.  Superior technology has rendered live television a thing of the past. There is a way of consuming television that is simply superior that is freely available.  If anyone is not using it it has to be because they do not know it is available, so I am trying to help them by pointing that out.  If you have myriad good reasons for watching something that started ten minutes ago from the point it happens to be at rather than starting from the beginning, I would honestly like to hear them.

I’m not feeling belittled or embarrassed. Slightly patronised, perhaps at the presumption I am technologically illiterate which isn’t the case. I know what’s available and have the means to access it should I choose to do so. Generally speaking, I don’t. 

I also prefer paper books to my e-reader despite what could be perceived as the inconvenience of going to the library to fetch them, but there you go. As I say, each to their own. 

ETA - in case you were wondering, I can also tell the time so as not to miss the first 10 minutes of whatever it is I want to watch. 

Ath_Wat

The problem is you are giving me nothing except "I prefer it" to explain why you prefer it.  You don't have to explain, of course, but if you don't explain then don't be surprised if I continue to be mystified as to why anyone would prefer to fit their life round television rather than fit television round their life.  You don't do that with reading, do you?