i don't even watch video
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:08 (one year ago) link
I try to mostly stick to watching movies, no TV series or other video content.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
lol oh yeah, I already forgot about that thread
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
I also regret only going for a 50-something" TV the last time I bought one, the 65" one wasn't really that much more expensive, but I was going from a 34" and I figured this was already huge. I now realize that bigger is better, I totally want the full home theatre experience.― silverfish, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 10:06 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― silverfish, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 10:06 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
See, here I, the "don't own a TV" guy, really am different -- I mean, the truth is, I actually DO own a TV but I never bothered to unpack it the last time we moved, I barely even watch TV on the laptop, I watch it on the iPad, smaller and more portable is better
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
experiencing BEN-HUR on your apple watch the way god intended
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
I've never had broadcast television/DVR/cable/satellite. By the time I lived on my own in the mid 2000s, torrents and stuff like rapidshare had arrived, so I simply downloaded Lost etc. on my brand new DSL connection. I even had some nifty Mac app where I could select the shows I wanted, and it would automatically scan for when a torrent was uploaded for the latest episode and start downloading.
As such, I haven't watched TV with ads by choice in decades (i.e., not counting being in a bar with the TV on, hotel room, etc.) As Andy the Grasshopper said, it's quite jarring to see it again. It's probably my imagination but it seems like the breaks between commercials are so much shorter. I do see ads on the Roku TV app sometimes, because sometimes I'm too lazy to get up and fetch my laptop to watch a five minute video (I try to airplay/chromecast if possible to avoid even that.).
― blatherskite, Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
I don't watch TV, I intentionally sit in front of my 85" 8K Gigant-o-tron with my eyes closed.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Burning question of the moment: do the blind listen to tv?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
Yes and in fact I learned a lot about 'audio description' for shows/movies from this podcast: https://www.20k.org/episodes/athousandwords
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 March 2023 20:06 (one year ago) link