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Re: A question for Cord Cuttersthank you nekkidtruth, I may draw the line is a personal one but I am happy with life. I truely believe that this is the start of something that can potentially be bad. I'm not playing devils advocate but I am studying the habits and analyzing them so as to maybe one day write a book or make a documentary about this.
When I used to go to my friends house in the past, he would watch a TV show during dinner time, TV show would typically be about 30 mins long, his kitchen and family room were open concept. There was nothing wrong wtih watching a tv show, he would then go and do his homework after or chores like laundry or cleaning, etc.
Fast forward to 10 years later, he still lives in same house, but when he comes home from work, he puts on his netflix when he is having his dinner, but I have strangely noticed something not just with him but with everyone else I visit who is in the same situation, they are "glued" to their netflix, they BINGE. since Netflix has no commercials, people dont tale breaks to go to the bathroom or talk to their family, and now he ends up spending 1.5 hours bindge watching his so called TV shows or movies to "catch up"
I dont see nothing wrong with TV shows or movies, but I do see that since the "netflix" boom, people are doing MORE of it, and companies are shoving down our throats that the more we watch the better it would be for us. its actually better for them, not us. plus the more people spend binge watching, they will be less likely to want to know whats going on in their city/community. You may not care what I am saying or why now but in 10 years from now you will stop and say, wow Sum was right. |
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said by 63141160:My question is this, when you guys wake up in the morning and are getting ready for work/school or where ever you go, what do you watch on TV? are you turning on TV to watch a Movie or a TV series while eating breakfast? Do you miss turning on the TV and actually watching something important like the local news or weather forecast or traffic report? A more appropriate question would be, how many people actually watch TV before they go to work or school? For me, it is never. I pick up the news from the radio while I drive to work. Weather? I still have to go to work rain or shine, so does it matter? Traffic? No matter what, it is too late to find out. I am not going to get up 1 hour early late just in case there is an extended traffic jam on 401. Your big misconception was, cord-cutting = no legal TV. No, it is not the case. |
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I watch Breakfast Television, they stream live online. |
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said by EHTL:A more appropriate question would be, how many people actually watch TV before they go to work or school? I always do. While getting the girls breakfast I have it on. Always news. |
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Same here. Usually Breakfast Television, OTA on 57.1.  |
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said by 63141160:thank you nekkidtruth, I may draw the line is a personal one but I am happy with life. I truely believe that this is the start of something that can potentially be bad. I'm not playing devils advocate but I am studying the habits and analyzing them so as to maybe one day write a book or make a documentary about this. I wish you luck with that. Just a friendly piece of advice though, you should do your research without bias. You can't write objectively if you allow your personal opinion to cloud fact. Assuming you were planning to write objectively of course. said by 63141160:When I used to go to my friends house in the past, he would watch a TV show during dinner time, TV show would typically be about 30 mins long, his kitchen and family room were open concept. There was nothing wrong wtih watching a tv show, he would then go and do his homework after or chores like laundry or cleaning, etc. said by 63141160:Fast forward to 10 years later, he still lives in same house, but when he comes home from work, he puts on his netflix when he is having his dinner, but I have strangely noticed something not just with him but with everyone else I visit who is in the same situation, they are "glued" to their netflix, they BINGE. since Netflix has no commercials, people dont tale breaks to go to the bathroom or talk to their family, and now he ends up spending 1.5 hours bindge watching his so called TV shows or movies to "catch up" Binge watching isn't new. It's simply now readily available to anyone. I've been binge watching shows since 1996. The technology has changed and it's now something anyone can do. I actually don't enjoy watching shows any other way. I will sometimes ignore shows I'm watching multiple weeks in a row so that I can watch a few episodes at a time. This is desirable to me because I don't have to wait for the storyline to progress. I only have so much time in a day to do everything I need to do, so setting aside 3-4 hours one day opens up those hours on other days. I like full control over my own timetable. said by 63141160:I dont see nothing wrong with TV shows or movies, but I do see that since the "netflix" boom, people are doing MORE of it, and companies are shoving down our throats that the more we watch the better it would be for us. its actually better for them, not us. plus the more people spend binge watching, they will be less likely to want to know whats going on in their city/community. You may not care what I am saying or why now but in 10 years from now you will stop and say, wow Sum was right. Of course companies such as Netflix wnat you to watch more and more. They make their money through those subscribers. That's how their business model works. I'll let you in on a little secret, it's not a new business model. It's just being applied to a new technology. Every time something new comes along there are cries of doom and gloom from people who either don't know better or refuse to educate themselves. Just as the comic strip above shows, people will always claim something is bad for you. It isn't always true. If I wasn't as connected as I am to technology or the Internet, none of my friends and family would be living in today's world. They would miss job opportunities. They would miss possible health opportunities. They would have no one to ease them into this new world that quite frankly, is not going anywhere. It's here to stay. In fact, technology is going to be bringing a whole lot more over the next decade. |
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said by 63141160:since Netflix has no commercials, people dont tale breaks to go to the bathroom or talk to their family Unlike live broadcast, Netflix also has PAUSE and RESUME functions so if anything comes up, you can either pause (bathroom) or stop/resume for longer breaks. Also, with every BDU trying to shove their $10-20/month PVRs up their subscribers' asses, even live broadcast has become very much like streaming: record shows when they premiere, which is often a few hours or even days earlier than they become available for streaming, and watch whenever is convenient to you instead of following the broadcast schedule. If you want to binge-watch, simply skip a few weeks before watching what you recorded. If binge-watching or watching too much content is going to destroy society, it will happen regardless of traditional broadcast vs online streaming. |
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said by 63141160:My question is this, when you guys wake up in the morning and are getting ready for work/school or where ever you go, what do you watch on TV? are you turning on TV to watch a Movie or a TV series while eating breakfast? I don't have time for that in the morning. TV stays off. I barely have enough time after I get out of bed to shower and quickly eat a bowl of cereal then get to work. Literally 15 minutes after I get up and I'm out the door. said by 63141160:Do you miss turning on the TV and actually watching something important like the local news or weather forecast or traffic report? Nope. I get my news and weather from the internet. Much quicker, have better things to do than sit through a news broadcast or wait for the weather forecast to come up on the weather channel. |
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said by 63141160:Growing up as a kid, I was always taught that too much tv is bad, naturally I grasped the fact that spending too much time on a computer is also bad. plus not everything you read on face book is true. So yes people seem to think I am the exception but I'm also looking out for my well being too at the same and know when to draw the line. said by 63141160:I Specifically specified the people who watch tv in the mornings when they eat their cheerios, I also find it hard to believe no one here does this? Thats fine but It doesnt mean others dont do this. My family does it, so do all my cousins and relatives. OK, I'm confused. You and your entire family is so hooked to the tube that you can't go without it in the mornings (no mention of habits otherwise but if there is that much of an emphasis on it when there is such little time, I can only imagine the importance of it during downtime) but yet someone that watches netflix while eating supper is suddenly doing something wrong? So, it's OK for someone to watch television for hours on end but if someone doesn't watch traditional television but choses to get the same mediums (ie news, shows, weather or sports) by alternative methods, it's somehow inherently bad? |
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said by TheMG:I get my news and weather from the internet. And with almost everyone owning a tablet or phone these days, getting the weather can require as little effort as looking at the TWN widget on the lock screen, no need to unlock. Less time spent waiting for information to get spoon-fed and less time getting force-fed tons of trivia in-between means more time to focus on other stuff. |
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Am I the only person in all of Can Broadband that thinks this thread is a giant troll, based on a completely flawed premise? From the OP's recent signup and screen name, to a baseless allegation that Cable TV is somehow more moral than Netflix or OTA? Methinks everyone troll detectors need a software upgrade.  |
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The thought had crossed my mind. I was just giving the benefit of the doubt |
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said by El Quintron:Am I the only person in all of Can Broadband that thinks this thread is a giant troll, based on a completely flawed premise? From the OP's recent signup and screen name, to a baseless allegation that Cable TV is somehow more moral than Netflix or OTA? Methinks everyone troll detectors need a software upgrade. Kind of what I was getting at by my posts. lol |
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lol somehow OP is trying to put down watching less tv. Man is the OP 12? The only time I've ever watched TV in the morning was waking up early to watch cartoons or while waiting for the bus to arrive. OP should probably change his lifestyle if he NEEDS some garbage distractions in the morning. and LOL, depending on TV for the news is extremely dumb. I swear, whenever I watch the news on TV, its recycled lame jokes that were popular on the internet a week ago. |
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said by El Quintron:Am I the only person in all of Can Broadband that thinks this thread is a giant troll, based on a completely flawed premise? From the OP's recent signup and screen name, to a baseless allegation that Cable TV is somehow more moral than Netflix or OTA? Methinks everyone troll detectors need a software upgrade. Troll? excuse me? just because someone has different opinion than you do does not make them a troll, I am a very valuable contributor to this site, so excuse me! oh and by the way, I'm not a Giant, im very short but thanks for nothing I guess |
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I can honestly say that I haven't watched TV in the mornings in decades (whether I had cable TV in the past or not)
I just didn't have the time (or the attention span) to dedicate to that, radio (and now streaming internet radio) is all I have time for in the mornings.
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Other than Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid I've never watched in the morning. Now days it's hit up the sites on my bookmarks toolbar (mail, geek news, cbc, forums, torrents, price monitoring sites). I queue up the TV to download that I'll watch later. You call it stealing, I call it living in the 21st century. Who has time to wade through commercials, watch on the broadcaster's schedule (as compared to Netflix's binge watching & PVRs are clunky, power hogs, and horrid quality)? Add watermarking & ads over content, exorbitant pricing, and severe lack of quality content per network there's just nothing about TV that makes sense anymore. |
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said by 63141160:Troll? excuse me? just because someone has different opinion than you do does not make them a troll It's not the differing opinions of yours, it's the conflicting statements by you that seem to change as the wind blows. |
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I like cut cords when commercials pay for tv, not when I pay to watch commercials...  |
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I think the problem is that most here have cut the cord so long ago, they may not remember how they used TV. I am definitely one of those people.
However my wife is not. When I met her, her daily routine was to come home after work, turn the TV on and make dinner with it running in the background.
After becoming accustomed to using Netflix, she eventually came to the realization that she was then paying the cable bill only for dinner-making background noise, which wasn't worth $100 a month.
There was definitely an adjustment period after cancelling cable, but she hasn't expressed any interest to go back. Instead she now will read an article on her phone if she's waiting or taking a break. Occasionally she will put the radio on. I have to turn the radio off once we start eating, otherwise I find myself focusing on listening to it and we don't talk to each other.
We never turn Netflix on and run it in the background, we only have the TV on if we're actively watching it now. |
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Ugh! Watch Canadian morning television? No thanks!
No pay TV here either. Besides, most of the shows I like to watch in a timely manner are only available from the BBC. |
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I still watch TV. I have an antenna and get around 30 channels for free. |
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I chromecast last nights CBC national for background noise when prepping for work. News... all casted, on my schedule, not theirs TV shows, I only watch 3 on a regular basis, again, casted from originating network, I don't mind waiting a couple of days for them to appear after the original air date. With unblocking, I get us stuff too, like Jimmy Fallon. Netflix rounds it out as well as downloading and using videocast app to cast to my tv(s). I don't miss cable at all. |
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I know our Generation, The Baby Boomers started with OTA and saw the growth of Cable TV. I'm Retired now, but I'm not in the habit of turning on the TV in the morning. Now my Father-in-Law can't live without his TV on all day. So I guess the Older Generation does tend to use more TV than the Younger. |
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said by alchav:I know our Generation, The Baby Boomers started with OTA and saw the growth of Cable TV. I'm Retired now, but I'm not in the habit of turning on the TV in the morning. Now my Father-in-Law can't live without his TV on all day. So I guess the Older Generation does tend to use more TV than the Younger. I set my 60+ year old parents up with an antenna and they cancelled their cable and haven't looked back. They even figured out how to stream baseball games since they don't have SportsNet anymore. |
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said by 63141160:My question is this, when you guys wake up in the morning and are getting ready for work/school or where ever you go, what do you watch on TV? are you turning on TV to watch a Movie or a TV series while eating breakfast? Do you miss turning on the TV and actually watching something important like the local news or weather forecast or traffic report? I never turned on the TV when I paid for it, and I won't now. I don't know about Canadian morning news shows, but the ones here south of the border are pure low-IQ crap designed for the masses, and loaded with commercials every 10 minutes. I still get all the local news from my rooftop antenna, so if I wanted to turn it on I can, but I usually only do that when there is something major going on. It's completely free, and the antenna cost me $40. I just took the satellite dish I had off of the pole, put the antenna on, and used the same cables. My routine is the same as before I cut the cord. Get up. Read the news on my computer. Check Facebook maybe. If there is a MAJOR news, I will find a stream to watch a little bit of it, but the reality is.... I don't have that kind of time! I need to get to work, and I have stuff to do. I have 15-20 minutes tops, in which I eat some breakfast. I get my first cup of coffee at work. And I don't need to be entertained by a box with pictures at all times of the day..... even though it is still a box with a picture, I enjoy the quiet in the morning when I read my news sites on my computer. |
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I had cable but I have cut it too. I was using it for my morning news, cbc news channel every morning,(I'm old, and self employed, and I start my day whenever I get there...) and the occasional hockey game. Both of which I can find streams for. So, that's it, it's gone now.
And yes, it all comes down to cost. If they didn't price things so insanely high.......... |
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wish i could get my in-laws to cut cable. they just won't do it. I mean like 40 plus bucks for crap stuff and most of it is not even in HD for that price man fork that. |
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Troll post or not, the question is interesting to think about. It seems like the real question here is "How much is (cable and otherwise) TV a part of our lives?" I would probably be considered a cord-never. As a kid, my parents decided cable wasn't worth it and they cut things off. We replaced the time by watching movies. If there wasn't time for a full-length movie, we found a different activity (like digging in the sandpile or playing with Lincoln Logs).
I always had the opinion that any time a TV was turned on and being used for entertainment, I could better spend that time by playing a game or watching an actual movie. Once I moved out on my own I never even considered buying any kind of TV service. I either played games in my free time, or made it a big deal and watched a movie in theater. In my opinion, if a movie or show is on TV; you won't really enjoy it to the fullest extent (and therefore make it not really worthwhile) if you are doing some other activity that divides your attention. I've heard people complain about how they didn't care for movies or shows, yet I know first-hand these same people almost never actually sit down to watch anything; they turn it on while trying to do something else. I don't think TV really fits for people with lives like that.
Now that I have a wife and kids, we will sometimes outright purchase a physical copy of a movie we enjoy, then get countless rewatches out of it. Over the years our library has grown (and continues to do so), and we only occasionally feel the need to subscribe to a service like Netflix for a month here and there to binge-watch a series that has completed.
In this day and age, the traditional format of having a TV playing the ongoing transmissions in the home just seems ineffective and pointless (and sometimes costly). |
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When my Dad retired, many many many moons ago, he basically vegged in front of the TV all day. |
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