Do you watch tv and at the same time surf the net?

If I don't have my headphones on then I usually have the television on but I'm not paying attention to it 90% of the time. I have to have some kind of background noise to drown out the sound of the CPU fan. The CPU is on the desk right in front of me and the fan is, well, loud lol. Why not put it on the floor? It must be a female computer because it tends to give me troubles now and then and I have to reboot or switch wires. If I could multi task and watch tv, type and listen to music all at the same time, I would be extremely happy.

Man this discussion is on point, I always have the tv on when I am online I turn it to sports channels and try to listen to the commentator then react when there is some action I'll get a last glimpse or somethng but end up missing much of the game. it seems there are much entertainment available to people nowadays that they dont get around to doing everything they want. Dude welcome to the age of multi-tasking

I don't have cable in the basement where the computer is. If I want to watch something while I am down here I have to watch a VHS tape. Last night I was watching Girl Interrupted while on myLot.

I watch tv while on mylot. I seem to be able to get some done during the commercials. And then I find a really good discussion topic. At that point the tv show loses out! So then the tv becomes my background noise. Mylot is once again the winner. other internet stuff, and work I don't even turn the tv on. Don't want to be distracted.

I have tried doing this and I have realized that you can't do both well. If you do pay attention to what's on the computer then you can't focus on the TV. I usually go with just the internet. I think it's more likely to catch my attention, and it is time better spent than TV. I think that in the future we will see the two forms of media merge. There are signs of that already.

haha its hard to do two things at the same time! and it is very hard for me bacause when i sit near pc i am with my back to TV. I dont say that TV isnt on, but if i would like to watch both of them my head must rotate in more than 180 degrees angle :D lol

Yes, i watch tv while i am surfing. I usually put on the television and listen. If its the program that i like i stop typing. Or sometimes i watch tv while waiting for the site to open

The TV is turned on and I hear bits and pieces of the programs, but I'm at the computer in another room. When I have money I'm going to get the guy from the computer store to come out and fix the wireless router so i can access via the laptop. Right now I don't care that much to do more than one thing at a time.

talk about multi-tasking. i missed some of my favorite tv shows too especially when i was just starting this whole online earning thing. but i learned to multi-task after a while. i just turn on the tv, watch my the show and during tv adverts i go back to my computer. but sometimes it's hard especially when im watching hbo coz there aren't any adverts to give me a minute to go back to my computer.

I always have the tv on when I am surfing the net. If nothing else just for background noise. I can't seem to concentrate on two things at once, especially two things that require absolute attention. I usually put on something light hearted, like a funny movie or sitcom and listen while I am waiting for pages to load....I'm on dial up :(

We just got our DSL connection three months ago. Before during our dial-up days, I would spend more time watching T.V. than in front of the computer. But since the dawn of our speedy DSL era, I, too, have missed watching almost all of my shows. Then again, I thought, someone would probably upload them online anyways so I'll just watch them here when I've got time. :P

I do this especially if I am sorting out my eBay shop or my Etsy one, I like to have some kind of background noise. If I'm at Uni and in my room though where I don't have a television I still have a film or TV show funning on my laptop at the same time. I find that I can still follow most TV shows by just listening, although yes I do occasionally miss important bits!

I only watch a few shows on TV, but I would not even get to see those if I was not multitasking being online and watching television. I usually focus more on my shows than on the computer, leaving most of what I have to focus on the computer for until commercials. It has cut down on trips to the kitchen during commercial breaks. lol

The television is on in the background but no way can I watc h the telly and surf the net it wont work my concentration cant do the two things at once.Ive got the telly on now but im typing so im not really aware of whats going on.

When I had my TV hooked up I used to sit on the couch with my laptop, do my work, and listen to the TV in the background, but now I'm rarely ever home, and I don't have the internet at home, so I access my e-mail and computer from the cae. There's no TV in here. I don't miss TV at all.

i do this all the time! when i go home every weekend i would turn on the tv and the computer at the same time. i have a lot of favorite tv shows which are aired every weekends but its also during the weekend when i can do uninterrupted internet surfing so i am forced to do them at the same time. ^__^;; but most of the time, the internet gets the better of my attention too and i couldn't focus on the show i am watching so i would end up surfing and watching anime ONLINE. LOL sometimes i manage to watch my favorite show and surf the net only during commercials. that's why i'm thankful whenever they are showing reruns. i won't have to be torn between my two hobbies. ^__^;;

Sometimes I may have YouTube or something like that on when I am surfing, but very rarely do I have the actual TV and computer running at the same time. Also, usually I have music in the background when I am online, not TV (TV never really interested me too much for some reason). But usually I will have something on in the background, especially when I am working just to pass the time... if it has the right effect, sometimes it actually improves my focus... other times it can be distracting and I have to turn it off. Unsolicited activity around me is especially distracting, but if I have control over it, I don't find it too difficult to keep track of what is going on.

I love to watch tv while surfing the net. Even though I do miss bits and pieces of whatever I am watching. When it is my series shows that I watch I make sure I am not on my laptop otherwise I will miss parts and I odnt want to miss anything, but other than that I just like ot have the noise in the background to where it isnt too quiet.

i am afraid of losing any favourite programs.so while surfing internet i began turning on the tv.but my tv set is in another room which do not affect my enjoy favourite program. when srufing net ,listening to the sounds of programs.

i personally spend more time on surfing rather than sitting before boobtube.The main reason is i can watch and see on the computer what i'm wanting on that time depending on my mood while on tv we are dependant of tv channels. Secondly surfing net is much more informative and more entertainer in many aspects.