Reading versus television

I am a visual person so I prefer to watch a good film on Tv or a dvd. I will read, but cannot read for long or my eyes will get tired. So I can only read for long so I usually read a chapter a day and I have some of the classics on my iphone so I do it then as we do not have a large house or that room for many books. But most of all, I prefer to go out for a walk.

Can I do both? lol I love both activities, but I guess I love reading more, because I spend money to keep up with my reading habits. I have a cabinet full of books, and I feel that's not enough. I do love watching a good movie or TV show though. I make it a point to go out and watch a movie with friends once in 2 months or so. I also love watching TV but only watch those that interests me like Survivor, The Amazing Race, Fringe, etc.

I choose reading book. Because reading book make me can imagine appropriate with my think. I often disappointed with movie that adapted by novel. Every time is good for reading, especially night.

While the TV bombards you with a sensorial experience, showing facts as they really were (or as imagined / mentally constructed by the director), books offer a conceptual description of beings and their universe. While reading we "process" the written information, so that it becomes intelligible, and so that we can relate to the characters and situations they experience. Thus, we are forced, or "invited", to perform a much more complex reasoning and mental constructions. We are, so to speak, exercising our brain while reading.

If I had the choice, I probably will pick watching a good film. However, if I'm in the process of reading a good book I would continue to read the book even if my favorite show/movie is on TV. Especially if I have not read the book before.

I like to watch a good movie. I download movie from torrents and in the meantime i read a good book. I like to do both of them. I love books and watching good movies also.

I do both according to my mood at the time. I have no preference of one over the other.

I would rather read a book if I am not too tired. I am an Instructor at a community college and during the semester I am too tired to read so I end up watching a lot of television and I also watch TV while I cross stitch. So I end up doing a bit of both watching TV and movies and reading books.

it really depends, if I'm following a certain show, I'll watch it, but since I follow like 2 or 3 shows, I'm not likely to be that into a show - on the other hand, I might read the book - but there again - I might really want to be on mylot!

I'm not a movie person. I love to read, I usually read at night before I go to sleep, it relaxes me. I also crochet, it's what I call "productive relaxation", I relax and make something useful.

I prefer to read. I love movies, and I'm even a film student, but I will insist until my dying breath that books are better than movies. There's just so much more a good book can offer. Books really ignite the imagination, stir up your creativity, and teach you more knowledge than you ever dreamed. Visual media just hands you images. I don't think it's nearly as much fun.

Reading is a lot of fun and so is watching Television. So i just do what i feel like at that point of time.

In my free time I prefer to read, but sometimes I have the same problem as you, too tired to read. So if I'm in the mood to read a book I have next to my bed but too tired to do so, I'll find a movie of the same genre as my book. that way I don't feel disappointed and still hear a familiar story. I will always choose reading over television- my imagination can be richer than a director's sometimes.