Do you prefer watching shows and series online or on TV?

@Auntylou (4264)
Oxford, England
February 24, 2016 9:09pm CST
What is your preference? Have you adapted and become accustomed to using the internet as a means of entertainment? Will the internet kill our TV habits?
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• United States
25 Feb 16
It's funny you should ask that. The internet HAS killed my t.v. habits. I am more prone to watching videos on youtube, or using my kindle to read. Not all of internet's advancements are bad. Obviously we need to be careful with our eyes etc, but it does open up a whole new world. As far as the entertainment of television, atleast online you can watch a wide array of things that you can't necessarily get in your home country. Oh but to answer your question simply : I watch netflix when I am at the kitchen table doing other tasks online,.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have just got another free trial of Netflix and watching all sorts of shows that I wouldn't otherwise see
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
@JohnRoberts Our TV is in the front room and I am nearly always in the kitchen. maybe i should get a tv in here too ?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Feb 16
But you can stream Netflix to a big screen TV as opposed to a small computer screen. Same for YouTube.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
25 Feb 16
I still watch most of the shows on TV.But occasionally I watch them on the computer too.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
28 Feb 16
@Auntylou At the same time you are watching a program m that the others are not interested ,computer is better.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
1 Mar 16
@silvermist That is very true. This is why I often watch on my computer
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
TV is good for watching together, as a computer has only a small screen and can't be seen by many at a time
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@danny1971 (1747)
• Church Hill, Tennessee
25 Feb 16
I like watching them on TV but sometimes I have to watch my college basketball ballgames online which I don't like that we'll but have to anyway just like tonight I had to watch Unc play tonight on my laptop but it's OK tho
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
At least we have a choice nowadays!
• United States
25 Feb 16
I'm still a television person ...I'm not keen on watching shows on my computer
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
The troubl e with tv for me is that as I work evenings I tend to miss things I like, so catch up on the computer is great for me
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
1 Mar 16
@Auntylou I just do not like watching on a computer.
@OKennedy (1130)
• United States
25 Feb 16
Netflix user here Cable is too much money for what they show and I like to watch my shows in order. There are a few shows I do miss from cable but now enough to pay the extra $40 to have cable and watch them.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
We have Sky tv, via satellite but it costs £60 per month and I think this is far too high. However my husband likes to watch international cricket which can only be seen there
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
1 Mar 16
@OKennedy I quite often do online surveys and I give the satellite/cable providers bad scores every time!
@OKennedy (1130)
• United States
27 Feb 16
@Auntylou I know exactly what you mean I wish I could afford to spare the extra money but for me its not possible. I swear they do it purposely charge you so much for so little its a scam
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• Philippines
25 Feb 16
I prefer watching on a tv but when i missed a couple of episodes of my favorite shows, i usually watch it online.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
This makes sense and in the old days this would not have been possible!
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
25 Feb 16
internet offers almost everything haha. i really dont watch tv that much ever since. when it comes to watching my favorite series, i prefer downloading it.
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@MGjhaud (23240)
• Philippines
28 Feb 16
@Auntylou oh good.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I have just started to download shows to avoid the buffering my overloaded laptop can suffer from!
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
25 Feb 16
For me the television has always been the way to watch a show. Even if I find a show online that I wish to watch, I will download it and watch it on the television at a later time.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Feb 16
@Auntylou Do what most women do, punch him and steal the remote.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
1 Mar 16
@Asylum Oh you are good. If ever I need a laugh, I know who to look for!
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
The other problem for me is that my husband often wants things I don't like, such as American wrestling
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
3 Mar 16
I rarely watch regular TV. I cannot sit down at the times the shows are on live. I watch shows on Hulu Plus, Youtube, and Netflix. I have a Roku 4, and enjoy it.
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@slund2041 (3314)
• United States
7 Mar 16
@Auntylou Roku 4 is a streaming box. It is the way I get Netflix and Hulu Plus and any of the other streaming channels. How do you get streaming channels?
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
4 Mar 16
the same is very true for me too. What is a Roku 4?
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
8 Mar 16
@slund2041 I can stream 5 of our tv stations on their websites and I pay a subscription to Netflix
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
25 Feb 16
I do not watch the TV very much, but in the evening I want to sit comfortably in front of my TV and enjoy a movie without having to be connected to the Internet.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I must admit that it is more comfortable to sit in our Tv room
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
25 Feb 16
Well as the song says - Video killed the Radio star
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
You are going to have me singing that song for the rest of the day 1
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
29 Feb 16
@Auntylou ahh I hope its some good singing
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
1 Mar 16
@Inlemay I hope so too!. Some days my voice is still strong and true and other times it gets wavery
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Mar 16
I have to say I much prefer Netflix to TV only because of the commercials. There are still a couple shows I watch on television, but that is a far cry from what it was when I was a kid to just a few years ago when TV was my life. Yes, I believe the Internet will kill our TV habits. It has mine. Also with Netflix I can watch on my time, not the network's.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
1 Mar 16
@just4him That is the best way of avoiding them for sure!
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
25 Feb 16
I get ideas of what to watch through tv but more often than not I watch things through the internet. I think in the future most of what we watch will be internet based rather than through the tv. Things like netflix and amazon prime tv will just get bigger in my opinion. TV channels are too based in countries and in the future I think that will change. Internet channels are world wide and I think that's the future,
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
4 Mar 16
@Mike197602 I have cancelled my membership and got most of the £79 back! I do sometimes buy from Amazon, but found that the free postage was not available on several things i ordered
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I think that you may well be right, though I am rather disappointed with Amazon Prime now I finished the Man in the High Castle!
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
2 Mar 16
@Auntylou I doubt I'd get prime unless I started ordering things from amazon so could take advantage of the free postage. As I don't do that at the moment the £79 per year would be a waste for me as most of what I want to watch I can do so for free.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Feb 16
We still use the TV, unless we miss something, then we watch it on my girlfriend's phone.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Feb 16
How can you enjoy something on a tiny screen?
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Feb 16
@JohnRoberts - I should have clarified. By "something," I actually meant "The Big Bang Theory." Other than her watching SVU, that's about it.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I can't imagine watching on a phone @teamfreak16 , but your eyes are younger than mine!
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@AmbiePam (93739)
• United States
3 Apr 16
I prefer a television by a landslide.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 Feb 16
I still use the T.V. for entertainment and watching programs, I use the internet mostly to make and earn money
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I too use my computer to earn, but it is only incidental to my main job
@cgalavia (1436)
• Philippines
25 Feb 16
I watch drama series both in TV and in online like in YouTube or other movie site,When I missed watching it on the television,I do watch it online.Our TV is always or working all day.
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@amnabas (14620)
• Karachi, Pakistan
25 Feb 16
Yes sometimes I do. Yesterday I watched cricket match live on you tube.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I didn't know you could watch cricket on Youtube, maybe that would save us on our Sky TV package as we would not need the Sports channel
@Scindhia (1906)
• India
25 Feb 16
Sometimes I watch movies online at work. There is literally no TV for me as its occupied by my in-laws the whole day.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
Sounds like your in- laws are a bit like my husband @ Schindia!
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Feb 16
I don't understand why anyone would prefer to watch a movie or TV show on small computer screen as opposed to a big screen TV.
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
27 Feb 16
I do see what you mean, but we don't always get to watch what we want on a family TV with others wanting different programmes