Do you watch like you used to on a normal basis or do you surf more?
By AGNJoe
@AGNJoe (97)
United States
February 21, 2007 10:56am CST
I've started to notice now that in the past couple of years, my internet activity and surfing has gone up a lot. So much so, that I'm starting to watch less and less television. And even the TV I do watch can also be seen on episodes that are downloaded to the internet and I can watch them there instead, and they have no commericals so it makes it much more easier to watch.
Do you still watch a lot of TV or have you noticed as well that your internet usage has gone up more and you're watching less television for entertainment?
AGN Joe
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5 responses
@totalguy (563)
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21 Feb 07
i find iwatch a lot less tv now but generally have the tv on in the background and listen to it so im not realyl saving any electricity lol i will look at the telly sometimes and if theres something i want to watch i will go and watch it. even bought a HD tv and hardly watch the damn thing, but atleast its there if i want to watch it.
@AGNJoe (97)
• United States
22 Feb 07
Yeah, being I was raised where my father was telling me every 5 minutes to turn off a light to save money, it kind of rubbed off on me to where I can't do both at the same time.
I will say that if I ever get an HD TV, I'd make sure it would be a strong enough of a definition to where I could connect my computer to be put onto the HDTV display. I know that the newer TV's have 1080i display, but they are expensive and I'll most likely have to wait until they drop down in price before I could ever do that.
@invasion (20)
• Greece
21 Feb 07
Since i got broadband last year i have practically completely stopped watching tv!
i watch a few tv shows on the internet but i rarely use my actual tv anymore, the internet is soo much better because you can do your own thing, you dont have to stick to a schedule,everything is interactive, its rerally really great!
I could probably say i am addicted to the internet but meh
@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
21 Feb 07
I think I actually watch more tv, as when I'm on the computer, I have the news or the history channel on at the same time!
@AGNJoe (97)
• United States
21 Feb 07
More? Wow. See, I don't know how you can do it. When I'm either surfing or watching TV, I can't do both at the same time because it's just way too distracting. I'll have to watch TV, then when a group of commercials comes on, I'll then switch back to surfing.
But I guess what I'm talking about is have you noticed that your surfing has gone up and your TV watching has gone down?
@hercules2006 (88)
• India
21 Feb 07
You are right AGNJoe
I have also noticed that my time for watching TV has reduced to a great extent due to internet.
@crazy_me (588)
• Philippines
21 Feb 07
Ever since I had an Internet connection at home, I also rarely watched tv. Now I just watch tv at night when some local soaps that I like are being shown. If I want to watch international channels, I could do that in the Internet. Plus I could do a whole lot more things on the Net.
@AGNJoe (97)
• United States
21 Feb 07
So true. I think the internet will eventually replace television as a whole and we're eventually going to start seeing programs and series being featured on the web. People will be able to watch more of their programs when they want to watch it.
I seriously believe that will happen or television networks will have to adapt even more than they have now to keep people watching.
