How Do You Watch TV?
Technology is a funny thing. Ten years ago, if someone had asked me how I prefer to watch TV, I would have given them my best "what are you talking about" look and continued on about my day. There used to be one way to watch TV: live. Well, unless you were that crazy guy who actually hooked up a VCR, but let's get real, hardly anybody did that. I was an uber-nerd and I still thought that guy was kind of lame. My apologies to those of you who did that. I'm sure you're pretty cool.
Anyway, TV watching has changed. Some would say for the better, and
others (primarily networks) would argue that it's for the worse. With
more people constantly moving to online viewing of their favorite shows
as well as watching via DVR, it's getting harder for TV networks to
make the big bucks they used to off of ad revenue. While everybody is
still trying to figure out what the ad revenue model is for the
Internet and TV executives want to figure out how to eradicate DVR, we
are still happily watching American Idol, The Tonight Show with Conan
O'Brien (for one more night anyway) and 30 Rock.
My TV habits are totally different now than they used to be as a result. I even watch sports almost exclusively with DVR, so I can get past the commercial breaks, timeouts, etc. Knowing this, I thought I'd make a poll to find out how our readers watch the tube as well. Feel free to vote and tell us how you watch your favorite shows in the comments!
I rarely watch TV as it is, but when I do, it is usually with the internet. I think I like that I can watch what I want, when I want, rather than waiting for something to record or remember that I recorded anything.
Posted by: Lindsay | January 25, 2010 at 12:07 PM