The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(7231)

I don't even have TV service in my apartment. Nowhere near worth the 40 bucks a month it would be.

[Durfsurn 539]

7232

Me thinks ABC and SBS are good channels for watching. Me likes grand designs a lot! Enough of that who has windows 7 and please specify which type.

I got Win 7 Ultimate.

[Larks2242 251]

7233.

I subscribe to internet TV channels like GB TV (Glen Beck) and MLB.TV (Baseball) cause its more the stuff i like to watch then some pathetic shows that are now on tv.

[Skimbo 304]

(7225)

At the moment? There is nothing interesting on TV ever.

95% true!

The few exceptions got names like "Arte" or something better known to americans: "Nat. Geographic" and a few more.

(The special thing about Arte is it's structure: 50% german, 50% french on air in both languages all the time. Their program is huge parts documentation, art and movies which haven't got that cheap action and effects of hollywood crap. oh... and... nearly no commercials.)

7234

[Durfsurn 539]

7235

Funny about tv. most stuffs really bad but you get a little good stuff

[astronelson 339]

7236.

I don't even have TV service in my apartment. Nowhere near worth the 40 bucks a month it would be.

Ah, to live in a country with decent free-to-air TV, like mine.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7237

I am a total sucker for the variety shows on every night in Japan. It's probably very low-brow entertainment, but hey, I enjoy it.

Back Stateside, I probably only really watch sports: Tigers, Red Wings, and any football I can get my eyes on. Oh, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. That show was awesome.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7238)

Ah, to live in a country with decent free-to-air TV, like mine.

Well, we do still have free-to-air TV in the US, but you need to have an antenna on your building to pick it up, and my building doesn't have one. These days you only see them in impoverished areas since anyone who can afford it has cable or satellite.

That is changing, though. A lot of young 20-somethings these days aren't really into watching TV and are spending more time on the internet instead. I'm not the only person I know who doesn't have TV.

[Skimbo 304]

7239

There are alota channels around here "free on air" but they're just crap. The private ones because they only use cheap trash TV to fill their afternoon programme, the state owned ones because they do the same and are politically influenced.....

[Muck308 55]

7240

After spending a long time not watching tv, I found I can't remember the channel numbers when I decide to watch a little for a change. Except the Weather Channel. That's been 16 for a minute.

[emperordaniel 1,281]

7242

Haven't posted here for a while...

[Duke87 1,070]

(7242)

The other issue with remembering the channels is that they change. When I was a kid Nickelodeon was channel 16. But then for whatever reason the cable company moved it to channel 41. Then, to comply with new FCC regulation requiring that like channels be grouped together, they moved it to channel 33.

And, of course, there's no consistency. DirecTV puts their channels in a completely different order from FiOs, which puts them in a completely different order from the local cable company, which puts them in a completely different order from the cable company in the neighboring county, etc.

And with hundreds of channels, good luck finding what you're looking for if you don't know where it is.

It's interesting. In Back to the Future Part II, the kids in the family in 2015 complain about how they have only 500 channels. In 1989, this was supposed to be funny. But today it's reality!

[Larks2242 251]

7243.

Really pointless most of them, but i like Homeland on Showtime.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7244

There are a few gems out there, for sure. But that's why God invented the internet and DVDs, right?

[Duke87 1,070]

(7245)

And that's the thing of it: any TV show that may be interesting can be watched by other means than catching it on TV, which is so much more convenient because you can watch it on your own schedule rather than the network's schedule.

[RipRap 4,400]

7246

TV Cartoon repeats: still annoying. I also hate some "free to air" television, but I do like Nat. Geo

[astronelson 339]

7247.

Ah, to live in a country with decent free-to-air TV, like mine.

Well, we do still have free-to-air TV in the US, but you need to have an antenna on your building to pick it up, and my building doesn't have one. These days you only see them in impoverished areas since anyone who can afford it has cable or satellite.

My room has no way of connecting to the building's antenna, so I use an indoor antenna. Interference isn't too much of an issue, and even less of one for digital broadcasts.

[Duke87 1,070]

(7248)

It's probably still possible to use an indoor antenna in the US.

Finding a TV that has one, however, is a tall order. Don't think anyone's been making them in quite a while.

[Larks2242 251]

7249,

Never seen a TV with an antenna before...

[Durfsurn 539]

7250

Neither have I. Hade my first day of high school today!

  Edited February 3, 2012 by durfsurn  

[Duke87 1,070]

(7251)

My grandmother had a TV with rabbit ears up until 1997 or so. From 1992-1996 we had an antenna on the roof with the TV in my parents' bedroom hooked up to it. Then we moved, no more antenna, so we got a second cable box.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7252

Oh man, I'm actually old enough to have used rabbit ears with tin foil extensions when I was a kid... Every once in a while a conversation like this pops up and I'm like, "Oh my god, I could be some of these kids' dad..."

So far, all the places I've lived in Japan have antennas for the buildings, so we plug our wire into the wall and the picture shows up fine, no interference or nothing. We have 8 channels here (4 are Tokyo stations that broadcast most of the same stuff as the local ones), and they're alternately all watchable and unwatchable depending on the night and the guests.

[astronelson 339]

7253.

You can get them separately and attach them to the TV. They're still made.

I should buy a set-top box when I go back to uni, the analogue broadcasts will soon be discontinued in favour of digital.

[Larks2242 251]

7254.

Little behind over there, DTV happened a few years back

[RipRap 4,400]

7255

Well, you still can, just buy a converter box

[Duke87 1,070]

(7256)

I will admit I haven't really looked into it.

[astronelson 339]

7257.

Digital started broadcasting years ago, alongside analogue. In the coming couple of years all analogue broadcasts will be shut down. So by that point I will have to buy a set-top box to continue getting much use out of my TV.

[Larks2242 251]

7258.

Cause of emergency signals?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

7259

Analog or analogue? Are those regional English differences in spelling the same as organize and organise, labor and labour, and favorite and favourite?

[Durfsurn 539]

7260

British/Australian English varies quite a bit from American English. They spell metre - meter same with centre etc. Neighbour is another one. Also the ones you listed. Either is acceptable for me. I've got a hd set top box. I live in Melbourne so analog goes off in late 2013 I think.