{"id":10191,"date":"2006-06-20T12:59:49","date_gmt":"2006-06-20T09:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/20\/television\/"},"modified":"2006-06-20T12:59:49","modified_gmt":"2006-06-20T09:59:49","slug":"television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/06\/20\/television\/","title":{"rendered":"Television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once again I’m going to link to Scott Adams’ blog<\/a>. This time though, it’s not about humor. He has this nice entry about television<\/a>. Here’s the relevant quote:<\/p>\n

When people tell me that they enjoy movies, but they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch television, I generally assume one or more of these things to be true:<\/p>\n

1. They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a DVR (poor backwards bastards)
\n2. They haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sampled any of the good shows.
\n3. They are lying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am one of those people who claim not to watch television. I guess you can call me a lier. Or maybe not. It’s just that there are different ways to define “watching television”.<\/p>\n

When I say, that I don’t watch television, I don’t mean that I never switch on the TV set. I do. But when I do, I do so purposefully. I choose when and what to watch. I don’t just switch on the TV whenever I am in the room, and let it be a background noise.<\/p>\n

If I know that a good movie or a BBC documentary will be on, I try to catch it. More so, I don’t limit my television experience to the TV broadcast that we have here in Cyprus. I get my share from the web. For example, I am watching “The Daily Show” fanatically. I only wish I could see full programs on TV.<\/p>\n

And here is another point about television. Scott Adams talks about US television. It’s a totally different thing from Cyprus television, which sucks so much that not all grandma’s can stand it. If I had access to American cable, I guess, I’d be glued to the screen half the time. But I don’t. So I can pretty much go around and say that I don’t watch television.<\/p>\n

Things might change pretty soon though, with PrimeTel pushing out it’s Triple Play service, which will include a 100+ channels. Most of those will probably suck too, but I know for sure that there are some good ones.<\/p>\n

I should have Triple Play installed within the next month, so I’ll let you know how good it is and how my television watching will change.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Once again I’m going to link to Scott Adams’ blog. This time though, it’s not about humor. He has this nice entry about television. Here’s the relevant quote: When people tell me that they enjoy movies, but they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t watch television, I generally assume one or more of these things to be true: 1. 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