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They're talking about the Kardashian family and Honey Boo Boo in another thread and I'm lost. Or not!   :laugh:  I don't own a television, do you? I figured the poll only needed the yes/no options, but I left it so you can change your vote. You know, in case you throw the thing out the window someday!

I don't have or miss a TV. I heard of the Karshian show and had a pic of Kim in my room for a time. I never heard of Honey Boo Boo before yesterday.

Same here!

Yes, I have three, the big one in the living room and then another in my room and then another in a guest room. The third bedroom had one but I gave it to someone who's tv died on them.

I watch various stuff, but not the kardashians or honey boo boo.  I like movies, science stuff and some "reality" shows like gold rush, fast 'n loud and bar rescue. I have one of my brother's directv receivers so it doesn't cost me anything but the power to run the stuff, lol.

I own a television but I only use it for DVD's and my older than dirt PS2. When most people talk about the latest moronic TV craze, I have no idea what they are talking about. Then once I look it up online, I just roll my eyes at it. Plus, cable TV is so insanely expensive and there are so many channels and/or programs that flat out suck. Why people waste their money on that crap is a mystery to me. But I DO enjoy a handful of TV programs (That I purchase on DVD since they are all older shows). But I also despise "reality" television.

I have a t.v., but I mostly use it for playing my PS3.  It's too much of a hassle to switch to the tv cords and back so I just leave my gaming cords in.  If I do switch to to my t.v. cords, the only shows I watch deal with MMA, Boxing, Surfing, Skateboarding, or I watch Hardcore Pawn.

I'm trying to sell it. I use it to watch NCIS on Tuesdays, Hawaii Five-0 on Fridays,  and occasionally sports. That's it. It was a waste of $400. I put it up on Craigslist, but got no reply.

I do...not sure if it still works, though :-\

I own a television, but don't have television service. For years, we used it only for videos. Now we have Netflix. Do I miss traditional broadcast TV? Not. At. All.

my ps3 feels lonely without a 47 " 3d lg

:-X

Two, actually. :D
One in the living room for gaming and another in the bedroom for tv programs because the living room tv doesn't cooperate with the digibox.

I have one and I still watch several programs.

But a TV is not required to watch 'TV'. I own a large TV, but vegetating in front of it makes me depressed. Instead, I 'instantiate' a TV on any of the PC devices I own and watch Tivo programming with Slingplayer, be it in the bath, in bed or on my work PC whilst I work. I never watch anything live.

I have a TV I use it for my PS3 and Xbox 360. mostly watch netflix on it and when I watch TV its sports or something on History channel, Discovery Channel, or Animal Planet. I can not stand what is shown on the networks now unless its football, baseball, hockey, or auto racing. 

I have a TV but I don't have cable service.  I pick up everything from the net instead.
My biggest guilty TV pleasure is watching anime on CrunchyRoll and old SciFi shows on Amazon and Hulu.

We have many... they mostly play the kids' shows.

I don't use what I have now. I use netflix on the computer for things like MLP

I didn't have a TV at home for about 10 years, but recently I purchased one for my little daughter, because she was so much indulged in watching TV in restaurant or other people's house. Interestingly, she does not like watching the TV at home so much. I think it is because we did not keep TV when she was born.

Recently I went to the studio of local TV station for discussing an issue here, but never watched the broadcast program. Instead, some of my friends called me to say hello after watching me in TV news. When my name and photo appear in newspaper, very few people called me. I was surprised that so many people watch such a boring TV program, instead of reading newspaper.

barbie~~

Damn, I've got 3 (2 I don't use much at all) and almost never watch broadcast.  I watch sports, music, Netflix and a couple of sitcoms that haven't quite jumped the shark yet on TiVo.

Honey Boo Boo?  Really? *barf*  Same with those Kardashian people.  I still don't know nor care which one's which or why on earth they're famous and worthy of our attention. I mean, who could waste perfectly good valuable time on that junk? 

Americans ARE generally vapid idiots and this is the proof.

I have one connected to my laptop, but I only watch what I want to watch, not what's shown to me. I have Netflix but half the time I find other sources on the internet. Their selection isn't always the best.. >_>

Quote from: Ashey on December 21, 2013, 07:19:05 PM
I only watch what I want to watch, not what's shown to me.

That is the point. In my opinion, it shows whom THINKS about what they are watching versus people that use television as an electronic sedative.

I've got a tv I use for video gaming. I don't watch television anymore unless its family fued in my mom's room. I really quick when SciFi channeled turned into SyFy and included wrestling. That was my last straw u.u... If I ever needed to watch something that would show on cable I'd watch the live stream online from the website :P

Quote from: SlateRDays on December 21, 2013, 08:35:05 PM
I've got a tv I use for video gaming. I don't watch television anymore unless its family fued in my mom's room. I really quick when SciFi channeled turned into SyFy and included wrestling. That was my last straw u.u... If I ever needed to watch something that would show on cable I'd watch the live stream online from the website :P

Yeah, they really screwed the pooch on that move, didn't they.

Quote from: big head horsey-face on December 21, 2013, 08:47:16 PM
Yeah, they really screwed the pooch on that move, didn't they.

Yea it was a big awkward mess x.x

  No TV since 2006 when my old 25" Heathkit model GR-2000 of 30 years went out and I could no longer find parts for.  It was a good TV set and since I built it, I took good care of it.  That one was the first TV model that had electronic tuning instead of those old rotary dial tuners.  I used to assemble some of their electronic kits.  Heathkit is coming back though!  According to their website they are currently in "stealth mode".  Sounds familiar?  Google "Heathkit".
  I took the chassis out of a Magnavox cabinet I got for it when I was fixing TVs out of a friend's garage in the late 1970's.  That Heathkit chassis was sent to a recycling company and that cabinet will be one day a small bookcase.  The "Maggotbox" cabinet still have the vacuum tube layout pasted to the inside.  The Heathkit was all solid state, except for the CRT.  I do not want a new TV.  In 2006, the Discovery Channel turned into the UFO channel, A&E turned into a tattoo parlor and chopper shop, and Animal Planet turned into an animal cop show!  I just stream the PBS stuff and a few shows. 

  Joelene

Cool! I've played with Heathkit radios... but only ones that were already made.
I didn't know they did non-Ham stuff!

I'm an Advanced. 20 wpm stopped me from Extra and I'm not really pursuing it anymore (though I keep my license alive).

I do and I like what I watch but I'm extremely selective in my viewing. While there is a vast amount of programming on cable TV, for me only about 1% of it is worth viewing. I don't watch any of the so-called reality shows or contrived competition shows. I don't follow any sports except the Olympics every 2 years. Almost all my TV viewing I record. I usually take a few minutes a week to scan the schedule and cue up what looks interesting to me. Then I've always got something to look at during lunch or a something. I rarely watch more than a couple of hours in one day and usually I'm eating or ironing or something when I do. I won't go into programs I like, though, because everyone has very distinctive tastes about this sort of thing. All TV viewers love and hate thing their neighbor doesn't.

~ Lyric ~