Who doesn't own a telly?

We have a telly... We don't use streaming services that much, as we have a PVR. I do use 4OD a bit, though, as they have so much old telly on there.
 
groen said:
i go to family for xmas and get stuck watching TV. I just moan the whole time about the adverts, the programming, the people, i end up changing channel to the news and then muting it and eventually just turn it off altogether and sit in silence.
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groen - life and soul of the party.
 
To those without conventional tvs, do you have gfs/wives, and if so, how do you cuddle up to watch something on your relatively small monitor?
 
There's a gargantuan monster of a flatscreen TV in the living room. Bigger than the ones they have in most pubs. Belongs to a housemate. Personally I hate it. Far (far) too big for the room and just makes the place look tacky. If it were up to me I'd take it to the tip.

In my room I just use my linuxbox+tvcatchup as my TV. And a second PC for the internet/games (with both monitors side-by-side).
 
Bubo said:
I also have 4 tellys in my house with HD piped around. However, the only things I watch live are the news and F1/Football. Everything else is on sky+.
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7 TVs

Living room
My room
Kitchen
Daughters bedroom
Another daughters bedroom
My bedroom
My gym in the garden
 
I own a TV for the sole purpose of watching Blu-rays. While I also can do that on my PC (because I have a Blu-ray drive), I still prefer my TV home cinema set-up for watching Blu-rays, as far as visual quality and sound is concerned.
 
krooton said:
To those without conventional tvs, do you have gfs/wives, and if so, how do you cuddle up to watch something on your relatively small monitor?
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It's 2012, if your huge screens aren't connected to a computer then you're doing it wrong.

Basically what I'm trying to show is this thread is full of people differentiating small screens for PCs and Larger more expensive screens for broadcasted television as if you can't plug those into a PC either.

Have the best of both worlds.

Personally I download everything for the sole reason I cannot(read-for a decade) get the services most people are able to, yet still have a rather basic, shoddy and ancient cable service which is the -only- way for others living here to watch stuff. So would I watch Doctor Who live? Hell no, I'll watch it when I want.
 
ChrisJSY said:
It's 2012, if your huge screens aren't connected to a computer then you're doing it wrong.

Basically what I'm trying to show is this thread is full of people differentiating small screens for PCs and Larger more expensive screens for broadcasted television as if you can't plug those into a PC either.

Have the best of both worlds.

Personally I download everything for the sole reason I cannot(read-for a decade) get the services most people are able to, yet still have a rather basic, shoddy and ancient cable service which is the -only- way for others living here to watch stuff. So would I watch Doctor Who live? Hell no, I'll watch it when I want.
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But all the 'no tv' people in here never make reference to having a proper sized telly hooked up to their machines, even if they don't use it to watch broadcasted telly. :p
 
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Lysander said:
I haven't owned one since 2007. I don't miss it one jot. As far as I see it, there are far better and more productive things you can do on a computer. And you can use your DVD drive to watch films.

People still seem awed when I mention that I don't have a TV. The most common response is, "so what do you do?"
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true, a PC is more productive and a more varied platform. but watch a movie on a monitor? no thanks. i will stick with watching them on my 42" HDTV, nice surround system and leather recliner sofa :) a PC cant come close to that....
 
kilohawk said:
I own a TV, it gets used for playing games on the PS3, watching movies, F1 and the odd TV show which I plan on watching / look forward to watching.

I hate watching nothing on TV, mindlessly sitting there watching advertisements. Internet catchup services are the way to go, but unfortunately not without their drawbacks such as poor quality (yes channel 4, i'm looking at you).
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timeshift? i have tivo and rarely watch anything live these days. plus most channels i now watch are 5.1 and 1080i
 
realBabelfish said:
true, a PC is more productive and a more varied platform. but watch a movie on a monitor? no thanks. i will stick with watching them on my 42" HDTV, nice surround system and leather recliner sofa :) a PC cant come close to that....
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Depends what you're used to. My 24" is fine for watching films at a distance and I play a lot of music so I have a decent sound card and speakers.
 
ChrisJSY said:
It's 2012, if your huge screens aren't connected to a computer then you're doing it wrong.

Basically what I'm trying to show is this thread is full of people differentiating small screens for PCs and Larger more expensive screens for broadcasted television as if you can't plug those into a PC either.

Have the best of both worlds.

Personally I download everything for the sole reason I cannot(read-for a decade) get the services most people are able to, yet still have a rather basic, shoddy and ancient cable service which is the -only- way for others living here to watch stuff. So would I watch Doctor Who live? Hell no, I'll watch it when I want.
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i have the abilty to hook mine up to my home cinema. i have ethernet running into my office but i havent bought any connectors yet to run the hdmi over it. the office is just a storage room at the moment (moved in at xmas) and the PC is rarely on.

all my movies are on dvd & blu-ray and my music is stored on my NAS with all my photos.

NAS is accessible via ps3, and 3 sony streamers around the house.

PCs cant come close to a decent blu-ray player. not sure why. even my expensive-ish gfx card cant seem to produce the same quality visuals as a dedicated decent player.

in my conservatory my old yammy amp and mordaunt short floorstanders are hooked up to the NAS via my netbook. this is where i listen to most of my music as its the smoking room in the house (due to having a nipper we dont smoke in the house)

upstairs we have our old sony wega trinitron 32" Tv for adult fun movies :)
 
Lysander said:
Depends what you're used to. My 24" is fine for watching films at a distance and I play a lot of music so I have a decent sound card and speakers.
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i guess so. this is my third home cinema system in the last 15 years. each time i improve quality (and expense :eek:). i couldnt go backwards now. i hate watching movies at other people's houses with crappy small TV and no surround.

if it wasnt for us blowing £15k on a new kitchen i would be using a 3d projector at home now... still, i will wait for the next gen of tellies now, possibly 4k, glasses free 3d.

with a 1 year old we rarely have time to watch movies now, so its just the odd movie and TV series.

i'd be interested to know what people class as decent speakers? ive seen so many people class crappy pc surround systems as decent speakers and they cant hold a candle to proper speakers and a PC cant get near a dedicated AVR unless you have audio studio grade components.
 
Something to ponder on..

How is it different me paying my TV license and people who don't pay it watching the programs I have paid for through said TV license and people abusing the benefits system that I pay towards in my taxes?

I'm not talking legally here, more morally I suppose.
 
realBabelfish said:
PCs cant come close to a decent blu-ray player. not sure why. even my expensive-ish gfx card cant seem to produce the same quality visuals as a dedicated decent player.
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Crock, you know that has everything to do with the source material and not the player.
 
Lysander said:
The computer is in one of the bedrooms.
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Don't get me wrong, I watched many a film and tv show with my ex on my dinky little 22" in our room back in the day, but after getting a 32" tv instead, bedroom viewing improved dramatically, and after getting our own place with my gf, having a 42" on the wall and a super comfy sofa is way better. Plus we can have mates round to watch movies, play kinect, etc.
 
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