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Postby Blade Runner on Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:58 pm

Does anyone still watch TV now you have the opportunity to download almost every TV series or movie? I never watch it at all now unless I'm round at a mates house and always get suprised and annoyed by the Adverts.

I like the choice of watching what I want and not being drawn into watching mindnumbing crap for the sake of it.
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Postby helenahandbasket on Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:34 pm

I rarely do at all, except for reruns of The Golden Girls, of course.
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Postby dinky on Tue Jun 29, 2004 11:29 pm

mostly live tv - sporting events. also premium cable series like deadwood, sopranos, etc. plus there's VOD now, so you can see anything airing on hbo, cinemax, showtime, or tmc whevever.
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:26 am

depends, I sometimes have it on for ambeince, but I don't even have a tv anymore, I got a VCR linked up through a dv bridge (with an output to my TFTs analogue composite), and then I have have sky and some consoles plugged into the vcr.

So sometimes I have video-in-video (ie overlay tv on my DVI, via my monitor). Normally only watch the simpsons when I remember.
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Postby knokk turnoo on Wed Jun 30, 2004 12:58 am

heeeey.... thats actually a good question, i think.
since the use of our entertainment media shifted so significantly and we`re right in the middle of it and usually care the least. :lol:

i hardly watch any tv anymore (and right now there are only re-runs of the simpsons that i know by heart, so... :roll: ).
turning it on and watching a bit often makes me sneering.

but i learned that its a whole different experience now, watching some tv.
like i`m in that one particular mood and if a tv and a remote is nearby, then its an hour of the good ol switching kind of fun. 8)
but that`s shifted as well: more educational stuff, more news and infotainment and especially the scientifical stuff ( imo, tv producers evolved a lot in terms of how to put up an entertaining sci-show)
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:21 am

knokk turnoo wrote:i hardly watch any tv anymore (and right now there are only re-runs of the simpsons that i know by heart, so... :roll: ).
turning it on and watching a bit often makes me sneering.


I'll take you on simpsons trivia :lol: In episode .... :mrgreen:

I've been watching them on sky since they started, none stop... to think they were only showing them once a week to start off with is weird :o When sky started in england I used to watch nickelodeon too :lol:

Difference with me, I guess, is that I can watch them over and over and really don't get that discouraged (there's only a few episodes that I really don't like and can't sit down and watch, but I leave them on in the background). So I've seen them all a lot. I've also seen all red dwarf a lot of times. I used to put the tapes in and let them play on repeat :lol:

Ultra-sad I know, but beats all the junk they put on tv. :lol:

Most watched channels: Sci-fi --> skyone --> Horror channel (I'm hoping it will get better) --> one of the discovery channels.

I'll be happy when the BBC opens its archives. There's a lot of good stuff, I'm just put off by poor scheduling :(
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Postby El Mariachi on Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:58 am

I never watch it except for Top Gear, that's about the only thing.

TV isn't what it used to be :D
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:33 pm

lol i always miss top gear, I would if I could remember what time its on...

Don't even have any interest in cars to be honest, its just a cool show :lol:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:44 pm

i used to play all my blackadder tapes on repeat :lol: , when i had sky (got rid of it coz i was paying £30 a month and only watched about 6 channels out of 99999999999999, they were pretty much scifi, bravo, paramount and granada plus, tv pretty much sucks now tho, the bbc should really open theyre archives i agree with spud on that, they used to show so much good stuff, then reality shows, fly on the wall docus took over and replaced the good stuff for shite.
i remember when bbc2 used to show man from uncles, star trek, randall & hopkirk deceased (the good original not shite new one), the chapions, stingray, thunderbirds, capt scarlet, ufo, space1999 etc etc
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Postby Blade Runner on Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:46 pm

the champions


Now there something i havnt seen in a long time :mrgreen:

Alexandra Bastedo, now there's a woman I fancied as a kid :mrgreen:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:29 pm

hehe so did i mate, amusing as the champions was made about 20 years before i was even thought of :lol:

so bladerunner when u bringing out the champions dvd box set then :beerchug: :lol:
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Postby Blade Runner on Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:40 pm

Now that would be something i'd get if it was released :mrgreen:

Edit: just checked, it has been :wacky:

But I cannae do it just yet capn :wink:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:42 pm

hehe so would i, and the original randall and hopkirk deceased episodes, i despise the appaling mess they made of the new series, i mean vic reeves and bob mortimer you what??? what on earth where those douchebags at bbc thinking, freaking retards
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Postby Blade Runner on Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:57 pm

It has been released so I've just put a request on FH, TRW and ShareTV :mrgreen:
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Postby El Mariachi on Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:15 pm

spudthedestroyer wrote:lol i always miss top gear, I would if I could remember what time its on...

Don't even have any interest in cars to be honest, its just a cool show :lol:


my mate says they are available for download somewhere, if that is true I dont watch TV at all :D

I got most interesting parts captured over the years. So if anyone NEEDS to see something I can put it on my server.

I got the interview and lap with Patrick Stewart in the reasonable priced car :D
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:16 pm

coolness, I'll have a scout for top gear. Lets hope its something the beeb put up when they start to open their archives this year :D

I loved the whole 'indestructable 4x4' sequence they did. I can't believe that think still started :o
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Postby Blade Runner on Wed Jun 30, 2004 8:20 pm

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Postby mw2merc on Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:52 pm

I do watch TV almost every day. I tend to stick with SciFi, Comedy, Bravo (Celeb Poker), FX (The Shield), & some TechTV (Most G4 is crap), AMC, TCM, and of course, the Food Network for Emeril & Iron Chef. :mrgreen:
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:48 pm

has it blade runner? wicked im guessing u mean the original randall and hopkirk? hehe

spud when are the bbc opening theyre archives? and can i run in and steal every reel i want? :D
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Postby Blade Runner on Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:53 pm

maxpayne2409 wrote:has it blade runner? wicked im guessing u mean the original randall and hopkirk? hehe

Nope check this out

http://www.sendit.com/video/item/7000000087073
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