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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: guyjin on October 20, 2008, 12:26:15 PM

Title: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: guyjin on October 20, 2008, 12:26:15 PM: Where do PCEFXers get their TV fix from? Inquiring minds want to know!
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: nectarsis on October 20, 2008, 12:29:23 PM: Cable (though I rarely watch TV). Mostly games, or dvd's for me :)

oh sure change the poll AFTER I vote :roll: :lol:
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: Joe Redifer on October 20, 2008, 12:37:40 PM: I watch very little TV. So boring. I do use the TV for MOVIES, though. I get those from my PS3 which plays them newfangled Blu-rays.
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Post by: Tatsujin on October 20, 2008, 02:20:40 PM: stationary: Digital Satellite and analog antenna
mobile: digital [1seg]
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Post by: rag-time4 on October 20, 2008, 03:53:53 PM: In my apartment here in Davis we're doing digital cable, but when I go back to dad's house it's gonna be Directv.

About the only i watch on tv is sports... I'll get NBA league pass and watch a little football.
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: termis on October 20, 2008, 04:05:24 PM: I rarely watch TV now -- hell, especially these days, with being in grad school and all.

About the only time I watch TV are for a few sporting events, but 3 out of 4 times I'm watching those through internet streams as well.
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Post by: MissaFX on October 20, 2008, 04:13:32 PM: I watch all my TV through a cell phone that has an internet connection. All of it. There are no landlines out here.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on October 20, 2008, 04:29:11 PM: I have cable TV because, monopolies being what they are, they don't let you have cable internet without it. I very rarely ever watch it though, and when I do its for cartoons or motorsport. Broadcast TV is so terrible I can't stand it. Its amazing people actually subject themselves to that shit.

I do watch TV shows though, usually either downloaded from the internet or from Netflix. I'm a big fan of several BBC shows (Top Gear, Doctor Who, etc). I try to like anime but the state of the industry is at its lowest point ever and I can't often find shows I like. For some reason, I like Lost. I've seen every episode of Lost pirated from Mininova. What's staggering is that people who watched Lost as it was broadcast not only had to sit shackled to the TV during a specific time period, but they had to sit through something like eleven hours of advertisements. f*ck that.
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Post by: nectarsis on October 20, 2008, 04:37:00 PM: Man that sucks Zeta...no such prequisite here to have cable TV to get cable internet.
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Post by: TR0N on October 20, 2008, 04:52:00 PM: Juat basic cable here though i watch dvds on it more and play video games.

These days there isn't much that holds my interest for watching tv.
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Post by: nodtveidt on October 20, 2008, 05:03:41 PM: We got dish network hooked up here. Without it, I'd never watch television because I simply don't care to. But since it was hooked up, I unfortunately find myself watching from time to time. It annoys the f*ck outta me.
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: SuperDeadite on October 20, 2008, 05:57:07 PM: analog cable with only about 6 channels (two of them are exactly the same for some reason...)

Japanese TV is absolutely horrid, makes ALL American TV look good.
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Post by: Michael Helgeson on October 20, 2008, 07:15:26 PM: I have 2 tvs in my room. One for cable, the other for gaming and movies on dvd/laserdisc. Works out pretty well.
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Post by: Turbo D on October 20, 2008, 08:06:08 PM: I only use my TV for games
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Post by: Keranu on October 20, 2008, 08:12:25 PM: Digital cable, though I really don't watch TV at all. My TV is used for my computer to play movies off of when I go to bed, gaming, and laserdiscs.
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Post by: Necromancer on October 21, 2008, 03:06:55 AM: Over the air antenna, but only when I'm wearing a tinfoil hat to cancel out direct reception to my fillings (and to stop the government from stealing my thoughts).
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: Arkhan on October 21, 2008, 09:53:30 AM: magical pixie fairies come and put movies and shows in this big box that says COX on it.

So, I guess the COX fairies give me shows.

They sound kind of nasty. Dumb COX.

>_< lol

I rarely watch TV. I watch anime though..
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Post by: rolins on October 22, 2008, 09:23:37 PM: Just for watching dvds. I have like 78 channels but nothing interesting on TV anymore. Occasionally I'll watch the news in the morning to catch the weather report.
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Post by: quoth09 on October 23, 2008, 06:33:13 AM: No antenna, cable or satellite. Nothing on these days, and the only time I ever watch TV is over at someone else's house.

The only stuff that goes on my TV is DVDs and Laserdiscs / Movies in General, I have a computer hooked up to it as well, and obviously any and all game systems. It will be staying that way throughout the HD transition. I could care less about that honestly; I will not be buying a converter box, government coupon or not.
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Post by: vestcoat on October 23, 2008, 07:40:49 PM: Why the hell aren't VHS players on this poll? Or at least DVDs?
:|
Title: Re: That other thing you use the TV for
Post by: Sparky on November 09, 2008, 10:56:27 AM: Quote from: vestcoat on October 23, 2008, 07:40:49 PM
Why the hell aren't VHS players on this poll? Or at least DVDs?
:|

haha vestcoat.. ya :D

for me just regular cable and dvds i also form time to time transfer old vhs tapes to my dvd recorder.... Doctor Who and old 80s cartoons, i will not pay $25 for an actual Doctor Who DVD!!! BBC dvds are so expensive :(