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No TV - the New Cool?

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    #32
    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    lol5605 wrote: »
    TV card in my computer FTW.



    The wanker is the man who can only play Wonderwall and he thinks he is the dogs bollox, people who can actuly pick it up on the other hand and play proper original material and actually sing is a different matter (i.e 2 friends of mine)

    Let us not forget this awful acoustic tune that has caused me to break several guitars on people.


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    #33
    K4t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    thatsa spicy wrote: »
    The more I read boards the more I realise that you are bang on with all your observations!!! Agree completely.

    I assume you despise shows like the Hills and all those who watch them, yes!?
    I saw her first. And no, beneath her harsh exterior she is still that little girls who longs for the life of a princess.
    El Siglo wrote: »
    Let us not forget this awful acoustic tune that has caused me to break several guitars on people.
    If you're going to play Leonard Cohen at a party, play Suzanne. Guaranteed you have a better chance of getting laid. At least that's how the world should work.


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    #34
    El Siglo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,803 ✭✭✭El Siglo


    What are we talking about again?


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    #35
    friendface
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    Snowmen


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    #36
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I have a massive TV, watch it all the time, infact I've got ExtremeSports on right now. Ride guid snow is on, awesome.
    I'm also that guy that will crack out an acoustic guitar at a party but only when some one asks me too. Other than that, you can find me, can/bottle in hand going on a mad one.

    I do though, watch a lot of Anime on my computer but if I could get it on TV or even on DVD I'd rather watch is on the big lovely LCD screen.
    Mmmmmm, TV...

    FY, PHASERS!!!*






    *harmless friendly gesture, PLEASE DON'T BAN ME!


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    #37
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    phasers wrote: »
    people that brag about not having a television are the same kind of people that take out an acoustic guitar at a party (i.e. ****)

    Tried to play the guitar and failed misserably? Jealously, getting you nowhere fast...


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    #38
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Carl Abundant Dealer wrote: »
    Tried to play the guitar and failed misserably? Jealously, getting you nowhere fast...

    Do you work at the shopping channel?


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    #39
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    CianRyan wrote: »
    FY, PHASERS!!!*
    Reported :mad:
    Carl Abundant Dealer wrote: »
    Tried to play the guitar and failed misserably? Jealously, getting you nowhere fast...
    Play guitar all you want, just don't so it at a party. It kills the atmosphere cos everybody has to sit and listen while mr arsehole (not you) plays his crappy songs


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    #40
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    I haven't watched tv in a few years now.

    Not because I think it's cool to not do so, but because tv is crap.

    I'm a passionate film head so would go to the cinema and watch DVD's very frequently.

    But tv is tripe. You have to watch hours and hours to get a couple of decent hours worth.


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    #41
    MaybeLogic
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    phasers wrote: »
    Reported :mad:


    Shoulda went to Specsavers.


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    #42
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    Shoulda went to Specsavers.
    Don't try and get out of it now :mad:


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    #43
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    Shoulda went to Specsavers.
    phasers wrote: »
    Don't try and get out of it now :mad:

    Q.E.D.


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    #44
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    Q.E.D.
    It's half 9


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    #45
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    :p


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    #46
    Gummy Panda
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    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    Q.E.D.

    What does this mean?


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    lol5605 wrote: »
    TV card in my computer FTW.


    Never heard of that... I'm intrigued. Tell me more, good sir.


    And Doesn't the TV license apply to computers, anyway?


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    #48
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    What does this mean?


    It stands for 'Quod Erat Demonstrandum',latin,translated literally as 'which was to be demonstrated',normally found at the end of mathematical proofs but often used by Renaissance scholars, or Irish Boardsies ,to conclude a proof or to highlight when something has been demonstrated.


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    #49
    Pygmalion
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Never heard of that... I'm intrigued. Tell me more, good sir.


    And Doesn't the TV license apply to computers, anyway?

    Any device that can pick up the signal I believe, so if the computer has a TV card it needs a license, otherwise no.

    But good luck to the TV license inspector trying to figure out what's in your computer.

    Also I have no TV but because I'm a poor student who steals TV shows from the internet, it's not "cool", it's convenient, and getting a nice big TV and using it as a screen for the computer would be pretty cool.


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    #50
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    I opted out of having a TV years ago,long before I had a computer (which is only in the last 3 months).
    While there is a lot of good stuff on the box ,there is also plenty of drivel and I found myself,lacking in self-control as I am sometimes,spending hours and hours watching that samesaid drivel.
    By getting rid of the telly I didn't have that option anymore and I had to find other things to do to fill my time,read a book,listen to music,go to the gym,go out and socialise.
    And then along came the internet.:rolleyes:


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    #51
    AnonoBoy
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    No no no.

    Not having a TV is the old 'new cool'. The new 'new cool' is not having a washing machine.

    "Oh yeah, I like totally handwash all my clothes at this organic spring that runs along the back of my garden. It takes me about 2 hours every night. I can't believe some people actually still think having a Hotpoint is something to brag about."


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    #52
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    My PC is connected to my big ****ing tv. I am awesome.


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    #53
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    MaybeLogic wrote: »
    It stands for 'Quod Erat Demonstrandum',latin,translated literally as 'which was to be demonstrated',normally found at the end of mathematical proofs but often used by Renaissance scholars, or Irish Boardsies ,to conclude a proof or to highlight when something has been demonstrated.

    QED.


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    #54
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    I don't have a TV. They are ancient tech to be honest.

    I use a TV Tuner card. That combined with downloads of TV shows = no need for TV.

    I can pause live tv, record 3 programmes at once, and watch shows on-demand. And I can watch hundreds of TV stations via web streams.

    TV is gonna die....


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    #55
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    When I had a TV I was cool.

    Now I don't have a TV I'm still cool.

    Coolness transcends television ownership.

    :cool:


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    #56
    Herbal Deity
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    lol5605 wrote: »
    The waker is the man who can only play Wonderwall and he thinks he is the dogs bollox, people who can actuly pick it up on the other hand and play proper original material and actually sing is a different matter (i.e 2 friends of mine)
    Nah, you're wrong mate. Unfortunately, your 2 friends are in fact ****.


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    #57
    eoindc
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭eoindc


    My 42" Philips Ambilight is internet TV capable, i can connect to the internet and watch whatever i want :D

    ps. I can also plug in usb keys and watch downloaded movies too, or with my laptop plugged in via HDMI :cool:


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    #58
    genericguy
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    phasers wrote: »
    people that brag about not having a television are the same kind of people that take out an acoustic guitar at a party (i.e. ****)

    i've no tv and i'm a guitarist. i never entertain at parties though, i hate everybody waaaay too much for that.


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    #59
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    The problem with "TV" (satellite TV in particular) is that it's becoming impossible to find an episode of a show that isn't a repeat (within the subset of shows that aren't "reality" ****e or generally crap).

    So TV stations are making themselves obsolete.


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    #60
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭ [Deleted User]


    That's one of the reasons I got sick of tv back in the day.. Repeats repeats repeats.

    Now I have Mr. Media Drive to keep me company.. Love tv series and movies but hate television.


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    #61
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    K4t wrote: »
    On the other hand, a wide-screen tv is also a status symbol.
    This notion of people being loaded because they have a big TV is very outdated.
    You can pick up a 42" widescreen for around €500 now. It's no longer the exclusive 10 grand MTV Cribs item.


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