Do you watch tv?

ixoy · 23-05-2013 04:15PM

kylith wrote: »

I see them more like something that's been recorded; if you put a DVD on you don't say you're watching telly, you say you're watching a DVD.

But you're watching it on the television.
This question was on thejournal as well and I think it needs to be made more clear:

"Do you watch TV channels?"

and

"Do you watch television programs / shows?"

Seems a lot of people still watch TV shows but don't count it as watching television because they're downloading/streaming it and/or watching it on a laptop/tablet/monitor.

By that logic I watch up to 2-3 hours of TV shows a day but I hardly ever watch TV - less than an hour a week.

missingtime · 23-05-2013 04:19PM

I'd say I watch specific TV Shows rather than Television if you know what I mean. I wont sit there and watch for the sake of it, it would have to be something I like.

DaithiOGormain · 23-05-2013 04:27PM

I only ever watch masses on the Sundays when it isn't some heretic service for those awful good for nothing Protestants (even though my family are Protestants) and the Angelus and Six One News until BBC Newsline for the six counties comes on every evening. Also occasionally watch the Late Late, Prime Time and whatever programmes are on TG Ceathair. And News Now when I'm bored during the day.

flutterflye · 23-05-2013 04:30PM

I would only class watching telly to be watching telly!
Like watching a series online or on Netflix to me is not watching telly, whether or not you watch it on the actual television set.
To me, if I say I'm watching telly, it means I'm watching a show via one of the broadcasted analogue or digital transmitted signals. If it is a show on a station or network broadcasted on a particular channel, then to me, that is 'watching tv'.
If you are watching something on Netflix or streaming something online, or have downloaded it etc... then to me that is 'watching a tv series online', or 'on Netflix'.

ScumLord · 23-05-2013 04:31PM

I got rid of my tele and got a projector instead. I download everything I want to watch and it's a completely different experience when you can watch what you want to watch instead of flicking through channels to find something remotely watchable.

I can't watch traditional TV anymore, the ads are bad enough but channel hopping and seeing the same thing on over and over is just intolerable.

23-05-2013 04:39PM

I watch loads of live sport on tv, most programs and movies are either sky+ or downloaded, though I would flick around the channels for an hour or two most evenings too, you always come across something interesting that you wouldn't have planned on watching.

I'd never be without sky and the full sports HD pack.

ScumLord · 23-05-2013 04:42PM

Lyla Mealy Handbag wrote: »

I watch loads of live sport on tv, most programs and movies are either sky+ or downloaded, though I would flick around the channels for an hour or two most evenings too.

I'd never be without sky and the full sports HD pack.

They do sports well alright and if I was a big sports fan I would be very tempted to get sky. The only sports I watch are F1 and UFC, I just wait a few hours and download them. With UFC on FOX fights it's a much better way to watch the fights. They really kill those fights with unending ads.

kylith · 23-05-2013 04:53PM

ixoy wrote: »

But you're watching it on the television.
This question was on thejournal as well and I think it needs to be made more clear:

"Do you watch TV channels?"

and

"Do you watch television programs / shows?"

Seems a lot of people still watch TV shows but don't count it as watching television because they're downloading/streaming it and/or watching it on a laptop/tablet/monitor.

By that logic I watch up to 2-3 hours of TV shows a day but I hardly ever watch TV - less than an hour a week.

It seems to just be a difference in how one internally labels the activity. I would deem 'watching television' to mean 'watching what is being currently broadcast on a television channel' whereas watching things that have been downloaded comes under the internal heading of 'pre-recorded stuff' (and would be called 'some downloads' in answer to the question of what I'm watching) and watching Netflicks is labelled as 'Netflicks'.

I can understand where you're coming from because what's downloaded tends to be a television programme, but I don't think it's good enough to say that if it's on a television screen it's counted as 'watching television', I have a video of a baptism, if I put that on would you call it 'watching television'? I don't think you would. If someone is playing GTA or CoD while I watch, am I watching television?

guydead67 · 23-05-2013 05:00PM

Mostly, because the missus watches it. Sometimes because a movie or documentary caught my attention

23-05-2013 05:09PM

ScumLord wrote: »

They do sports well alright and if I was a big sports fan I would be very tempted to get sky. The only sports I watch are F1 and UFC, I just wait a few hours and download them. With UFC on FOX fights it's a much better way to watch the fights. They really kill those fights with unending ads.

I'm happy to pay for it rather than having to be looking for streams which are usually terrible and unreliable and can't even be got for a lot of things.

Between the premier league, champions league, Golf, darts etc I get the value anyway. I'd watch plenty of the other sky channels too and find the HD pack well worth it.

ScumLord · 23-05-2013 05:15PM

Lyla Mealy Handbag wrote: »

I'm happy to pay for it rather than having to be looking for streams which are usually terrible and unreliable and can't even be got for a lot of things.

Yeah, streams are pointless. I'm not pushed about watching live though so I wait for the HD versions to be uploaded. It's usually only 8 hours behind. As my sports are fairly fringe I can avoid hearing results for the most part.

ixoy · 23-05-2013 06:44PM

kylith wrote: »

I can understand where you're coming from because what's downloaded tends to be a television programme, but I don't think it's good enough to say that if it's on a television screen it's counted as 'watching television',

It's semantics really then. In my mind those shows are made for TV channels so they're "watching television", whereas games aren't made for TV channels so they're different. However, it seems I'm in the minority in that case.

So therefore I watch hardly any TV - only 'Doctor Who', 'Being Human' and 'Misfits'. Everything else comes to me through a different source although gets displayed on the TV.

Jordan 199 · 23-05-2013 07:28PM

No TV and no beer make Jordan 191 something something...

ZombieBride · 23-05-2013 08:18PM

I haven't have a TV in about 10 years, haven't missed the adverts at all.

Cantona's Collars · 23-05-2013 08:25PM

Half price Sky for the last 18 months with HD,mostly documentaries & sport for me along with some American stuff.
Herself watches the usual 'rubbish'.:pac:

I download a good bit of stuff that's unavailable over here,hate waiting months for certain tv shows.The USB ports on the tv come in very handy.

Mariasofia · 23-05-2013 08:30PM

I have a bit of a weird obsession with weight loss programmes like the biggest loser, fat families, mtv's i used to be fat etc. I also think there should be a 24hr Jeremy Kyle channel. Maybe I should get myself a hobby (or life):)

Rubberlegs · 23-05-2013 08:35PM

I wait till I have several episodes of a series on Sky+, and then start watching it. Never ever watch anything when it's actually on, can't stand all the ads. Have been finding the true crime channels very addictive lately...

romeosensini · 24-05-2013 09:39AM

If your TV doesn't pick up rte/saorview would you still have to play your TV licence?

I have a TV bought in the north that won't pick up Irish stations

vitani · 24-05-2013 10:10AM

Mariasofia wrote: »

I have a bit of a weird obsession with weight loss programmes like the biggest loser, fat families, mtv's i used to be fat etc. I also think there should be a 24hr Jeremy Kyle channel. Maybe I should get myself a hobby (or life):)

Obese: A Year to Save My Life is another good one

NegativeCreep · 24-05-2013 12:37PM

YOU STILL WATCH TV IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOWS ON YOUR LAPTOP!!

Iomega Man · 24-05-2013 12:39PM

Never, but I do watch telly...

Kichote · 28-05-2013 11:48PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

YOU STILL WATCH TV IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE SHOWS ON YOUR LAPTOP!!

Only if you're paying for it. If you're using newsbins or torrents then it isnt

NegativeCreep · 29-05-2013 12:12AM

Kichote wrote: »

Only if you're paying for it. If you're using newsbins or torrents then it isnt

Yes it is. You're still watching the shows that were made for television.

shruikan2553 · 29-05-2013 12:46AM

romeosensini wrote: »

If your TV doesn't pick up rte/saorview would you still have to play your TV licence?

I have a TV bought in the north that won't pick up Irish stations

Yes, if you "have to" pay one for a TV that cant pick up any channels now Im going to assume that you "have to" pay for one that only picks up some.

I dont watch TV on the TV anymore and wont unless I get sky+. I can watch whatever I want whenever I want without ads (or fast forward with sky+).

Do you watch tv?

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