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TVFactFan · 10-24-2013, 07:11 PM

I have no interest in DVR because I am not giving Comcast anymore money so i watch my shows live every week as soon as they come on.

Where are the other Live TV watchers???

Mr. Television · 10-24-2013, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I have no interest in DVR because I am not giving Comcast anymore money so i watch my shows live every week as soon as they come on.

Where are the other Live TV watchers???

I watch 2 shows live and That's NCIS and Criminal Minds. All of my other shows I watch on DVR. lol

tlc38tlc38 · 10-24-2013, 07:18 PM

Everything I watch is DVR. I do this so I can skip the commercials.

Mr. Television · 10-24-2013, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

Everything I watch is DVR. I do this so I can skip the commercials.

That's one of the reasons I do that. Another is because you can program your own lineup.

TVFactFan · 10-24-2013, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tlc38tlc38

Everything I watch is DVR. I do this so I can skip the commercials.

I thought everyone went on the internet when the commercials came on?

MacLeaper · 10-24-2013, 08:09 PM

I don't watch much of anything on the networks and even when I watch shows on cable, I don't know that they're always live- I do sometimes make a point to tune in for a particular premiere of a special episode or something when I know about it, but even the shows I watch on cable are probably reruns most of the time.
I don't have DVR, so I watch more stuff on VHS, DVD or online.

70s show watcher · 10-24-2013, 08:19 PM

i still watch the shows that i like at the time they come on i guess i am old school that way

70s show watcher · 10-24-2013, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MacLeaper

I don't watch much of anything on the networks and even when I watch shows on cable, I don't know that they're always live- I do sometimes make a point to tune in for a particular premiere of a special episode or something when I know about it, but even the shows I watch on cable are probably reruns most of the time.
I don't have DVR, so I watch more stuff on VHS, DVD or online.

its nice to know that i am not the only one who still uses vhs for some things

benjamoon · 10-24-2013, 09:26 PM

I watch shows live when I'm home and free so there's no real rhyme or reason to it. I just watch live when I can and when I can't, I DVR or watch on hulu

bencasey · 10-24-2013, 09:46 PM

Where are they? Back in 1981 where they belong. There's no way I would ever waste my time watching a show as it airs when 1/3 of it is commercials. I have better ways to spend my time and since I'm not going to live to be 400, I'm not going to waste hours and hours sitting through commercials.

TVFactFan · 10-24-2013, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bencasey

Where are they? Back in 1981 where they belong. There's no way I would ever waste my time watching a show as it airs when 1/3 of it is commercials. I have better ways to spend my time and since I'm not going to live to be 400, I'm not going to waste hours and hours sitting through commercials.

why can't you browse the web during the commercials?

MacLeaper · 10-25-2013, 01:51 PM

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its nice to know that i am not the only one who still uses vhs for some things

Oh yeah- I'm really old school that way when it comes to older technology and such- lol.

I just watched a TV show on VHS last night actually- I have a tape of "America's Funniest Home Videos" themed around pets and released back in 1991 or so, I think- and it was fun to see Bob Saget hosting the show again with the original theme song I remember from when it first started airing and I was watching it as a kid. (I still love watching it now too though- Tom Bergeron does a great job with it.) And that show I watched on VHS was A LOT better, in my opinion, than anything available to me on TV at the time last evening.

GrtGzu · 10-25-2013, 02:28 PM

Hey OP, do you have On Demand with ComCast? I do with TWC, and I also am NOT above using my VCR if necessary -It's how I got ALL of the Real McCoys when they used to be on TNN...

LUNCH · 10-25-2013, 03:59 PM

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Where are the other Live TV watchers???

I'm confident there are a lot of people in countries like Switzerland,Sweden,the United Kingdom and many other nations who still enjoy the luxury of watching television the old fashioned way--when the show airs. However of course those countries commercial TV channels show a fraction of the amount of advertising American commercial TV channels do now.

Gertie1999 · 10-25-2013, 04:30 PM

I watch all DVDs and Netflix.

10-24-2013, 07:11 PM	#1
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 98,995	Where are the TV Fans who still watch the shows they like at the time they come on? I have no interest in DVR because I am not giving Comcast anymore money so i watch my shows live every week as soon as they come on. Where are the other Live TV watchers???

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MacLeaper Child of the 80s Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 20, 2001 Posts: 3,359	I don't watch much of anything on the networks and even when I watch shows on cable, I don't know that they're always live- I do sometimes make a point to tune in for a particular premiere of a special episode or something when I know about it, but even the shows I watch on cable are probably reruns most of the time. I don't have DVR, so I watch more stuff on VHS, DVD or online.
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10-24-2013, 09:26 PM	#9
benjamoon Bewitched Senior Member Join Date: Jun 15, 2000 Location: New York Posts: 1,450	I watch shows live when I'm home and free so there's no real rhyme or reason to it. I just watch live when I can and when I can't, I DVR or watch on hulu
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10-25-2013, 04:30 PM	#15
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10-24-2013, 08:19 PM	#7
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,548	i still watch the shows that i like at the time they come on i guess i am old school that way

10-24-2013, 09:46 PM	#10
bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	Where are they? Back in 1981 where they belong. There's no way I would ever waste my time watching a show as it airs when 1/3 of it is commercials. I have better ways to spend my time and since I'm not going to live to be 400, I'm not going to waste hours and hours sitting through commercials.

10-25-2013, 02:28 PM	#13
GrtGzu Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 05, 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 203	Hey OP, do you have On Demand with ComCast? I do with TWC, and I also am NOT above using my VCR if necessary -It's how I got ALL of the Real McCoys when they used to be on TNN...