life without tv or the internet?

Went through university without a tv and haven't owned one since I first moved out. It does make certain socializing a bit awkward sometimes, when people talk about series I look like I live under a rock. But no, I can't say I've missed tv.
The internet is another story though
 
Having only Internet here drives the cable company mad ; they keep pestering me to add extra services such as TV or a landline - no thanks.
Netflix provides advert free TV and movies.
Currently residing in the US,I do miss the BBC and Britain's free to air now digital TV ; a PVR on that allowed me to pick our a worthy selection of material, while avoiding the soaps and gameshows.

The radio also sucks here in the US - national coverage from BBC puts the US to shame.
 
I barely watch TV now a days, we don't even have Cable TV anymore.
Sadly, a good 40-50% of my day is spent on the internet/computer due to work and information reading.

But can I live without internet? yes and I would like to, that way I could concentrate my day shooting instead
 
I haven't owned a TV for a decade. No way I would ever get another one, ever. The commercials are insane and you can't get objective or truthful news anyway. Like Ko.Fe says, it is a propaganda machine. I am surprised actually that they don't give them out for free! Watching TV is a waste of life, and time is the only thing of value we have, why waste it? I still do watch movies on my Mac, but try not to do so too often..

I work on the Internet, so I would be without a job without it...

Gil.
 
I would be fine, I think -- probably even prefer it. My guess is that I'd discover I have a lot more time, suddenly, to do actual, rather than virtual, stuff. For entertainment, my family prefers reading, game-playing, movies, hiking, bowling, cycling, etc. anyway.
Hard to unplug unilaterally, though, since daily life depends more on the internet as a source of information than in the past. I'd have to revert to finding things out by using the phone book and making a bunch of calls. Probably not preferable. 🙂
::Ari
 
I watch very little TV other than made for TV movies or series from HBO.
The Internet, on the other hand, is my daily companion for news, sports,
RFF, and especially HBO GO to retrieve episodes I might have missed from
Games of Thrones or Boardwalk Empire.No, definitely am hooked.
 
i have been attached to tv since that small black & white image appeared on our tv screen in the 1950s!
i still remember our first colour tv and watching the yankee game…and being in awe of all that green grass on the field.
i am very entertained by cheap tv comedy and dramas still…and the yankee games still!!
 
TV, sure. I like the NFL, old movies, local news. Broader news coverage has it's limitations alright, but often the pictures are informative. Commercials don't disturb me after seeing them for 60+ years.

Internet, sure. Pay bills and get paid, most automatically, pretty neat! Buy film, buy processing, buy a lens or a hood, loaf around RFf.

No, we won't be discarding either of them.
 
Gave up TV awhile a go. I cheat, however, with streaming. The internet I would have tough time letting go. I would be a lot more productive without it. Maybe.
 
I move completely from one camp to the other.

At home, in the US, I watch the local news, NBC news, CNN news, and then BBC news one after the other on the TV. I also watch a number of PBS programs but very little entertainment movies or sports. I also read the print edition of the local newspaper every morning. I spend much time on the internet, some necessary and productive, some just for personal education, and some just time filler like RFF.

But when in Cuba, I maybe watch 1/2 hour of TV per week since the news is biased and have never connected to the internet in the 5 years I have been going. I also have no cell phone that works there. It is quite refreshing to be totally unplugged for a few weeks. Too bad others do not try it and realize the world is quite capable of rotating by itself without their frequent assistance.

I cannot say that one scenario is better than the other. They are simply different. I am glad I have to opportunity to experience both.
 
The internet, particularly email, is essential to me for business. Otherwise I could live without it as I did for decades prior to it's invention. TV I rarely ever watch anymore. Jeopardy once in a while, occasionally something on PBS, and BBC-America's Top Gear and Wheeler Dealers are guilty pleasures. Some of the premium channel offerings are ok, but I stopped watching network prime-time shows years ago.
 
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