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August 21, 2005

Life without television

Here's one person's account of ditching the tube, courtesy of the Guardian.

Since CBC Newsworld is in serious rerun territory, I've barely turned my TV on. It makes me question why I even pay for cable, since I get most of what I want to watch via torrents anyway. The TV makes a fine output for my Xbox, but I'm not sure I even want to bother getting a new tv when I eventually move into a bigger place. It takes up a pile of room, and if I'm having people over the last thing they'll be doing is hanging around watching the idiot box. I;m seriously considering just getting an LCD monitor with video inputs, so I have something to play Xbox and watch torrents on, and just forego the flood of drivel altogether.

3 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On August 22, 2005 9:02 AM, Warren Frey said:

Looks like the BBC World Service internet feed is back up and running. Bye bye, TV.

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On August 22, 2005 11:12 AM, I am Steven. said:

I just got back from holidays to find the CBC in labour turmoil. I miss it, I won't lie. I usually leave my TV on behind me while I'm fiddling on my computer, and it's on Newsworld 93.4% of the time. Right now, I've got it on...CTV Newsnet. Yeech!

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On August 22, 2005 11:46 AM, Warren Frey said:

Remind me to send you the link to watch BBC World Service on your computer. Meantime, check this out:

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000523055474/

It's not like I'm immune...I do download torrents and watch them when I want to. But I do so on my time, and I think I maybe download 3 hours worth of stuff a week. And of course Dr. Who is a given. :)

The only thing I'd miss is live news, and BBC takes care of that nicely.

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