Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Life without television

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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.

Warren Frey is a journalist, freelance writer, podcaster, video producer, and all-around media consultant currently based in Vancouver, Canada. His written work has appeared in such publications as Metro Vancouver, the Westender, Mac | Life and the Japan Times.

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