I’ve not had a TV connected to a receiver or cable service in over 10 years. Do you have live TV at home?
@trinsec I have zero interest in having it. Every time I go somewhere and people watch live TV I try not to react, but this is what I see:
@gpowerf@qoto.org Maybe you should stop visiting locations which only have black and white televisions? 😋
@trinsec I’d relate more to watching YouTube on a monochrome display more than I do watching stuff live on a schedule 😂
@gpowerf@qoto.org Hehe. Well, I usually only used the live TV when I want to sit on the couch and eat my meal. Sometimes something amusing passes by. Eventually. But also some programmes that you can't find on YouTube or Netflix or any other streaming service are not too bad to watch, like a public programme about the country and such. Although there are alternatives, but it's not guaranteed that the subs work there and their site kinda sucks.
Right now? Nah, not watching any TV. My parents do watch TV a lot though, including watching back in time (that's useful, not really bound to a schedule that much anymore) and lots of recording. They have a physical TV guide that they scrounge for anything interesting, heh. I have to admit that the modern settop boxes makes life a bit easier of not having to show up on time and you can watch back almost any programme up until X hours back.
@trinsec my mother doesn’t have a TV and she’s not had once since my dad died. She just never got round to getting a new one.
My mother in law though, she watches game shows! And she does so willingly and for free. You’d have to either pay me or have a court order to get me to do that.
@gpowerf@qoto.org Ew. No, my mother mostly watches stuff like Rail Away, and detectives. Then they watch news, some sports (tennis), and some game shows where you actually have to think (De Slimste Mens (the smartest human)). And also some random cultural programmes. And she records movies so she can watch movies at her own time. So it's not that bad overall.
@gpowerf@qoto.org That news thing is a bit annoying. Whenever I visit them and the news is on, and they tell me that this is pretty important news, I'm always like 'ehh, I already know it from the website...'. News on fixed schedules on TV is always behind. 😋
@gpowerf The closest I have to live TV is Pluto TV online. That and my own media server.
I have been tempted to get a cable so I can hook up my TV to an antenna because being close to the US border I can supposedly pick up 23 channels.
@retrosponge most of my viewing is YouTube, Netflix (only movie streaming I pay for), and free streams.
@gpowerf I don't have any paid streaming services. Actually that's a lie because I got Amazon Prime yesterday so I've got streaming there.
I do watch a few YouTube channels.
@retrosponge yeah. I have Prime too, so I’ll count that as well 😄
@gpowerf Yes, but only because in Italy it's easier to have it (and pay a tax for TV set *possession*, *not* for the service) than not have it (having to send some sort of legal letter *every year* declaring that you don't have any equipment capable of receiving any on-air TV signals, with the possibility of having someone at your place so that they can verify what you claimed).
I barely switch my TV to the on-air channels every once in a while, just to see if the reception still works :)
@JJFlash I pay the stupid TV tax here too, even if I don't watch TV. :) It's easier.
@gpowerf@qoto.org I do have a live TV but haven't used it in months because the batteries in the remote have leaked and I've not bothered yet cleaning up the mess. Shows you how little TV I actually watch, lol.