Is Television Dying ? Are you spending more time with Online Shows, Videos , Movies?

I pulled the plug on the television several months ago and survived. And yes, more time is spent checking news and watching a couple of movies or television shows available on the internet, but not as much as when I had TV.

I do watch less television now, but I haven’t replaced that viewing time with online shows, videos or movies. I have replaced it with online news, and other types of online searching as well as, fluther, facebook and pinterest.

I haven’t used my television for anything other than video games for three years, and I dropped my Netflix subscription when they tried dividing up their services. I watch three television shows online (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and South Park) and I occasionally watch a show that is available in full on Hulu (for instance, I just finished watching Trigun). Other than that, I typically have better things to do.

I haven’t had a TV for years now which I thoroughly enjoy and when I go to someones house that has one, it sucks the life out of the conversation and is just generally boring and annoying. I do use Netflix every once in a while, right now all I’m really watching is Trailor Park Boys. I’m hooked on it.

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I haven’t paid for television… ever. I grew up in a household that didn’t pay for it; we just had Netflix and tons of movies on VHS and DVD.
All I watch are the same 3–4 shows online (Colbert Report, Arrested Development, Spaced, and South Park if I get really bored), and the 4–5 movies I own on DVD, haha. Hey, I like routine :-p
Lots of my friends and colleagues still have TV though. I don’t think it’s dying; I think it has to learn how to compete.

Television is dead for me; I only watch Netflix and that rarely.

Broadcasting (TV) is not dead, it is just changing with the times. It’s method of transmission is changing, but it has changed before. From analog radiowaves, to cable to digital satellite and now to high speed internet.

The internet killed television… just ask charles trippy (youtuber)

Or my personal favorite… Will and RJ. (shep689 on youtube)

I watch them daily…. and I dont have cable.

I watch very little live apart from the news. I record a few programmes so I can skip the adverts and I use BBC iPlayer.

I have not watched TV in years.

As I medium I haven’t used TV in ages. But I think the rise of the DVD has sparked a dramatic rise in the quality of the material made for TV. Some of it any way. I certainly watch my fair share of content made for TV, but with the internet, Netflix and itunes the truth is that tv is the clunkiest way to get tv shows to my eyeballs. Thankfully the networks are starting to get this.

Hell. Apparently Netflix has started producing original content. Effing Eli Roth is helming a series for them.

The Internet didn’t kill television.
Television killed television.
Have you seen the crap that’s on these days!?

It’s not just a matter of convenience.
Even if it were streamed straight to my eyeballs for free shudder,
I wouldn’t watch more television.

So Online movies and shows is a trend and is going stronger thanks to services like Netflix, Hulu and others. How often do you reproduce video files on your Pc or Mac ? Do you download video files or you prefer watching online ?

I prefer to have stuff downloaded so I don’t have to deal with buffering. Also, I have a crap internet connection so it can be very slow. But I don’t have a whole lot of storage space on my computer, so for that reason I also watch a lot of stuff streaming.

I have Foxtel (cable television) which not only allows me access to a range of cable only programming but also broadcasts and allows me to record free-to-air content. I have noticed I tend to use my recorder to capture many free-to-air programmes broadcast on our public broadcaster. There are series I watch that are only offered on Foxtel but I do record quite a bit of free-to-air content (mostly ABC and SBS – public broadcasters) so I would say no, television is not dead.

My wife and I don’t have cable. We have internet and that’s about it. The TV in the living room has been collecting dust for months. Interesting question, perhaps our culture is moving in a different direction? It will be interesting to see how far it goes.