On 2014-04-12 12:03 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> There are a handful of No TV adherents that boast then never watch the
> rubbish that is on. I agree that the networks have a lot of rubudh but
> there are some wonderful programs if you take the time to seek them out.
> The clarity of a hi-def screen really adds to the viewing experience.


The major networks are, for the most part, an cultural wasteland. I
never used to watch much television in the days that we caught the
transmissions over the air. Then I got satellite and got a bunch of
specialty channels. I watch a local news station... for local news, and
some of the international news stations, and there are a couple network
comedy shows. The rest of the stuff is a waste of my time.

Hi def is nice for some things. I have to say that if I watch hockey I
prefer in in the regular mode. My satellite includes close to 20 HD
stations. A lot of the nature stuff I get on DVD or BluRay from the
library.

On 4/12/2014 12:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>
> Hi def is nice for some things. I have to say that if I watch hockey I
> prefer in in the regular mode. My satellite includes close to 20 HD
> stations.

Never heard of anyone preferring regular broadcast over HD. I've become
an HD snob and have only HD stations on the customized channel list.

My sat offers over 80 HD stations.

On 4/12/2014 9:51 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 12:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi def is nice for some things. I have to say that if I watch hockey I
>> prefer in in the regular mode. My satellite includes close to 20 HD
>> stations.
>
> Never heard of anyone preferring regular broadcast over HD. I've become
> an HD snob and have only HD stations on the customized channel list.

Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
rather than the HD version.

nancy

On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
> rather than the HD version.
>
> nancy
>

I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
a time.

On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>> rather than the HD version.

> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
> a time.

That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
> >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
> >> rather than the HD version.
>
> > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
> > a time.
>
> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.

Do you two watch the recorded shows later though? Back in the days of
my VCR, I would often record shows but then never watch them. I was
constantly recording over recorded shows that I never watched. I
prefer realtime tv now

I would like to record a few cooking shows on Saturday mornings though
that I love but never have time to watch that early on Saturdays. I'm
talking about the two shows featuring that nice fellow that always
wear a bow tie. Cook's County, I think and another one that's pretty
much the same.

G.

On 4/13/2014 9:57 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>
> Do you two watch the recorded shows later though? Back in the days of
> my VCR, I would often record shows but then never watch them. I was
> constantly recording over recorded shows that I never watched.

Those bleeping VCR tapes, if you could find the one with your show,
good like finding the beginning if you had more than one show, then
you find you ran out of tape or you accidentally recorded over
something else.

DVR is nothing like that. Yes, most of the time I watch the shows
I record, only in a blue moon do I just erase them. Otherwise they
sit there, all indexed and waiting for me. The day I got a load of
DVRs, I never looked back.

> I prefer realtime tv now

Not me, it's safe to say I watch almost nothing live. And even if
I did, I can pause or rewind if I missed something.

> I would like to record a few cooking shows on Saturday mornings though
> that I love but never have time to watch that early on Saturdays. I'm
> talking about the two shows featuring that nice fellow that always
> wear a bow tie. Cook's County, I think and another one that's pretty
> much the same.

America's Test Kitchen. I like both of those shows, too. I don't
watch too many cooking shows anymore. I'm not big on cupcake contests
or whatever.

nancy

On 4/13/2014 9:57 AM, Gary wrote:

> Do you two watch the recorded shows later though? Back in the days of
> my VCR, I would often record shows but then never watch them. I was
> constantly recording over recorded shows that I never watched. I
> prefer realtime tv now
>
> I would like to record a few cooking shows on Saturday mornings though
> that I love but never have time to watch that early on Saturdays. I'm
> talking about the two shows featuring that nice fellow that always
> wear a bow tie. Cook's County, I think and another one that's pretty
> much the same.
>
> G.
>

I did the same with the VCR, but the DVR is different. About the only
thing I watch in real time is the 6 o'clock news and even that with a
delay if it is dinner time.

With the DVR you can watch, stop, watch another show (live or recorded)
later resume the first at the same place. Much more versatile and no
rewinding. Quick access, no hunting for a tape. You can set a series
recording so you never miss your favorites.

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>>> rather than the HD version.
>
>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>> a time.
>
>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>
>nancy

As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one
and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at
the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is
repeated.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>>>> rather than the HD version.
>>
>>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>>> a time.
>>
>>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>>
>>nancy
>
> As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one
> and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at
> the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is
> repeated.
> --
> Susan N.

With a DVR? I don't know of any that just let you record one show while
watching another, or do you have a VCR?

Cheri

On 4/13/2014 10:12 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.

> As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one
> and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at
> the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is
> repeated.

That's really helpful, I record a lot of stuff in the middle of
the night.

You can record two things at a time, but you can't watch a third show
live at the same time. That's because it's recording the live show
while you're watching it, and that counts as 1 of 2 shows you can
record at the same time.

How badly did I mangle that explanation. Heh.

nancy

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:12:08 -0400, The Cook >
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:
>
>>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>>>> rather than the HD version.
>>
>>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>>> a time.
>>
>>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>>
>>nancy
>
>As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one
>and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at
>the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is
>repeated.

My cable box allows me to record two shows at the same time but there
are gadgets available that allow recording I think up to five at a
time, maybe more these days... but when would I watch them?

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

> On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> >
> >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
> >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
> >> rather than the HD version.
>
> > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
> > a time.
>
> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>
There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding
through commercials... which is the case with Comcast.


--

Good Food.
Good Friends.
Good Memories.

"sf" > wrote in message
news
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>> On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> >
>> >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>> >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>> >> rather than the HD version.
>>
>> > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>> > a time.
>>
>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>>
> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding
> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast.

Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years before
which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with commericals,
except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if they changed that.
I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have the technology/software
for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the customers care about that.
Yeah, right!

Cheri

On 4/13/2014 10:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:

>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>>
> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding
> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast.

Yes, Fios has a great number of shows On Demand, too. Also you can
find a lot of shows online.

nancy

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>>> rather than the HD version.
>
>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>> a time.
>
>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>
>nancy

But how do you find time to watch them all, you don't do anything
else, not even sleep?

On 4/13/2014 12:52 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young

>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two
>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always
>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict.
>>

> But how do you find time to watch them all, you don't do anything
> else, not even sleep?

I don't work, even if I spent 10 hours a day walking, gardening,
reading, going to some show or whatever, I could still watch tv for some
7 hours. Not a big deal.

nancy

On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:48:32 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took
>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel
>> rather than the HD version.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>
>I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at
>a time.

That could be more than 40 hours of TV a week, probably more, even
zipping through the commercials when do you find time to watch them,
and you work full time, there aren't that many hours in a day. I
stopped DVRing because it wasn't long I'd fill the memory and never
found time to watch many, and by the time I'd get around to watching
something it was dated.... there're TV shows on 24/7, even if I stayed
awake all night I wouldn't be able to watch everything I'd DVR... for
a while I was deleting shows just so I'd have room to DVR newer shows
and still didn't have time to watch them... that's when I said who
needs this addiction and stopped DVRing. I have a TV on 24/7 but I
don't watch much, it's more for background sound... for me TV is the
best sleeping pill... I can get into bed at 9 PM, put on a movie and
be out before ten minutes passes... I can't remember the last time I
watched an entire movie on TV, has to be a couple decades. There's a
awful lot on TV nowadays but not much of value, I'm much more into
quality than quantity. I'd rather do a crossword puzzle than waste my
time watching the crapola TV shows on these days. About all I'll
watch are some Nat Geos and lots of those are too far out, I'm really
not interested in how life will be in the next century, I won't be
here.