Welcome to the year two-thooooousand, The_Dude...

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:23 am

DVR = one of the greatest inventions of all-time. I'm convinced.

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 9:57 am

oh hell yeah. ruined my life when I had it. I could see everything I wanted. AKA never did anything because I watched it 24/7

deek · Post by **deek** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:11 am

I'm teetering on going "triple play" verizon fios or comcast cable...both have DVR in their packages...maybe I should save my life and bypass either:)

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:12 am

I've spent the past 3 days watching numerous episodes of Survivorman and Bobby Flay cooking shows.

I've entered lardass mode. Must. Stop. Soon.

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:57 am

The_Dude wrote:I've spent the past 3 days watching numerous episodes of Survivorman and Bobby Flay cooking shows.

I've entered lardass mode. Must. Stop. Soon.

survivor man is awesome

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:04 am

deek wrote:I'm teetering on going "triple play" verizon fios or comcast cable...both have DVR in their packages...maybe I should save my life and bypass either:)

I have to pay extra for DVR w/Comcast Triple Play.

$10/month

Well worth it.

traumaqueen · Post by **traumaqueen** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:21 am

i've decided that the only thing that will ever make cable or DVR or TiVO or HD TV or anything of the sort ever useful again is the ultimate return of Iron Chef. when that happens, i will have a long conversation with Atherton about our home entertainment budget. until then, no dice.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:36 am

traumaqueen wrote:i've decided that the only thing that will ever make cable or DVR or TiVO or HD TV or anything of the sort ever useful again is the ultimate return of Iron Chef. when that happens, i will have a long conversation with Atherton about our home entertainment budget. until then, no dice.

Iron Chef is still on...

As is Iron Chef America, which is tons better.

traumaqueen · Post by **traumaqueen** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 11:53 am

no way, Dude.
Iron Chef America is sooooo not better.
blasphemy!
totally.

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:46 pm

traumaqueen wrote:no way, Dude.
Iron Chef America is sooooo not better.
blasphemy!
totally.

is too!

Silencio · Post by **Silencio** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:00 pm

Is not!

(The American producers don't get it.)

As for DVR, we are on the verge of turning off our cable TV, because even with the extended digital package and HBO, you scan the program guide and you suddenly realize, you're not even looking for something good... you're just looking for something that doesn't suck as badly as everything else.

And I'm paying $70 a month for this crap. For crap that is mostly an advertising delivery system! I should pay more so I can store up the crap that runs at 2 AM so I can destroy my sense of community with it later?

No more. I just got my custom-built tweed Princeton-based guitar amp, I can see Adult Swim and CurrentTV online and and I can rent DVDs of any series worth watching. When I run out of Discworld books, I'll read something else. I think me and cable are Splitsville.

lbanks · Post by **lbanks** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:27 pm

The_Dude wrote:
traumaqueen wrote:no way, Dude.
Iron Chef America is sooooo not better.
blasphemy!
totally.
is too!

Sorry, but without Kaga, Fuki, Ota and Doc Hatori, its just not The Iron Chef. Love the DVR, though. Sunrise Earth make TV worthwhile.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:38 pm

Silencio wrote:Is not!

(The American producers don't get it.)

As for DVR, we are on the verge of turning off our cable TV, because even with the extended digital package and HBO, you scan the program guide and you suddenly realize, you're not even looking for something good... you're just looking for something that doesn't suck as badly as everything else.

And I'm paying $70 a month for this crap. For crap that is mostly an advertising delivery system! I should pay more so I can store up the crap that runs at 2 AM so I can destroy my sense of community with it later?

No more. I just got my custom-built tweed Princeton-based guitar amp, I can see Adult Swim and CurrentTV online and and I can rent DVDs of any series worth watching. When I run out of Discworld books, I'll read something else. I think me and cable are Splitsville.

I'm close to the same verge as you..... verrry close...

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:42 pm

Yeah, well I'm your typical fat, lazy American slob with absolutely no ambition so I'll continue watching things that "aren't good" but still qualify as "good enough" to keep me watching while I sit back with my hands down my pants eating Cheetos and drinking Mountain Dew in front of my fancy picture box.

deek · Post by **deek** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:02 pm

And I am your typical lazy, convenience-oriented American idiot...I'd rather pay the $50/month for cable, even though I typically watch less than 6 hours of TV a week...but when I want to watch something "right now", I have it...

The cost a month is worth the convenience of just having the service, even if I barely use it...