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Title: Best to watch it... Post by: HarlotBug3 on February 01, 2011, 02:04:42 PM I don't have the tech for option 4 yet, but I want the whole world to. There's my bias. Discuss.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: The Burgomaster on February 01, 2011, 03:09:15 PM DVD - I hardly ever watch TV shows during their original broadcasts. I saw all the SEINFELD and SOPRANOS episodes when I bought the DVDs. Now I'm working my way through THE OFFICE. I enjoy the flexibility of watching as many or as few episodes as I want whenever I want. I don't need to wait until the following week to see the resolution of a cliffhanger. And I can watch episodes multiple times. I've already been through the entire SEINFELD collection twice.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: JayJayM12 on February 01, 2011, 04:00:20 PM I voted DVD as well for pretty much the same reasons. Granted, I don't always wait for the dvd's, but I do when I can...
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: SPazzo on February 01, 2011, 04:40:57 PM I rarely watch a TV show on its original broadcast. Usually I watch it on Netflix, hooked up to our TV through a PS3. But every once in a while on DVD...
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: Jack on February 01, 2011, 05:14:00 PM I mostly watch TV shows on DVD or stream them with Netflix. Some stuff I catch in reruns. I like NCIS and Top Gear but I've never seen either except in reruns. The idea of watching a particular show at a particular time on a particular night - nope.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: HarlotBug3 on February 02, 2011, 01:50:12 PM I'm curious to gage whether I'm too hopeful when I imagine a time when 'primetime' and neilsen speculative rating etc is irrelevant unless it's a live broadcast.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: vukxfiles on February 03, 2011, 12:00:27 PM why aren't torrents included? LOL
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: Couchtr26 on February 03, 2011, 12:04:53 PM I usually prefer in syndication. You can see many episodes at once and you kind of have an idea of what to expect.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: HarlotBug3 on February 04, 2011, 12:15:32 PM why aren't torrents included? LOL It is always best to consume media online rather than via print or broadcast tv because it evens the distribution playing field, but it is also always best to consume that media in a way that can be counted. The people who worked to make the product deserve the advertising money. No one else. Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: RCMerchant on February 04, 2011, 01:11:49 PM Beyond some old sci fi programs like Star Trek,The Twilight Zone,etc-I havnt really felt the need to own any tv show. Ill see it when it's broadcast or rerun,or I wont see it.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: JaseSF on February 05, 2011, 08:57:29 AM DVD especially since many classic shows are butchered on TV so that more ads can be included. Usually the best and most complete presentation (although not always such as in the case of altered music, when the rights have been lost to the original).
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: vukxfiles on February 06, 2011, 06:15:41 AM Plus shows are censured on tv, while on DVDs they are uncut and have every bit of violence, offensiveness and sex the producers intended.
Title: Re: Best to watch it... Post by: Kaseykockroach on February 15, 2011, 04:57:49 AM DVD. I haven't watched actual TV in 3-4 years (I don't need to, with my DVD wallet being as full as it is).
Though watching them on actual film print's even better. The way they were meant to be seen. I've only experienced such a thing once, and it was quite an enthralling experience to see the films the way they were originally made. |