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More and better TV

blog — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:25:25 +0000

I complained a bit about having an antenna and how frustrating it can be sometimes to try and watch TV with it. But, I didn’t really talk much about IPTV, and I am sure many of you were thinking about that while reading my complaint post on antenna TV. Just getting TV over the internet would actually meet both of my requests, having more stability and being able to pretty much watch when I want to watch instead of being restricted to a schedule around TV. I like the idea but you have to have your computer connected to the TV or a big enough screen that you can use it as both a monitor and a TV. I bet, though, that they have other things out that are all in one items, where you can surf through your TV. The only ones I can think of in that regard, though, require you to have cable television as well as the internet. I will take a quick look. I am sure there are other options besides having to have cable and SDSL.

I just did a real quick search and in the UK and in the states you can find several places online that will let you watch TV. That’s pretty neat! Might save me some money. I also know that the local stations tend to offer many of their shows online for watching as well. Actually, one of the things I like about the local stations online is the way they handle their advertising there. The advertising online for the local channels is much more focused. Each show normally has only one or two sponsors so that is all you get as far as commercials, plus the amount of commercials you get is cut down a lot. It makes for a much more pleasant viewing experience to be honest, don’t forget, you can pause online as well.

Maybe watching TV

blog — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:23:40 +0000

HDTV is a great thing, and I really miss cable! The antenna work and receives HD signals over the air but it really drives me nuts that the signal is so weak. It goes in and out, depending on the channel. What is worse is the one channel I watch daily has real, actually most of the channels, have real problems when the microwave is being used. If I run the microwave then I lose the signal to the TV, it gets weaker and is a big pain to try and watch. I have thought about trying to tune it with a baseball bat but figure I would really regret it later when I couldn’t watch anything. I was thinking maybe I should try and find some sort of technology forums, was thinking I might get some better ideas than the baseball bat fix. I haven’t tried that yet, mainly because, honestly, I just thought of it. Feel kind of stupid as I use the internet most all day and that should have been one of the first things I thought of doing.

It’s just really getting frustrating. I will probably hold off for a bit before getting the cable or satellite. Probably cable as the signal on it is fairly stable. Holding off, cause of course, I want the more expensive options. Yep, the DVR. Have to have that, makes watching TV so much more convenient! Being able to record the shows and watch them later is very nice. You get used to it after a bit, then you get spoiled with it and really miss it when you move. At least I did. Ah, well sooner or later I’ll break down and get it again. Then I can start watching more TV. Right now so much to do I don’t get much chance to watch a lot but if I could record things and watch them when I wanted to, like at lunch, that would definitely fit my schedule!

TV internet style

blog — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:16:13 +0000

Anybody else found Hulu, yet? I had heard of it but just recently had a chance to take a short look at it. It’s kind of a neat idea. You can find a lot of the shows you enjoy on there and it has fewer adds than regular tv. I don’t think it will replace tv, because they don’t allow a lot of the newer shows, least not the ones I am interested in. However, when that is the case I can often find the newest episodes on the stations web site, often free to view, other than the adds. Which is great because if I miss an episode I can log on and watch the show. With just a little bit of work you can even hook your computer up to your tv and watch the shows like you normally would. It is really quite nice.

I needed to take a break recently and had been thinking about what activity I could do that would require little interaction and thought of tv, of course. The only problem was that there was nothing on at the time, then I remembered hearing mention and seeing the tv commercials about Hulu so I went to the site and checked it out. I think at the time I was looking for Two and a Half Men episodes, but they didn’t have full episodes on the website for the tv station so I was trying to find another place that might have it. Hulu didn’t, but it did have a whole lot of other shows I hadn’t seen in a long time. They had episodes of Simon & Simon, MacGyver, A-team, Remington Steele and a whole lot of the newer cartoon shows. I was really surprised by what was available. I spent a little time and enjoyed watching the first episode of Remington Steele again and that was fun, exactly what I needed. Brain relaxation, with no requirement for actual thought. I will definitely be going back to watch some of the other shows they have.