Agreed. TV is always the least productive thing you can be doing. Trying to make the plunge myself.
I’m trying myself.
The problem I have is with the remote and commercials.
I have cable with HBO and Cinemax and about 250 other channels that I rarely ever watch. I never ever watch the crap from the big three/four and haven’t for well over 10 years. News from Fox and maybe CNN for breaking stuff. But most non-breaking news is from the web. Sports for me is auto racing, my NFL and NHL team and that’s about it.
I have Netflix but can honestly say I rarely watch.
Back to the remote. BTW, it’s not called a “channel changer”
I’m a guy so I’m constantly changing the channel.
Commercial, change the channel.
Bored, change the channel.
I’m OK with watching 2 or 3 shows at the same time.
I can’t do this with Netflix.
I can’t really do this from a PC.
ADHD’s got me.
I hear you (see my #91)...
The funny part is, once I hooked a computer to the TV, it became very rare that I would watch CableTV at all... Often it was on and muted, because I was watching internet on my laptop...
But generally, when I was really watching the thing, it was because I piped something from the internet to enjoy on the bigger screen. I seldom get fidgety anymore without the clicker... generally because the selection I am watching was selected with intent - I am not surfing around to settle for something I am barely interested in...
And likewise, usually the things I watch are commercial free - so needing a bump-channel when the commercials hit is not necessary - Kinda like when you sit down to watch a movie - I doubt your trigger finger is itchy during the show... Same sort of thing...
It really wasn't all that tough to overcome, and as of July, I start saving 1200 bucks a year - That ain't chicken scratch... It was the money that got me looking else-wise - It is unconscionable that the biggest bill in my house, outside of heat for maybe one or two months in the deep winter, is dedicated to communications, and that, bang for buck, most of that communication, as displayed via CableTV, is so very substandard... Two hundred channels and nothing... *NOTHING* on.
You have no idea how much frustration is in that until you cut the cord.
I have 2 or 3 shows that I really enjoy, but watch them on demand. I watched this one show that ran 7 years. I realized that was 70 hours I could have spent playing chess with my kid that I won’t get back. It is tough though.