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Post by Nigel on Jul 8, 2010 10:17:37 GMT
For much of this year, I was watching an unusually large amount of telly, with at least one programme on almost every night. Over the last few months, though, the series have been ending and there's now almost nothing that I'm following. So, as I've a large video collection, many of which I haven't watched in years, I'm making my own schedule.
Thursday is Doctor Who night, starting from the very beginning and working my way through. (It's The Daleks tonight, though I'll probably spread that over two weeks.)
Friday night is now film night. I'm not choosing the videos, I'm taking them off the shelf in order, though I'll vary the shelf, or I'll never get to Zulu. The first two weeks were Armageddon and Asterix and the Big Fight. This week, I'll be deviating from the plan, as I picked up Hellboy 2 the other day.
Sunday is currently Andromeda night. I didn't watch it at the time, but picked up the first season at a discount store about six years ago and am only now watching it. I plan on also watching Babylon 5 on Sundays once I can retrieve the videos - if you go to Cupboard o' Doom, you will die.
Mondays, I'm out. Tuesdays I'm watching Smallville on E4 and will probably fit something else in, perhaps Star Trek. I'm keeping Wednesdays as a utility night. Saturdays are currently a bit of a grey area.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 9, 2010 10:03:22 GMT
I had stopped tuning into programmes as broadcast other than Doctor Who until I got rid of the telly a couple of years ago and switched completely to making my own TV schedules. With the likes of iPlayer and other online channel viewers as well as cheap TV DVD boxsets I've got no wish to go back to following TV schedules. The last couple of years of Doctor Who have all been watched on iPlayer unless I've been round someone's house when it's been on
Don't have a schedule worked out like yours though. I just watch stuff when I feel like
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Post by Nigel on Jul 9, 2010 11:07:37 GMT
When I get a place of my own (whenever that might be) I plan on not getting a TV licence and just watching DVDs and the internet. I'm getting increasingly annoyed by broadcasters' practises.
I prefer to have a schedule rather than watching ad hoc because it helps to separate work and home, as I work from home. Plus when I watch ad hoc, I'm more likely to drift away from the series, like the Blake's 7 and Monty Python DVDs I've left partway through. I should fit those in the schedule, really. I haven't gone to the extent of set times, mind.
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Post by legios on Jul 9, 2010 12:22:38 GMT
I did something vaguely similar for a while during the period where I didn't have television reception at all.
It ended up being slightly less than scheduled once I started experiencing the "rental queue roulette". But for about six months it was pretty much set as an hour and a half block of an evening, starting with an animated show over dinner, and then an hour of whatever had come through TV series-wise from my rental queue.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2010 10:17:03 GMT
When I get a place of my own (whenever that might be) I plan on not getting a TV licence and just watching DVDs and the internet. I'm getting increasingly annoyed by broadcasters' practises. If you use the BBC iPlayer for TV shows or radio you still need to buy a licence. I checked this out when I moved. I don't own a TV but as I still access BBC programming through a BBC service I still need to pay. I'd rather not, but I can't risk being done for it as every job I apply for requires a Disclosure Scotland check and that would show up. The licence is not for watching programmes on a TV set, confusingly. Even if you don't use a computer or TV but just use a radio set you still have to buy a licence. I personally feel the licence is increasingly ludicrous in today's age, but it's a tax I have to pay. -Ralph |
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Post by Nigel on Jul 11, 2010 10:41:11 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2010 12:18:45 GMT
Well, I'm going by what they told me on the phone and I didn't want to chance being prosecuted for breaking the law.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 11, 2010 15:30:48 GMT
My understanding is the same as Nigel's. If you watch BBC TV live on the Internet (e.g. the News channel at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stm ) a clear warning is shown on the screen saying "The BBC News channel is available in the UK only. Don't forget, to watch TV online as it's being broadcast, you still need a TV Licence." It also refers you to the website Nigel linked to. That isn't the case with iPlayer. I think whoever spoke to you on the phone doesn't know what they're talking about. I think it would be quite reasonable if they required me to pay a fee to support the making of news programmes on Radio 4 that I listen to for at least an hour each day, but the rules say no, it's the fact that I watch live TV that means I pay. Martin |
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Post by Dave on Jul 11, 2010 16:31:07 GMT
Even if that's right I think Ralph's best bet is to pay even if he doesn't need to. I've heard stories in the past where people have been hassled by the license people because they don't believe that anyone would not have a TV. Threatening letters and bailiffs were deployed. They shouldn't have been but I don't think it's worth the hassle.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 11, 2010 18:03:12 GMT
I'd rather just pay the tax and avoid legal hassle. I phoned them twice.
Sorry, I think I've derailed this thread somewhat. Er, back to making up own TV schedules. TV licence can be debated elsewhere.
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Jul 12, 2010 8:17:36 GMT
I managed to dig out the Babylon 5 pilot last night. It'll be a major job to retrieve the other early volumes. Good thing I've got nothing scheduled for Wednesdays.
I also watched Blake's 7 last night.
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Post by Nigel on Oct 18, 2010 10:45:54 GMT
Having finished watching my Blake's 7 and Andromeda DVDs, not wanting to get the next seasons yet, my new Sunday line up is Thunderbirds, Charmed (I bought the first three seasons on DVD at a car boot sale for just £5) and Babylon 5.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2010 19:41:31 GMT
Back in the 80's (you probably guessed I would say that when talking about TV) I had a TV schedule where I sometimes came home from school at dinnertimes to watch the kids TV shows that were exclusive to the 12 noon slot and then when I finished school I would quickly switch onto Children's BBC (or Children's ITV) to watch various programmes. Other than kids TV I would watch with interest shows such as Treasure Hunt, the Crystal Maze and (later on) Quantum Leap as and when they were shown and make sure that I never missed a minute. The Saturday evening TV schedule was also a favourite of mine back then.
These days my TV schedule consists of watching the Grand Prix motor racing whenever a race is on during a weekend ... and that's about it! Other than that I only watch the TV at night times and that is largely only to watch selected music channels. TV shows these days just don't interest me much at all. Throughout the rest of each day I can be found either reading books or surfing the net.
As for watching DVD's I have to be in the mood to watch them. I have over 500 DVD's and most of them have only been watched once. Some of them however are so enjoyable that I have every intention of re-watching them at some point.
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