Boltlady
Governor
Yes, I do enjoy watching TV but I don't like being a slave to it. There were times in the past when I would not want to go somewhere because a favorite show was coming on at that time. Then there were the times when a terrible decision had to be made over which show to watch when there would be something on at the same time on different channels that I really wanted to see. STRESS With the DVR I simply record them and watch when I want to.
Then there're the commercials. I remember when cable first came to my neighborhood the big deal was that you could pay a few dollars a month and not have to deal with commercials. Now of course, everything is all commercials with a little bit of story in between. They haven't figured out that if they didn't pay people such obscene amounts of money to do the shows, they wouldn't have to sell so much air time to pay for it. Duh. After all, when you have 'reality shows' that feature previously unknown people it should not be necessary to pay them so many $thousands per episode. There would be plenty of appealing people who would be grateful for the chance to work for a lot less. With the DVR I can just ff through the commercials.
Another thing I like is the ability to pause when I want to. There are always those dramatic moments when there are interruptions and you miss the best parts, like the ending. During the years that I was working to build my business, I can't tell you how many times I would start watching something and fall asleep before it was over. There were a lot of things that I never saw the end of. Another aspect that the pause feature is great for is the ability to read some of the synopsis that will often be put up to tell you what happened to so and so after the main gist of the story. They'll put up those things in print that it's really hard to read in the time that it's up there. With the pause, you can take your sweet time reading it.
Although I've had my DVR for a few years now, (one in my den and one in my bedroom), it's one of those things that I've always been happy with. So many times we buy something that we just had to have at the time but then ends up on a back shelf someplace. Occasionally we buy something that constantly pleases us no matter how long we have it.
It's like that with my DVR.
Then there're the commercials. I remember when cable first came to my neighborhood the big deal was that you could pay a few dollars a month and not have to deal with commercials. Now of course, everything is all commercials with a little bit of story in between. They haven't figured out that if they didn't pay people such obscene amounts of money to do the shows, they wouldn't have to sell so much air time to pay for it. Duh. After all, when you have 'reality shows' that feature previously unknown people it should not be necessary to pay them so many $thousands per episode. There would be plenty of appealing people who would be grateful for the chance to work for a lot less. With the DVR I can just ff through the commercials.
Another thing I like is the ability to pause when I want to. There are always those dramatic moments when there are interruptions and you miss the best parts, like the ending. During the years that I was working to build my business, I can't tell you how many times I would start watching something and fall asleep before it was over. There were a lot of things that I never saw the end of. Another aspect that the pause feature is great for is the ability to read some of the synopsis that will often be put up to tell you what happened to so and so after the main gist of the story. They'll put up those things in print that it's really hard to read in the time that it's up there. With the pause, you can take your sweet time reading it.
Although I've had my DVR for a few years now, (one in my den and one in my bedroom), it's one of those things that I've always been happy with. So many times we buy something that we just had to have at the time but then ends up on a back shelf someplace. Occasionally we buy something that constantly pleases us no matter how long we have it.
It's like that with my DVR.
