Comments on: Brutally Murder Your TV in Cold Blood Just to Watch It Die

by: Bryan

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:45:59 +0000

Excellent article!

I’ve been TeeVee free now for a little over a year.

How it happened was we moved to a better place and didn’t bother
to get cable. I have a HDTV tuner, so when I tried hooking it up,
reception was unreasonably poor. The difference between analog and
DTV is the latter is either on or off; there’s no in between (”snow”).

Ironically, the one station that did come in
was PBS. Unfortunately, our local PBS station’s budget must be
around $50/month, because if you watch it for a few hours, you’ve
seen basically all the shows they’ll ever broadcast until the next month.

Over a short period of time, I lost interest in what little TV I
could get and simply stopped watching. The only reason I would watch it at all
was to view my DVDs. Every 2-3 months, I’d get nostalgic for the
mindless drivel and play with the antenna for 15 minutes … but
once I managed to get the reception down I noticed that the shows somehow got “stupider”. I mean, they are not funny. They’re not
exciting. They’re just about stupid people in unrealistic situations.
I can’t believe I used to watch and … nay, enjoy
that junk!

by: Chris Radcliff

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:11:46 +0000

The blanket trick and the closet trick both work great, and they’re even better together. My TV has been at the bottom of my closet under a stack of blankets for over 2 years now, and we’ve only kept it taken it out to watch the Oscars. Of course, once they stop broadcasting standard definition signals we’ll probably lose even that reason to own one…

by: unplug it

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:30:35 +0000

outta sight, outta mind. put it in the closet if you can’t bring yourself to kill it.

by: Larry

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:14:13 +0000

Ha, some German website linked to this post.

by: Bear

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 05:12:36 +0000

I found the best way to cut back on TV without throwing it out is to cover it with a sheet or blanket. My big problem was instinctively turning the TV on instinctively and then getting sucked in to whatever is on (mostly food network, gotta see how the recipee turns out). The physical act of moving the blanket was enough to make me realize what I was doing before I hit the power button. Turning it off after my show was over was another issue, however.

by: nordish.de

Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:50:44 +0000

Murder your TV

Ein weiterer netter Beitrag zum Thema TV-Abstinenz: Brutally Murder Your TV in Cold Blood Just to Watch It Die

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