On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> The OP (on rereading I see his name is Scott) said he watches movies > and TV shows on Netflix, which puts him in the US. > > The point we all seem to be getting at is trying to figure out what > the phrase "watching TV" means. My definition is watching programs > made for television using any platform. I see the logic of limiting > the act of watching TV to watching programming on a TV set, whether > over-the-air, cable, or satellite, at the time it's broadcast. But > that has become arcane as it has been superseded by watching > prerecorded programming going back tot he VCR. It makes no sense to me > to consider watching programs recorded by the viewer as anything but > watching TV. (SNIP) > It is always interesting to note that originally straightforward statements like "I am watching television" can become complex and ambiguous through social and technological changes. In my context, if I am using my television set to view charts and graphs to analyze as part of a project I am completing for work, I would not say I was "watching TV". OTOH, if I were watching an episode of the The Wire I downloaded from itunes on my ITouch while walking on the treadmill, I would say I was watching TV. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
