Does anyone watch terrestrial tv like they used to as a kid anymore?

[Master]

I do.

I pay £70 and get exactly the same but have 2 boxes.

I pay my license fee to BBC and also still have the virgin box basically for free which records my favourite shows which is one thing the box does not do well.

I do not get ITV ppv but get the rest.

[Dark Lord Al]

No i do not.

[walrus]

Tv license sounds funny, we just say satellite. Streaming or cable. I'd love to shake of cable but haven't been able to. I'm a news junky and like all the options our cable company company offers. It's funny u bring this up right now as my neighbors are getting a new cable service I didn't know was available in my area. I think one problem is I've had these providers that offer hundreds of channels for so long it's hard for me to change. My coworker told me he recently got PlayStation TV which is streaming and a good price so I may look into that and talk to my neighbor about his new service

[Batman]

Its very rare that I watch any television programs, I'll put the news on of a Saturday and Sunday morning and that is it really.

I watch a lot more stuff on Netflix than I did a few years ago, I tend to get in from work and I'll be listening to music, playing an instrument or reading a book, when I go to bed I'll normally put something on YouTube.

The only reason that I pay for a TV license is for the boxing and the F1, I like watching it live and if it isn't a big fight then I'll record it.

I have thought countless times about cancelling my TV license but I dunno, I'll watch the football every now and again and shit like that, for 10 quid a month I just carry on and pay it.

My Dad is a massive telly addict, he watches every TV series going and he is fucking addicted to Emmerdale, he even watches Big fucking Brother, he can't understand why I am happy with a 40 inch TV, he has some fucking 80 inch curve screen HD 4k rocket launcher TV, and he uses it to watch shit like masterchef...doesn't make sense to me.

[Gandalf]

No TV for me either. I do podcasts and a bit of You Tube, but it is mostly reading for me. If there is anything I want to watch I will download it and watch it. I don't see the need for some archaic schedule and won't watch dramas or soaps of any kind. I want information, I want to be challenged, and I want to learn. Otherwise, I do not see the point.

[Fenster]

I recently binned Sky after years too. Being in doors all the time I realised I never even put the TV on let alone need a million channels, I have the radio on 24/7. The only things I watch apart from boxing (big sports events) is snooker and racing, which between ITV and BBC they basically have covered.

However, even if they didn't, like boxing, you can easily watch them online on the freemans.

[Master]

I recently binned Sky after years too. Being in doors all the time I realised I never even put the TV on let alone need a million channels, I have the radio on 24/7. The only things I watch apart from boxing (big sports events) is snooker and racing, which between ITV and BBC they basically have covered.

However, even if they didn't, like boxing, you can easily watch them online on the freemans.

What radio channels? I listen to Radio 5, 4 and Talk Sport. Classical if I want to relax or radio 3.

Catch up TV is how I watch TV with kids. Movies and comedy such as big bang and Middle.

[Mark TKO]

I been thinking about this recently.

I rarely watch live tv any more and Just use catch up. I binned sky sports two years ago - my interest in football virtually zero now, hard to believe when I used to watch any old match ten years ago.


I would miss the ease of the sky interface mind to record and line up programmes but I’m paying 75 a month for sky and broadband and 8 for Netflix and 8 for amazon prime.