More than once, I’ve described DVR as my favorite invention of recent years. I love watching TV programs on my own schedule, fast-forwarding through commercials with abandon. I don’t watch TV often though, and more often than not the DVR would be over its limit, forcing me to stay up late watching enough episodes to clear up space or to choose which series I was going to “give up on.”
About a month ago, my cable box died. It wasn’t a big deal to replace it. But when I hooked up the new box, I realized that all the shows I’d been saving to watch were gone.
I was disappointed for a second and then … relieved.
TV watching shouldn’t be a source of stress.
Entertainment need not be stockpiled. There will always be more to see.
If I can’t be bothered to watch it for months, it really can’t be “must-see TV.”
In the weeks since I’ve had the new cable box, I haven’t bothered to set up the DVR. I haven’t even had the TV on more than once or twice a week. My life is too full of interesting things to make time for the CW.*
TV, I think you and I need to see other people.
*But that doesn’t mean I won’t catch the latest season of The Vampire Diaries when it comes to Netflix.
haha, I can relate. But I don’t like I could ever give up my DVR, I love my shows too much.
Good for you. Why not save the money? Carol would love it if we dumped all of our cable, I think. I, however, quite unapologetically LOVE TV and the the DVR. Can I be happy without it? Sure. But, I will indulge anyway. Just an hour or two of delicious escape every day. Don’t worry, I read too!
I’m reluctant to get rid of it entirely at this time of year because I often don’t watch much TV in the summer but then I like to watch it during the long cold Wisconsin winters. Still, I was amazed that shows that I loved I just don’t care about at all. I’ve watched an occasional movie on HBO or Netflix, but that’s about it. In your house, you also have some children who would probably stage a revolt if the cable went away!