petitepedal ★ Posted October 17, 2021 Share #1 Posted October 17, 2021 How often is it on for just sound? Realizing it is often on just for sound...I am making it a goal to turn my TV on less... I just listened to a meditation podcast, I have lots of music...and public radio to provide sound or entertainment...I need to turn that television off..or not turn it on...more often. I am sure next it will be the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 17, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 17, 2021 I tend to be a visual as opposed to auditory stimuli type person, so I never have the TV on for sound. I can do a 12 hour drive by myself and not even turn the radio on. I will turn on the TV and mute the sound though..., just to have images. Sometimes just my Google Chromecast flashing photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted October 17, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, petitepedal said: How often is it on for just sound? Realizing it is often on just for sound...I am making it a goal to turn my TV on less... I just listened to a meditation podcast, I have lots of music...and public radio to provide sound or entertainment...I need to turn that television off..or not turn it on...more often. I am sure next it will be the internet I haven't turned one on in over two years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 17, 2021 Share #4 Posted October 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Wilbur said: I haven't turned one on in over two years. Your wife refuses to let you use the remote? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted October 17, 2021 Share #5 Posted October 17, 2021 My wife has the TV on everyone of her waking hours and a lot of her sleeping hours too. I turn it on in the morning for a few minutes of news before work. We have been watching a show before bed, usally binge an old series. Right now we are nearing the end of Ozark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted October 17, 2021 Share #6 Posted October 17, 2021 If I'm home and awake, it's likely on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted October 17, 2021 Share #7 Posted October 17, 2021 Jeopardy and maybe some cooking shows at 2Am if I cannot sleep. Sometimes the news 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted October 17, 2021 Share #8 Posted October 17, 2021 Rarely do I watch anything anymore. I have a bad case of ADHD and can’t sit still long enough. Wo7 and I have different tastes and the compromise is that we don’t watch much together. She has MLB network on all year. She follows baseball. She uses it for background noise. I tolerate it because it eases her anxiety. It’s better than country music which would be the alternative. She’s napping on the couch right now with a country channel going. I prefer quiet to noise. She prefers noise to quiet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 17, 2021 Share #9 Posted October 17, 2021 My TV hasn’t been on since a week before my wife died in March. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted October 17, 2021 Share #10 Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Old No. 7 said: I prefer quiet to noise. She prefers noise to quiet Wireless headphones for Wo7? 3 hours ago, Zephyr said: I tend to be a visual as opposed to auditory stimuli type person, so I never have the TV on for sound. I can do a 12 hour drive by myself and not even turn the radio on. We are cloned... I figured out a long time ago I learn by seeing and visualizing things. My first car, didn't have a radio. That said.. WoBG and I watch movies, and Jeopardy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 17, 2021 Share #11 Posted October 17, 2021 Netflix and sports only. Never on just for the sake of being on. On average, about 1 hour a day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 17, 2021 Share #12 Posted October 17, 2021 4 hours ago, petitepedal said: I am sure next it will be the internet Yup. I seldom watch tv. I was renewing my service with my Internet service provider. I didn't have to upgrade to super charged 'Net speed, 'cause I don't watch tv/films, nor play games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted October 17, 2021 Share #13 Posted October 17, 2021 I am on the further, longjohn, and Old #7 plan. My wife has it on constantly. Thankfully she only has sports on long enough to check the scores. I can tolerate most of her choices, except those miserable housewives, but thankfully she only has them on once in a while. We have the same taste in prime time for the most part. But a lot of the time I am on the computer in the other room. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #14 Posted October 18, 2021 I have the TV on way too much. A couple times a day I have to click the "OK" button on my remote when a window pops up on my TV screen saying the television has been unattended for a long time and do I want to keep watching. I'm usually doing something else at the same time: on the computer or reading a manual to figure out how something in my new house works, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted October 18, 2021 Share #15 Posted October 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Square Wheels said: Netflix and sports only. This. Although we’ll generally watch a bit nightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #16 Posted October 18, 2021 Very little. Its been 9½ months w/o cable But even when I had cable I didn't watch much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 18, 2021 Share #17 Posted October 18, 2021 20 hours ago, petitepedal said: How often is it on for just sound? Many hours during the day. We have a series of commercial free music channels - Music Choice - so I tune to Alternative and play it in the background. 19 hours ago, Zephyr said: I can do a 12 hour drive by myself and not even turn the radio on. Pretty funny as I am often like that. I do the drive to PA or NJ to visit peeps which is usually 3+hrs, and either I select a podcast to listen to or I just "enjoy" the driving in silence. And the drive is not a nice one - traffic, insane drivers, construction, etc - but even so, something about just driving is pleasant regardless of the mayhem around me. 19 hours ago, Further said: We have been watching a show before bed Yep - our evening "routine" is usually an hour show episode, or maybe two 1/2 hour episodes, so we currently have Foundation (1hr) and the Brit Baking Show (1hr) for two evenings, and then we have shows like House Hunters International (1/2 hr) or general travel shows, plus an abundance of PBS content to work through. After that, my wife bails, and I am free to watch my bike shows - CROSS SEASON IS LIVE!!! That works until 9pm or a little later when it is time to head upstairs to join my wife reading in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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