Comments on: Shooting the tube

By: Beth R

Beth R — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:38:07 +0000

one of the best things that ever happened to me was when the television that had been on pretty much since i was 20 died when i was 33. i’ve never read so much. time felt different. it was beautiful.

and then i moved back in with a tv again.

now if i could just do something about this pesky internet addiction…

By: beguile

beguile — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:55:52 +0000

I second all of the above.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:19:36 +0000

Certainly better to read stuff like this than the drivel you get on the TV. I’m off to watch BBC World.

By: Weddy

Weddy — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:12:13 +0000

You raise excellent exmaples of why the government should get out of funding funding the idiot box and fund some real culture. What’s you view She?

By: Che Tibby

Che Tibby — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:14:08 +0000

Well… I can’t really comment about government funding priorities, but I do wonder sometimes about how much of my tax dollar is spent propping up a system that only channels content from other providers.

There was a good post by Russell Brown the other day. He pointed out that TV is already becoming ’social media’, meaning that it is downloaded and shared by users. This is a huge step away from commercial TV and the “pushTV” model that dictates when and what you are allowed to watch!

Hopefully it will be an improving type of TV though…