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Old 04-25-2009, 07:19 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by bausch View Post
Cable is completely worth it to me. Right now I am recording around 7-8 shows. I don't have time to be downloading all that crap from the internet. I can set my dvr to record re-runs or not, whatever I want. I can also forward through commercials. It's worth it for the fact that I don't even need to bother downloading anything, it just records it for me automatically. All I need to do is press a button to watch and I can still forward through commercials.

Cable tv isn't that expensive. People spend more than that on one night going out. I don't go out, I don't drink. I don't party. I need to have at least ONE vice in life. I need at least one fun thing to do. I need at least one escape. Watching tv is that for me.

when you timeshift the content using a pvr you are not counted towards their rating numbers
advertisers don't pay for those commercials
which means you are doing as much damage to the show as if you downloaded it via torrents (more because torrents at least count the downloads so product placement revenue increases)

It really easy to set your utorrent client to download your favorite shows commercial free
may tv related sites have rss feeds of your favorite shows. so all you have to do is import that. Your favorite shows automagically download into your download folder, no fuss no muss.

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Originally Posted by GatorB View Post
If you're talking about illeglally downloading it off torrents and shit then your a fucking asshole. You can watch Survivor legally at CBS.com. Also if you don't want to pay for cable you can get your network shows over the air and even in HD.
you realize that if you buy cable and PVR survivor they get nothing, not even a bump for product placement, if you download it "illegally" from torrents they at least get a count that can be used to get better product placement revenues.
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