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Tv online

I watched the first episode of “Mad men” show on amc.com after this article from design observer.
I did like it. It was interesting. But I’m somewhat new to the idea of watching TV shows online. And although nice people from AMCtv.com were so kind that they didn’t force on me any advertising, I still felt like time is moving slow. I think it’s not the problem with the movie it is either with me or the whole thing of watching TV on computer screen.
You see I have an old 56 inch big screen set that sits in the corner of my pretty big living room aimed at my couch. I rarely watch TV and if I do it is a leisure activity when I’m so tired that I can’t do anything else. And instead of just lying on a couch I also watch some show.

It is quite annoying that in half an hour the amount of information broadcast is so small especially if you exclude the commercials. Even if you include the commercials it is still small because commercials keep repeating. You almost feel retarded when you are watching TV. But it is no big deal that time flows slow and some stuff gets repeated 5 times in half an hour because I’m just laying there relaxing and my brain is not functioning in full power anyway.

It is different when I’m sitting next to a computer at my desk. I’m wide awake and it feels like work and I want to be productive. The pace is so much different.
May be with time I will get used to the idea. But for now I’m looking for an affordable solution to watch online content on my Tv set while I’m on my couch and there are no computers in visible range.

Jul 24, 10:01 PM |