I do not have broadcast, cable or satellite. All of the TV that I watch is on DVD. I watch what I choose to watch (and still sometimes choose to watch too much) but I can't and don't watch just because.

Good for you. There isn't much that's good on TV anymore, at least on network TV. I think there are some worthwhile shows on Discovery and related channels, and on SPEED. :D And you know I like Sleuth TV, but otherwise, not much of it interests me anymore too.

Wow. I watched nearly an hour of TV last night, after I came home from 14 hours of work. That makes an hour in the last 3 weeks or so. I think I'm going to cut my cable subscription substantially.

I may have mentioned this before, but I sold my television before moving to Atlanta, because the cash and room in the moving truck were both more valuable to me. I'd meant to replace it when I got here but never got around to doing that...which means that for the last 15 months I've only had the DVD player in my computer and the news/weather I can get off the Internet.

The only time I ever miss it is when I can't participate in work related conversations beginning with, "did you see [show] last night?" In my mind that's a very minor annoyance.

Given that I didn't miss it enough to try and replace the television immediately, after a few months I canceled those plans. It's nice to not have a cable bill and I think I'm better off for not even owning a television.

(Okay, I did eventually buy one of those portable 5" black/white numbers, but that's strictly for power-off emergencies. Other than an initial check of the operation, it's consistently been up on a shelf above my desk.)

Most of the time, if I turn on my TV the next thing I see is one of the following:

1) A sports broadcast
2) A DVD
3) A game console logo

That's pretty much it.

It's not really without TV if you are gonna watch the DVDs. But I appreciate your serious time-shifting.

And The Closer and Saving Grace seasons are over anyway. Those are short-season (10 eps? 13?) shows, like Monk and Eureka and Psych.

I've vowed not to let the TV interfere (well "vowed" is too strong of a word), and to really USE the DVR.