Youtube > Television

[EGarrett]

I just realized that, given the choice between watching only Youtube or watching only Television (cable etc) for the rest of my life...I'd choose Youtube.

Does this mean that the power of purely open content generating, coupled with meritocracy in regards to which videos get passed around...is better than an entire industry of professionals with far superior technology can produce?

[Gagglegnash]

Hi

No - it's because you have a short attention spa... Oooh - TELEVISION!!!

[suomynonA]

I certainly prefer Youtube to television. I like being able to watch what I want when I want. It's certainly nicer than set television schedules.

[bokonon]

No, it means your standards are in the terlet.

[WildCat]

It's the writers strike coupled with the fact that you don't have a Tivo. :p

[Almo]

As long as I can get BBC news on youtube, sure.

[rissablue]

I certainly prefer Youtube to television. I like being able to watch what I want when I want. It's certainly nicer than set television schedules.

I agree. I lost the tv in a bad breakup 4 yrs ago and haven't gotten another since then. No withdrawal or disaster. Just there then gone. Setting your own schedule on any entertainment for just the one price of the internet connection makes it worth it.

[H3LL]

Is there some way of getting YouTube video that isn't fuzzy, distorted, pixelated and out of sync with the sound that I haven't heard about?

For the record - I watch neither TV nor YouTube frequently, but like DVDs.



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[fuelair]

Is there some way of getting YouTube video that isn't fuzzy, distorted, pixelated and out of sync with the sound that I haven't heard about?

For the record - I watch neither TV nor YouTube frequently, but like DVDs.



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[WildCat]

When youtube goes HD and looks nice on a 42" screen and has live sports I'll consider going all youtube.

As it is, you can't even watch a baseball highlight (MLB pulls them) or even a Simpsons clip.

[Quinn]

YouTube alone, maybe. YouTube + iTunes + miscellaneous other streaming content, oh yeah!

[Bob Klase]

I like being able to watch what I want when I want. It's certainly nicer than set television schedules.

Setting your own schedule on any entertainment for just the one price of the internet connection makes it worth it.

Are there actually people on this thread who don't know about VCRs, TIVO, DVD recorders, etc?

[Bob Klase]

Duplicate post.

[rissablue]

Obviously I understand the functions of DVDs, Tivos etc...I just don't feel like I'm missing anything w/o a tv. DVDs can be watched on my computer. Now why go out and BUY a tv, BUY a DVD, PAY for the extra cable line to a tv, BUY a Tivo when I have what I need right here. I guess me being a student makes money the major deciding factor here.

[fuelair]

Obviously I understand the functions of DVDs, Tivos etc...I just don't feel like I'm missing anything w/o a tv. DVDs can be watched on my computer. Now why go out and BUY a tv, BUY a DVD, PAY for the extra cable line to a tv, BUY a Tivo when I have what I need right here. I guess me being a student makes money the major deciding factor here.
Some people around these parts are overly/highly techie and assume we all should be. Do not feel compelled to believe them.:)

[Moochie]

I just realized that, given the choice between watching only Youtube or watching only Television (cable etc) for the rest of my life...I'd choose Youtube.

Does this mean that the power of purely open content generating, coupled with meritocracy in regards to which videos get passed around...is better than an entire industry of professionals with far superior technology can produce?

I don't know about you, but I find as time passes, I am watching more video on my PC, i.e., the hours I spend doing so are increasing, and it's usually broadcast and cable that are the losers -- especially broadcast, which to me is a dying medium.

I watch many daily and weekly podcasts via Miro, and then there are the links to videos on sites such as this pointing to YouTube or other video sites, and of course, one rarely watches just the video linked to. I've been known to spend 2 or three hours watching related videos on some sites. It's definitely a trap! But a nice one, since most often the content of the videos is exactly what I want to see then and there.

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