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warch · 11-13-2003, 10:24 AM

Queer Eye: eh, they romp and play rather harmlessly and obviously. And I think the demonstrated harmlessness can only help relax gay/straight relations. Of the few I've seen, the best results seem to come from short haircuts and space reorganizing. The lesson being all guys can benefit from cutting their hair and buying a cabinet for their entertainment equipment. I must say, the interior designer on that show is pretty amazing.

I think the best interior design tv show (to continue to add pussification to this thread) was/is a British show called Home Front which used to run on HGTV. Not every project they did was a hit, but they had a pretty good average and always introduced ideas you could learn something from. BBC America runs Home Front in the Garden with some wild designer named Diarmid which is an amazing hoot, but around here, the interior one is currently off. Trading spaces, both BBC and US are kinda samey and boring- they paint, another person with powertools builds some storage, you pick out some fabric, you push it farther and usually add something really ugly or impractical, it looks homemade or totally unlike anything else in the owners' lives. Surprise!

I'm going to talk to Senior Santa about Tivo, one time $99 and $5 more per month...Still cheaper than our previous cable. I like the multiple recording feature and watching when I feel like it. I'd dial in hockey- which is what we currently record the most, the Office- which is also slated to be made into a bad US copy, misc old movies, IFC offerings, Dinner for Five can be entertaining, Nova, American Experience and the like,those Sports Night reruns that are like at 2:30 AM...and zoomy commercials! Cool.

Undertoad · 11-13-2003, 10:46 AM

All TiVo owners should know about tivocommunity.com . This thread discusses the DirecTV+TiVo unit and the best ways to buy it.

lumberjim · 11-13-2003, 10:59 AM

i wish i had tivo

i tried like hell to get it. i also wanted nfl sunday ticket.

i used to have directv, but then i moved. the story is long and painful for me, so i won't go into detail, but there were 7 seperate scheduled appointments that they f'd up or missed and i got so goddamn mad, i switched to dish network with dvr, which is nice for pausing live tv or easily scheduling a recording, but from what i understand, not what tivo is.

bummed
jim

Elspode · 11-13-2003, 11:07 AM

We have the Time-Warner near equivalent, their DVR/cable box combo. PIP, scheduled recording, full-season recording, live instant replay/rewind to the point where you started watching a given channel, etc. We love it.

We do have the 'finding time to watch everything we record' problem, though.

hot_pastrami · 11-13-2003, 12:13 PM

I gave up on television years ago. I used to be an addict, and one day I was stressing because I realized I was going to miss the show I wanted to see... And the big, red, wait-just-a-goddamned-minute light went on in my brain. TV is SO missable. It contributes less to the value in my life than just about everything else. I did a 180 and stopped watching TV altogether, owning a TV just for the sake of watching movies. I didn't have it hooked up an antenna or anything.

Fast forward eight years or so. Now, I'm married to a woman who loves TV. We have Dish Network with a PVR, and the TV is on all the time. I don't pay attention to it much though, and it's muted it during commercials to stem the urge to destroy things.

But, I do occasionally pay attention to it when she's watcing something on the History Channel, some of that is interesting. I think my TV-watching pendulum is swinging it's way back to somewhere in the middle.

11-13-2003, 10:59 AM	#18
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i wish i had tivo i tried like hell to get it. i also wanted nfl sunday ticket. i used to have directv, but then i moved. the story is long and painful for me, so i won't go into detail, but there were 7 seperate scheduled appointments that they f'd up or missed and i got so goddamn mad, i switched to dish network with dvr, which is nice for pausing live tv or easily scheduling a recording, but from what i understand, not what tivo is. bummed jim __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-13-2003, 11:07 AM	#19
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	We have the Time-Warner near equivalent, their DVR/cable box combo. PIP, scheduled recording, full-season recording, live instant replay/rewind to the point where you started watching a given channel, etc. We love it. We do have the 'finding time to watch everything we record' problem, though. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-13-2003, 12:13 PM	#20
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	I gave up on television years ago. I used to be an addict, and one day I was stressing because I realized I was going to miss the show I wanted to see... And the big, red, wait-just-a-goddamned-minute light went on in my brain. TV is SO missable. It contributes less to the value in my life than just about everything else. I did a 180 and stopped watching TV altogether, owning a TV just for the sake of watching movies. I didn't have it hooked up an antenna or anything. Fast forward eight years or so. Now, I'm married to a woman who loves TV. We have Dish Network with a PVR, and the TV is on all the time. I don't pay attention to it much though, and it's muted it during commercials to stem the urge to destroy things. But, I do occasionally pay attention to it when she's watcing something on the History Channel, some of that is interesting. I think my TV-watching pendulum is swinging it's way back to somewhere in the middle. __________________ Hot Pastrami!

11-13-2003, 10:24 AM	#16
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Queer Eye: eh, they romp and play rather harmlessly and obviously. And I think the demonstrated harmlessness can only help relax gay/straight relations. Of the few I've seen, the best results seem to come from short haircuts and space reorganizing. The lesson being all guys can benefit from cutting their hair and buying a cabinet for their entertainment equipment. I must say, the interior designer on that show is pretty amazing. I think the best interior design tv show (to continue to add pussification to this thread) was/is a British show called Home Front which used to run on HGTV. Not every project they did was a hit, but they had a pretty good average and always introduced ideas you could learn something from. BBC America runs Home Front in the Garden with some wild designer named Diarmid which is an amazing hoot, but around here, the interior one is currently off. Trading spaces, both BBC and US are kinda samey and boring- they paint, another person with powertools builds some storage, you pick out some fabric, you push it farther and usually add something really ugly or impractical, it looks homemade or totally unlike anything else in the owners' lives. Surprise! I'm going to talk to Senior Santa about Tivo, one time $99 and $5 more per month...Still cheaper than our previous cable. I like the multiple recording feature and watching when I feel like it. I'd dial in hockey- which is what we currently record the most, the Office- which is also slated to be made into a bad US copy, misc old movies, IFC offerings, Dinner for Five can be entertaining, Nova, American Experience and the like,those Sports Night reruns that are like at 2:30 AM...and zoomy commercials! Cool.

11-13-2003, 10:46 AM	#17
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	All TiVo owners should know about tivocommunity.com . This thread discusses the DirecTV+TiVo unit and the best ways to buy it.

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