What TV shows are people watching?

Trollheart · 08-08-2018, 08:16 PM

Try being me. Everything I watch (everything) is recorded on my sky set-top box. I often forget I taped whole series of shows and have to decide either to watch or delete them. I watched season two of Penny Dreadful (excellent by the way) a few weeks ago, and only noticed it had been originally recorded by me in .... 2015! And I just know there are older shows there. As the available space decreases, the decisions become harder and more brutal.

BassoonPlatoon · 08-08-2018, 09:09 PM

Oh, I hear you. At that point I would just give up on myself and ̶b̶y̶buy a whole new box simply for more space.

Key · 08-08-2018, 09:19 PM

I'll have that issue sometimes too. Sometimes I'll get to attached as well that it's hard to stop watching. I'm still going through I Am A Killer on Netflix. As someone who loves understanding the mind of a killer, this show is perfect. It goes through everything about the killers life and they interview them as well. None of them are innocent obv but it's still interesting to see.

Some are even interviewed while on death row and it's just amazing to see how they react or lack thereof when prompted to discuss experiences in death row.

BassoonPlatoon · 08-08-2018, 09:22 PM

I Am A Killer does seem interesting, but as you said when I am into a show I can't stop. So, I've developed a system where I force myself to finish 1 thing before starting something else (even if that means all 13 seasons of Supernatural). Not sure if I will start that right away though.

Key · 08-08-2018, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BassoonPlatoon

I Am A Killer does seem interesting, but as you said when I am into a show I can't stop. So, I've developed a system where I force myself to finish 1 thing before starting something else (even if that means all 13 seasons of Supernatural). Not sure if I will start that right away though.

I've done the very same. I try not to have 2 shows going at once. I finished Better Call Saul before I watched anything else. Same will happen with I Am A Killer. Who knows what's next. Bur yeah, it's really good if you're interested in the psychology of a killer and about their lives. Some of them you do end up feeling a bit sympathetic toward. I mean...some of their life stories are just...real bad.

BassoonPlatoon · 08-08-2018, 09:25 PM

Oh yeah, any rational person would feel sympathetic.

Not me haha, no way I could stick to just 2 shows. I have probably seen the first episode of almost everything that exists. But since it got so bad I have decided I have reached my limit. It's probably about 20 at once.

Key · 08-08-2018, 09:27 PM

I can be that way with video games. Strangely similar actually. Some days I'll just spend hours on one game. Sometimes I'll flip through 5 or 6 games and put an hour or two into each. Either way I play what I wanna play so I guess that's better than the alternative.

BassoonPlatoon · 08-08-2018, 09:31 PM

I haven't been that way with video games in a long time. I hope when I pick a job up again I can start investing back into the video game scene, been considering building a PC too.

Key · 08-08-2018, 09:36 PM

I have a pretty nice PC now and I bought it as a whole. It's actually cheaper and you actually get more for your buck if you buy a prebuild. I got mine from Costco. It's a lenovo legion with a gtx 1080 and 1tb hard drive with a 500gb SSD, and 16gb of RAM among other things. I can play games at the highest qualities with no lag. So I highly recommend buying prebuild if you want a really nice and reliable PC. I won't disclose the cost as that's not necessarily indicative of the quality though I guess you could argue that it is a big part. I guess it does have some say in it. I saved quite a bit tho because I was also planning to build, but it ended up costing more than I wanted to spend.

Trollheart · 08-08-2018, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BassoonPlatoon

Oh, I hear you. At that point I would just give up on myself and by a whole new box simply for more space.

Can't do that sadly. SKY package comes with your dish and your box, and the one will only pick up from the other. Your box is hardwired to a specific card and no other card will work in it, so yeah, you're basically ****ed. Mind you, there's 1 tb space on the box, so I really should use the space better. But it's hard not to see something and say "oh that looks good". Weeks later you've got ten episodes and you don't even know if you're going to like it, but you're afraid to delete it in case you do like it. Ah first world problems huh?

08-08-2018, 08:16 PM	#6361 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Try being me. Everything I watch (everything) is recorded on my sky set-top box. I often forget I taped whole series of shows and have to decide either to watch or delete them. I watched season two of Penny Dreadful (excellent by the way) a few weeks ago, and only noticed it had been originally recorded by me in .... 2015! And I just know there are older shows there. As the available space decreases, the decisions become harder and more brutal. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

08-08-2018, 09:19 PM	#6363 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I'll have that issue sometimes too. Sometimes I'll get to attached as well that it's hard to stop watching. I'm still going through I Am A Killer on Netflix. As someone who loves understanding the mind of a killer, this show is perfect. It goes through everything about the killers life and they interview them as well. None of them are innocent obv but it's still interesting to see. Some are even interviewed while on death row and it's just amazing to see how they react or lack thereof when prompted to discuss experiences in death row.

08-08-2018, 09:27 PM	#6367 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I can be that way with video games. Strangely similar actually. Some days I'll just spend hours on one game. Sometimes I'll flip through 5 or 6 games and put an hour or two into each. Either way I play what I wanna play so I guess that's better than the alternative.

08-08-2018, 09:36 PM	#6369 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I have a pretty nice PC now and I bought it as a whole. It's actually cheaper and you actually get more for your buck if you buy a prebuild. I got mine from Costco. It's a lenovo legion with a gtx 1080 and 1tb hard drive with a 500gb SSD, and 16gb of RAM among other things. I can play games at the highest qualities with no lag. So I highly recommend buying prebuild if you want a really nice and reliable PC. I won't disclose the cost as that's not necessarily indicative of the quality though I guess you could argue that it is a big part. I guess it does have some say in it. I saved quite a bit tho because I was also planning to build, but it ended up costing more than I wanted to spend.