My parents always told me that TV was only a luxury. So it had to be used responsibly. But as far as I can recollect, we always had a TV at home. So it was a necessity to me. I watched a zillion cartoons, music shows, serials and award ceremonies on TV.
But these were the least interesting shows on TV. Watching sports (Tennis, cricket, F1 and NBA), daily news and movies were my favorites. The best memories I have of my engineering days, was watching HBO, TNT and Star Movies at odd hours of the day/night. I have been glued to the TV during F1 races and NBA games, and prayed for my favorites to win while watching tennis and cricket. I kept up with the world with the million news channels floating around. I watched TV almost all the time, even while studying for semester exams. My happy days with the Idiot Box came to an end when I relocated to USA to do my MS.
There was no TV when I lived with my roommates. And I hated the idea of streaming and buffering videos. I hated reading anything on the computer. So never bothered to read the news or cared about what happened around me and away from me. The movies I watched were either at the theater or a borrowed DVD from the library.
But I am lazy to research and find movies to watch. If it is on TV, there is no choice. But if I have to choose, I need patience to look for one. So there ended my era of entertainment and current affairs. I got to see TV rarely at a relatives place or when I traveled back home.
Every time I went back home, I was surprised to notice that the serial I watched back then was still on TV, and boring at this point. And there were a million new channels,shows and soaps on them. So I was confused on what to watch. Plus, no one appreciated it when I ignored them watched TV instead. Set Top Box was made compulsory in Chennai. There were 2 remotes now, none of which I knew how to operate. They had lots of buttons on them. And our old remote was not only used to switch on and off the TV. My grand mom taught me how to use the two remotes efficiently. But, by the time I learn it, it was already time to head back.
I surely lost interest in TV. But V on the other hand, was excited about getting married, because he could buy a TV and a sofa. I was startled. We did get married, and bought the TV and sofa he so dearly wanted. I was reluctant to use it the first 2 weeks, because of the strange remote here. Typing to search for anything on netflix or Amazon was a pain. But soon, I had an App to operate the TV on my ipad. And since then, I have watched TinTin, Johney Quest, some random movies, some cartoon movies, TV series and documentaries on it. V has willow TV account. He watches cricket. But he watches it on his laptop. I am not that keen.
Recently, V bought a one time payment Antenna that receives some free digital channels. And for the first time in a long long time, I watched French Open Finals, NBA finals and some local news channels and I am soooo thrilled.
I hopelessly fell in love with TV all over again!
But these were the least interesting shows on TV. Watching sports (Tennis, cricket, F1 and NBA), daily news and movies were my favorites. The best memories I have of my engineering days, was watching HBO, TNT and Star Movies at odd hours of the day/night. I have been glued to the TV during F1 races and NBA games, and prayed for my favorites to win while watching tennis and cricket. I kept up with the world with the million news channels floating around. I watched TV almost all the time, even while studying for semester exams. My happy days with the Idiot Box came to an end when I relocated to USA to do my MS.
There was no TV when I lived with my roommates. And I hated the idea of streaming and buffering videos. I hated reading anything on the computer. So never bothered to read the news or cared about what happened around me and away from me. The movies I watched were either at the theater or a borrowed DVD from the library.
But I am lazy to research and find movies to watch. If it is on TV, there is no choice. But if I have to choose, I need patience to look for one. So there ended my era of entertainment and current affairs. I got to see TV rarely at a relatives place or when I traveled back home.
Every time I went back home, I was surprised to notice that the serial I watched back then was still on TV, and boring at this point. And there were a million new channels,shows and soaps on them. So I was confused on what to watch. Plus, no one appreciated it when I ignored them watched TV instead. Set Top Box was made compulsory in Chennai. There were 2 remotes now, none of which I knew how to operate. They had lots of buttons on them. And our old remote was not only used to switch on and off the TV. My grand mom taught me how to use the two remotes efficiently. But, by the time I learn it, it was already time to head back.
I surely lost interest in TV. But V on the other hand, was excited about getting married, because he could buy a TV and a sofa. I was startled. We did get married, and bought the TV and sofa he so dearly wanted. I was reluctant to use it the first 2 weeks, because of the strange remote here. Typing to search for anything on netflix or Amazon was a pain. But soon, I had an App to operate the TV on my ipad. And since then, I have watched TinTin, Johney Quest, some random movies, some cartoon movies, TV series and documentaries on it. V has willow TV account. He watches cricket. But he watches it on his laptop. I am not that keen.
Recently, V bought a one time payment Antenna that receives some free digital channels. And for the first time in a long long time, I watched French Open Finals, NBA finals and some local news channels and I am soooo thrilled.
I hopelessly fell in love with TV all over again!
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