[Stuntman_Mike]

Wanted to clarify before answering the poll. Does TV watching also include gaming?

 

[imagic]

Wanted to clarify before answering the poll. Does TV watching also include gaming?

I just added gaming. After thinking about it, the answer is yes... anything that is viewed on a TV aside from PC desktop stuff like using a TV as a PC monitor for non-gaming, non-streaming purposes (like Photoshop or spreadsheets).

 

[picturequality]

If you are watching tv 5 hours or more each day and you are not retired I don't think you are going to be very successful in life. A man with a job and responsibilities who is trying to get ahead would not have the time to do that.

 

[8mile13]

I watch one or two Blu-ray movies a day on a TV. I switched to better quality TVs as well as better quality content because of AV Forums. The computers impact on my life is that i watch all non movie stuff on a laptop or monitor..i do not need a big TV for that.

 

[Mattopotamus]

I am probably in the 1-3 hour range Monday - Friday. I usually watch 1-2 shows a night or a single movie. On Saturday and Sunday I have football on all day. While I am in and out of watching the games, it could easily be 7 hours (of commercial free football ).

 

[DreamWarrior]

If you are watching tv 5 hours or more each day and you are not retired I don't think you are going to be very successful in life. A man with a job and responsibilities who is trying to get ahead would not have the time to do that.

Wow that's a bold statement -- I completely disagree, and I'd consider myself "successful" by most people's measure of the word. Of course, I could always spend more time working...but, I already spend enough. I trade sleep, I'll do that when I'm dead.

 

[picturequality]

Wow that's a bold statement -- I completely disagree, and I'd consider myself "successful" by most people's measure of the word. Of course, I could always spend more time working...but, I already spend enough. I trade sleep, I'll do that when I'm dead.

Not my intention to offend anybody just speaking facts, 67 percent of successful people watch TV for 1 hour or less per day. In all my years of research, reading and speaking to business men and people trying to achieve goals there is not a single one who watch TV for over 5 hours each day.

 

[DreamWarrior]

Not my intention to offend anybody just speaking facts, 67 percent of successful people watch TV for 1 hour or less per day. In all my years of research, reading and speaking to business men and people trying to achieve goals there is not a single one who watch TV for over 5 hours each day.

Didn't offend me...I just don't agree. I work hard, I write software for two consulting companies, spending often-times 12+ hours a day coding and last month probably closer to 14+ hours. I suppose I'd write software for my own indulgences if I didn't watch TV (or post here, lol) and maybe I would be even more successful. But, spending that much time working, rather than entertaining myself, is a good way to become Jack from "The Shining".

I guess business-folk are different, though. But, I'm not a business-man, I'm just a well-paid geek, lol.

 

[bootymonger]

Lol, I watch some news and other shows at up to 1.8x if I am not too interested in the talking heads. Skip the ads and you're done with an hour in 30 minutes or less! Other times I have something on in the background while I do other things, e.g., type on AVS... like right now ;-)

 

[picturequality]

Didn't offend me...I just don't agree. I work hard, I write software for two consulting companies, spending often-times 12+ hours a day coding and last month probably closer to 14+ hours. I suppose I'd write software for my own indulgences if I didn't watch TV (or post here, lol) and maybe I would be even more successful. But, spending that much time working, rather than entertaining myself, is a good way to become Jack from "The Shining".

I guess business-folk are different, though. But, I'm not a business-man, I'm just a well-paid geek, lol.

So you work 12 hours plus 5 hours of watching TV that leaves 7 hours to get to work get home, eat, sleep and and whatever stuff you need to do. I am assuming that you are some kind of experimental AI and not human since writing software gets you mentally tried and you would not be able to keep up that schedule, in that case my comment would not apply to you.

 

[Cam1977]

A better question would be how many hours do you spend on AVS rather than enjoying your TV

 

[8mile13]

Not my intention to offend anybody just speaking facts, 67 percent of successful people watch TV for 1 hour or less per day. In all my years of research, reading and speaking to business men and people trying to achieve goals there is not a single one who watch TV for over 5 hours each day.

Most of those ''succesful'' people are workaholics. Trying achieving materialistic goals while neglecting lots of important stuff in life ending up empty. I bet very few of those chills out plenty which is what TV watching is all about.

 

[imagic]

Just with this poll as anecdote, I feel like maybe those Nielsen rating numbers are "cooked" or otherwise inflated. I have no idea, just sayin'.

 

[dnoonie]

I voted 1 hour or less but it's very hard to tell. I tend to binge when work is slow and when I have a lot of work I could go 6 weeks without turning on the TV at all.

As has already been said, I don't know how someone can watch that much TV. I know my retired parents will have the TV on but not be actively watching it, that could skew the stats.

Some folks I work with will actively be streaming a TV show or sports event on the job?! Other folks I work with will stream a show/sports on a break. Yet others will steam a show/sports during non active work/down time. When my work is done I tend to help out other departments.

Cheers,

 

[m0j0]

If I wasn’t married and if I didn’t have kids I would definitely be in the 5+ hours a day camp. But all I have time for is about one to two hours in the late evenings between work and family time.

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

Not my intention to offend anybody just speaking facts, 67 percent of successful people watch TV for 1 hour or less per day. In all my years of research, reading and speaking to business men and people trying to achieve goals there is not a single one who watch TV for over 5 hours each day.

That definitely was your intention, and it is not a fact.

 

[rekbones]

Hate to admit it but I am in the 10+ hours a day. I Work grave yard shift in a large data center and am only there if something goes wrong and it rarely does. To kill time I watch TV on my laptop most of my shift. At home I watch a lot of movies in my home theater where I rack up about 3000 hrs a year on the projector. Of course a lot of that time both at work and in the theater is surfing the net and time spent here on AVS.

 

[picturequality]

That definitely was your intention, and it is not a fact.

I can tell you my intentions but at the end of the day I cannot control your reaction to things. You can choose to see the negative or the positive, you can choose to be offended, angry or calm that's all on you.

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

I can tell you my intentions but at the end of the day I cannot control your reaction to things. You can choose to see the negative or the positive, you can choose to be offended, angry or calm that's all on you.

Cool story bro.