I haven't owned a TV in 4 years since it broke down and I threw it out.

I do. Sometimes at my friends house.

Eurofag here, since I mostly watch american series I use the computer. For movies I prefer going to the theater.

TVs are obsolete ricer shit.

I really can't stand to watch cable TV anymore since I haven't seen an ad in like five years.

I use my TV as background noise, it's relaxing.

>>5185636
I havent had access to a TV in the last 3 years. I live in a small student appartment so I dont have room. Move my 24 inch monitor to the corner of my desk though, and I can ly down in my bed and watch awesome series in good quality, which will air here in europe in about a year.

feels good man

I don't have room for a TV in my shitty university flat. If I had one I'd just use it to play the DVDs I download.

>>5185678
This

I have a TV but no Sky (Britfag version of cable). I mainly use it for big sporting matches, and for DVD's/ VHS'. I normally like to burn films to DVD's to watch on the TV since it's more of an experience.

>>5185680
i watch most shows exclusively on my pc because i thought it would be months before they get to uk but most things have been picked up fairly quickly this year
house/bones/NCIS etc only 4~5 weeks behind, flashforward is practically up to date etc.

If you're in the U.K. and computer everything, do you still have to pay the license fee?

Mostly watch everything on the computer, though nothing beats lying back and watching 4 hours of Top Gear on the sofa. Viva la Dave

>>5185730

No

>>5185730
Yes. It sucks, but most people watch TV constantly here so it's not a big deal. As long as X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing is on people will stay watching.

>>5185736
Jeremy Clarkson:
>see you next week, or if you're watching on dave, in a couple of minutes

TV detector vans don't exist.

I watch most stuff on my computer and usually just turn the tv on when I'm preparing/eating dinner or cleaning up and don't really pay much attention. My tv is pretty much just used for videogames.

>>5185791
What?

notebook (13 inch) = 5%
tv (42 inch) = 95%

I use the computer for everything

>>5185748

This is not true in the slightest.

>>5185896

i have a 42" tv as my 2nd monitor, fuck all of you.

I watch real tv for background noise or when I'm eating and want something on.

I watch all movies and all series that I care about and follow on the computer.

>>5185952
If you have an Internet connection you have to pay a TV license.

>>5185990

lol, no.

I watch sports on my TV and....That's about it.
I only watch shows if I'm at my friend's house

>>5185990

No, faggot, you only need one if you're watching live TV online.

>>5186001
So if I torrent does that count?

>>5185791
watching on dave?? you mean hal?

>>5186019
NO YOU FUCKING FAGGOT

>>5186019
>watching live TV online.

You figure it out.

yep, internet only

I watch most new stuff on hulu, but I also pirate things where I have to. If someone asks where I got a video I tell them Davy Jones' Locker.

I plugged my cable into my tv the other day because I was bored. It turns out i get the discovery channel and TBS for free even though I dont subscribe to anything but internet. I dont use it much though. And 2 channels isnt exactly fantastic, unless you like discovering, or sienfeld. TBS, we know sienfield.

I use comcast cable internet if you are wondering.

I don't have cable.

>>5185990
>If you have an Internet connection you have to pay a TV license.
facepalm.jpg

>>5185990

They're trying to implement that in Sweden as well. Fucking stupid, I don't have a TV and I don't want to watch public service god damn it.

>>5186061
I don't see how they can forced you to pay a tv license just for having the internet. They might as well make an Internet License in that case.

>>5185977
I eat in front of my PC.
Maybe it's a bad habit but I do it anyway.

>>5186068
>>5186061
It doesn't matter anyway. I really wouldn't be surprised if by this time next year torrenting had all but gone, and only a small number of private servers were still going.

>>5186083
Nobody torrents these days anyway, get with the times.

>>5186083
ohyou.tiff

>>5186083
>>5186100
Please explain, im torrening Always Sunny right now

>>5186124
I was exaggerating. Of course some people still use torrents, but they are idiots.

I have a TV, but it's really just my second monitor. I'll occasionally watch Freeview if I have to do a drive scan or something in boot.

>>5186133
>loletism

>>5186133
What is replacing torrents? Rapidshare? I can never find what im looking for on rapidshare, and when I do half the time its virused or passworded. Plus its bad for large files

Also, every rapidshare search engine I have tried has sucked my balls. Very poor selection of files and they never update broken links.

>>5186124
Rapidshare, megaupload, etc.

Usenet is good for: Being the first for everything, being the source of most shit everywhere else, and quick speeds guaranteed.
Usenet is bad for: only having the latest files, for the most part. Want to download something that's a few months old? Haha, tough luck faggot. Also you have to pay monay most of the time.

File Hosting is good for: High speeds, getting stuff early after Usenet if you know where to look, ability to find really old shit unlike Usenet, large communities sharing shit with each other that creates a huge library of stuff, basically everything that's good about usenet, and none of the bad.
File Sharing is bad for: You have to pay money, and unlike usenet/torrents, the sites can get complaints and may deleted illegally traded media, so make sure you are careful when you name that shit, and make sure to check your old files to see if they're still up for other downloaders. Also, there are a lot of different sites, so choosing one to subscribe to may leave you having to use free shit on another site, though going rapidshare is usually fine as shit that isn't on rapidshare is on decent free sites like megaupload and all that, pretty much boils down to knowing where to look.

Torrents are good for: Great communities and all that entails (requests and all that), ability to download reeaaalllly old files as long as some silly fucker is seeding, free no matter what, and there's very little chance of an internal problem with illegal shit, as the people that run the trackers aren't exactly big companies in the threat of being sued.
Torrents are bad for: Entirely dependent on the users, for speeds (seeders and uploading ability) and life in downloads (0 seeds = fucked). Usually, uploading is required to make up for downloads, which is a problem as upload speeds tend to come at 1/10th the speed of downloading.

There, they all have their ups and downs, SO SHUT YOUR GOD DAMN FUCKING FACE UP YOU WORTHLESS PILE OF HORSE SHIT!!!!!

>>5185791

Frankie Boyle:

"Or, if you're watching on Dave, stop dropping Doritos on your filthy vests and fucking do something with your lives.

>>5186155
You are not looking hard enough.
And if you can't protect yourself from viruses there's no reason to think that torrent is any safer.
>rapidshare search engines
ok, maybe it's better for you to stick to torrents.

>>5186155
>half the time its virused or passworded
Where have you been looking?

I do if I miss an episode of one of the only two shows I actually watch. And if there's an older show that no longer airs or something and I want to check it out, I'll watch it on my computer rather than get the DVDs.

You do not require a television licence to watch television on your computer or mobile phone. However, you do require a licence if the computer is used together with any other apparatus to receive a signal.

part of the tv licence rules in ireland, at least they made it perfectly clear...

>>5186178
Torrents are safer because there is a large listing of posts associated with each torrent that can vouch for it or not. If half the posts claim its a virus, you should probably skip that one.

And how do you do it? If you cant seach for files, how do you find them? I use a search engine when I search for torrents and it works fine.

>>5186202
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/mediaandcommunity/mediapressreleases.jsp?archive=30
>Sixty percent wrongly believed that no licence would be required to watch live TV on a laptop
>wrongly believed
>wrongly

>>5186182
I usually punch the name of the file I want into google and follow it with the word "rapidshare"

but like I said, lots of broken links, passworded files and other bullshit

I watch everything on my computer.

The digital switchover was complete bullshit. I got five channels before the switchover, including fox, NBC and CBS. Now all I get is CBS because the digital signals from local stations is weak as fuck, and the converto boxes are complete shit. I can't believe they spent 3 fucking years on that switch-over, and we end up with less than analog. Fucking gay.

>>5186214
Fun fact; portable devices don't require a license. As long as the laptop it's plugged into the mains, it doesn't need one.

>>5186206
That, and common sense. If a movie is 10mb, it probably is a virus. If a movie, is an exe file, it probably is a virus. If you don't scan it anyway, then you deserve it to be a virus.

Who gives a rats ass about the license, it's almost impossible to find a live stream of anything so it doesn't matter.

>>5186221
Switchover was all fucked up, I get only one channel now and its constantly freezing and tearing and stopping. Digital was a horrible idea.

>>5186178
Hey asshole, you still haven't explained how you do it.

>>5186214
>A TV Licence currently costs £135.50
FOOK man, who the hell would pay that? You're much better off in just buying DVD's.

>>5186268
Still have to buy a license.

Anyway, there's no such thing as tv detector vans. They're as fake as the tooth fairy.

>>5186321
>watching dvds
>Still have to buy a license.
bullshit

>>5186262
If you need help stick to torrent, that's my suggestion. I used it myself for years.

>>5186321
lolwut? Oh, you English. Serves you right for giving up your gun rights.

>>5186353
British people can own guns just the same as Americans, we just don't because we're not gun crazy rednecks.

>>5185676
You must see the superbowl pigeon ad!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycvf9E2cjRs

>>5186352
Then I guess torrenting isn't going to die, is it.

>>5186321

Erm... no you don't, you just don't have the TV connected to the aerial (sp?).

>>5186423
Wrong. A tv needs a license. But for just watching dvds on say a dvd player connected to a monitor (not a tv) or your computer it doesn't.

>>5186431

Not wrong, I pay zero monies with just a TV connected to a DVD player.

I have a 42" TV with Verizon FiOS and a large DVD collection that I actually paid for.

Shit, I guess I'm a minority.

Enjoy your tiny screen and waiting for downloads poorfags. In the time you've downloaded something I've gone to the store, come back, watched it from the comfort of my couch, and placed it on my shelf.

>>5186473
If it can receive tv signals, you need a license.

>>5186543

And you can't recieve signals without your TV connected to an aerial, derp.

Computer + Ceiling-mounted projector

>>5186673
derp derp it's still technically capable.

>>5186735

herpdederp, but they can't prove that you are using it to watch TV, so you don't have to pay, trust me, I am in this situation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8303983.stm


I somewhat fee this link is relevant in this thread. Looks like a britfag big brother 200 replies thread is coming up.

Also I'm in Manchester. I want to steal this device.

I cannot sit in front of my pc screen for too long at all.

>>5186779
doublederp, doesn't matter. If you have tv receiving equipment you have to pay, no matter if you use it or not.

>>5186939

Except that I don't, because I don't. Enjoy your misconceptions.

>>5186902
I feel for you bro.

>>5186958
Sure thing bro, tell that to the Judge.

I actually like this trend of watching movies on your computer. I don't do it myself, but hopefully the entire twitter generation will stop going to the movie theaters altogether and the cinema will be a more peaceful experience.

>>5187004

Well, TV license people have come to my house because I haven't had a license in ages, they've looked at my setup and said that I need no license. So I'm pretty sure I'm OK, thanks for your concern though, brah.

>>5187041
cool story bro