Subj : Re: Failure of blu-ray format?
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Feb 01 2023 09:03:58

  Re: Re: Failure of blu-ray format?
  By: Arelor to Nightfox on Wed Feb 01 2023 08:52 am

 >> With my TVs, I often watch media from my home media server, and
 >> sometimes ov it.  I do occasionally play games on it too, but I'm more
 >> of a PC gamer than 

 Ar> It is terrifying because it shows people is getting addicted to a
 Ar> mind-rotting drug, and they are not even aware.

 Ar> If you watch a TV broadcast now and a TV broadcast in one year, the
 Ar> decline in content and quality will horrorify you. Every single time I am
 Ar> accidentally exposed to TV, the material on it is tailored to dumber
 Ar> people than the last time. I am sure it is so gradual that if you are
 Ar> exposed to it regularly, you won't notice, but oh boy! Once you notice you
 Ar> will create a terrorist org to bomb TV stations in the name of sanity.

You can choose what to watch though..  They aren't forcing you to watch any particular thing.

I heard that people used to say similar things about books (that they're mind-rotting etc.) before TV came aorund.

To me, TV just seems like a form of entertainment.  It's something to pass the time, and content can be taken with a grain of salt.  That, and it can be good for local news, weather, etc..

 Ar> I am sure you are familiar with the boiling frog analogy. If you put a

Actually I hadn't heard that.

 Ar> frog in boiling water, it will try to escape. If you put a frog in warm
 Ar> water and then slowly heat the water up, it won't notice it is being
 Ar> boiled alive. As somebody who does not watch TV regularly, I can tell you
 Ar> that is exactly what is happening with TV.

Sounds like a lot of "sky is falling" kind of over-worrying.  I don't think we are beholden to TV.

IMO there's no harm in watching a movie or TV show, local news etc. every so often.

Nightfox
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