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(DIR) Post #B0AUKPoh93XkYG0sYi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T11:39:55Z
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Do you have a TV in your home? That is a large screen on a shelf, table or wall for watching videos and movies not a computer monitor. (A screen with a keyboard in front of it that you sit at is not a "TV")
(DIR) Post #B0AUZXC9zi3vmNCLiq by ligasser@social.epfl.ch
2025-11-12T11:42:36Z
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@futurebird How do you count a beamer with an unfoldable screen from the ceiling?
(DIR) Post #B0AUaeNCn8tcKbte1A by roknrol@beige.party
2025-11-12T11:42:49Z
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@futurebird I have multiple televisions, but do not subscribe to any services. They're mostly for watching things like DVDs.I do have a media center connected, but it's an old, repurposed Mac Mini. Not sure if that qualifies as "computer" or not.
(DIR) Post #B0AUljJ2n8lqoeEWPY by FeralRobots@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T11:44:46Z
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@futurebird we have a TV but it is only ever used to watch streaming services or YouTube. Never used for watching broadcasts or scheduled programs.
(DIR) Post #B0AUsP2iWphbztmKRM by guigsy@mstdn.social
2025-11-12T11:46:01Z
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@futurebird We have a TV. It's not connected to any broadcast sources. It mostly streams YouTube, with the occasional movie.
(DIR) Post #B0AUz5mQXsG2HYLgAK by albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
2025-11-12T11:47:13Z
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@futurebird When I left home to go to university, living in a dorm was transformative: there was a TV but on a separate room and felt like going to the cinema. Out of casual access and everyday activities like lunch and dinner, TV disappeared from my life. Never returned. So much time in my hands ever since. I cannot fathom how I could have committed so much to that box in my childhood.
(DIR) Post #B0AV3IHc09gqDYwFs0 by sahqon@beige.party
2025-11-12T11:47:58Z
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@futurebird Don't have one since we moved 15 years ago. First it was put off because we needed so many stuff bought. Then we got a second computer. Tablets. Streaming services. Completely forgot about the tv. Still nobody believes we don't have one and if they do, they think it's because we can't afford one (it WAS the the reason the first two or so years, yes)...
(DIR) Post #B0AVMqRRE1hPf0rDSC by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T11:51:33Z
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@futurebird having recently moved in with new housemates, I now live in a house with two huge (well, huge by the standards of those of us who grew up before cheap large flatscreens) screens that were clearly intended to be TVs, but they seem to get only about 1-2 hours of on time a day, and 80% of that is console videogames, judging from the sound (I'm not usually in the same room.) And they both have multiple attached keyboards, but said keyboards don't get much use.
(DIR) Post #B0AVNrQD4B9MzRlcmm by draken@masto.nyc
2025-11-12T11:51:35Z
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@futurebird Our TV here still has a cathode ray tube and hasn't been powered on in over 10 years.
(DIR) Post #B0AVP3soDlzpvZiVdY by phpete@mastodon.coffee
2025-11-12T11:51:55Z
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@futurebirdMildly surprised 'I have a TV but don't want one' isn't there as a sort of control.I mean, I'm already imagining the commenters telling you it's a stupid option because people could get rid of their TV, and your defense of "you're not forced to click it, stop being an Internet idiot" (only more nicely).Hold up./me looks at selfCrap. š„“
(DIR) Post #B0AVTrsmGZ2O9lzgxc by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-11-12T11:52:41Z
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@futurebird TVs today are spyware that are probably designed to fail with time. I donāt trust them to work at all without internet connection to spy on me and serve ads
(DIR) Post #B0AVdjEBIcCiD5hueO by heinragas@mublog.nl
2025-11-12T11:54:34Z
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@futurebird I have a TV with a Switch, a Blueray player and a computer hooked up to it. I chose "Yes", because even if we're watching videos on the computer with it, we treat it as a TV.
(DIR) Post #B0AVg4GK434c1ipAcS by TheDutchChief@mstdn.social
2025-11-12T11:55:00Z
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@futurebird We abandoned the tv from the living room, so my two sons have one in their bedrooms.
(DIR) Post #B0AVkytVRx32pHUkts by melis@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T11:55:53Z
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@futurebird large flat one, for movies, youtube, tv shows, and maybe some dvd's (no streaming)
(DIR) Post #B0AWDejNUnP2gkQlxg by snork303@toot.community
2025-11-12T12:01:04Z
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@futurebirdYes I have a great big one and I watch it all the time. So there.
(DIR) Post #B0AWPM8GTF5mTseNuK by erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social
2025-11-12T12:03:10Z
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@futurebird Hmmm. Not sure how to answer here. I have a TV connected to a Mac Mini (primary use case) but there's an AppleTV connected to the second HDMI port for occasional video viewing
(DIR) Post #B0AWU7xsZYf9zO4Goa by GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
2025-11-12T12:04:02Z
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@futurebird We have a TV but we use it to watch workshop videos (better with lathes!) downloaded on an USB from the Internet.Actually I don't even know where the satellite tuner is gone (and frankly I don't care).
(DIR) Post #B0AWlkjTgjaJ9Ejhc8 by matera@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-11-12T12:07:13Z
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@futurebird Mine's kind of a yes-and-no. My TV is used as a second monitor, but mostly for watching movies in bed š¤£
(DIR) Post #B0AWqu9O6Gr1nyJOmu by oblomov@sociale.network
2025-11-12T12:07:53Z
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@futurebird no TV but a projector, is that cheating? 8-D
(DIR) Post #B0AXgsNzuAzrOJvYsy by ml@ecoevo.social
2025-11-12T12:17:32Z
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@futurebird Yes, but it's a furnished apartment and I didn't choose to have it. I also haven't turned it on once.
(DIR) Post #B0AXmWq6vZRsIrlxIW by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2025-11-12T12:18:31Z
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@futurebird We have a small (14"?) black-and-white CRT TV that a friend gave us back in the 90s, after he was appalled to learn that we didn't have a TV. I watched a lot of good shows on it: Twin Peaks, ST:TNG, etc. And we kept up with the news. These days, the TV has been sitting on a high shelf gathering dust for a couple of decades.
(DIR) Post #B0AYPTGU9Su0Vig6YS by haikal_89@ohai.social
2025-11-12T12:25:36Z
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@futurebird I watch TV when I'm bored playing on my smartphone
(DIR) Post #B0AYruLP45NcbVXQUC by monotonehell@aus.social
2025-11-12T12:30:42Z
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@futurebird @electric_gumball how do I answer this? Yes I have a TV in my lounge room, but it's not connected to an aerial or a cable TV box, of anything like that. I just use it to cast movies to when friends come over.
(DIR) Post #B0AZJP1r5VpBacVOEK by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-11-12T12:35:38Z
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@futurebird We have a large screen for watching streaming services. No broadcast sources are connected.
(DIR) Post #B0AZZrgYJORd6DOIHA by maswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se
2025-11-12T12:38:42Z
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@futurebirdThis is tricky for me then. Wall-mounted screen that is technically hooked up to TV stuff, but all the actual use is from the mini pc with wireless keyboard that we operate from the sofa?
(DIR) Post #B0AZhQ5CowF5oCWag4 by 3TomatoesShort@disabled.social
2025-11-12T12:40:01Z
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@futurebirdJust to add a bit of variety in from all the "I have one but I never use it" replies: I fricking LOVE my tv!! I can learn about places I'll probably never be well enough to visit, watch plays and ballets and musicals that will never be staged where I live, and when I'm feeling horrible, I can watch my comfort shows over and over to help calm my nervous system or distract me. I'm so grateful for my TV.
(DIR) Post #B0AaXL7IWvabSrGDLc by tkinias@hcommons.social
2025-11-12T12:49:25Z
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@futurebird we occasionally talk about getting a large screen for watching videos (which we just do on our laptops)ābut weāve managed to make it almost 20 years now living together without one
(DIR) Post #B0AcdMTgaACdKcjPtI by sknob@mamot.fr
2025-11-12T13:12:56Z
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@futurebird I have a tv, but it doesnāt have tv. I can only watch local files on it.
(DIR) Post #B0AdXaoSTK8g0XGEFM by coolcoder360@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-11-12T13:23:07Z
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@futurebird we've got a pretty big TV my wife got for free from someone she knew who was upgrading, and then also a Chromecast we got for free from my work as a gift thing. The Chromecast is an enabler, it enables watching so much stuff, so easily. Even free things on say Pluto or Tubi in addition to YouTube.I don't think we could get rid of it at this point, even if I wanted to I don't think my wife would.It is useful to put stuff on while doing knitting though.
(DIR) Post #B0Ae3PifFipIruixdY by T_X@chaos.social
2025-11-12T13:28:50Z
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@futurebird that's funny, the percentages Mastodon currently shows me add up to 105%. A minute ago it even summed up to 107%.(I also too quickly clicked on the third option, would have chosen the fourth one instead.)
(DIR) Post #B0AehUtZQb5sVLwG8m by ShiitakeToast@beige.party
2025-11-12T13:36:05Z
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@futurebird I have a projector and a roll up screen, but the projector only works when hooked up to a computer with a keyboard.
(DIR) Post #B0Af8HSjTlYyf79mPg by jhooper@techhub.social
2025-11-12T13:40:57Z
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@futurebird I have multiple, though I mostly play video games or watch YouTube on them
(DIR) Post #B0AfgPml2as6JyneOu by viennawriter@literatur.social
2025-11-12T13:47:05Z
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@futurebird Well, we had a TV. And then @datacop de-soldered the TV-tuner from the device. So it's a big screen without its original TV-functionality that we use to watch series or movies together. Does that count as TV?
(DIR) Post #B0AgdwDy4rAe0vuU76 by quizzicus@mastodon.online
2025-11-12T13:57:50Z
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@futurebird My monitor has a tuner in it to which I could hook up an antenna if I wanted.
(DIR) Post #B0Agvefa5FfemXH2au by stellarsarah@mastodon.world
2025-11-12T14:01:04Z
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@futurebird I have a TV, it's connected to an RPi for media and some game consoles, but it functions like a TV.
(DIR) Post #B0AhEG3XouvpwkLxWS by Longspeak@chirp.enworld.org
2025-11-12T14:04:25Z
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@futurebird I have a TV, but not any network, cable or broadcast. We stream and watch DVDs/Blu-rays exclusively.
(DIR) Post #B0AhdFWUwHTrX6oSCu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T14:09:00Z
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Since many people seem curious about this distinct question:If you have a TV is it set up to watch broadcast media?That is, can you watch cable TV or local channels?
(DIR) Post #B0AhuqPT356srEukDY by snork303@toot.community
2025-11-12T14:12:08Z
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@futurebirdI even have a whopping old-fashioned antenna on the roof so I can get 200 over-the-air home shopping channels on my big TV.
(DIR) Post #B0AhzwMCMeFykboazg by kyonshi@dice.camp
2025-11-12T14:13:04Z
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@futurebird I have a TV but it also has a keyboard in front of it I case I need to do work on the computer I use as a media center
(DIR) Post #B0AiIdVqeRdJoAFARc by MartyFouts@mastodon.online
2025-11-12T14:16:26Z
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@futurebird FWIW The industry distinguishes between a monitor and a TV by defining a TV as a monitor with a channel tuner built in.
(DIR) Post #B0AinLzRqkdMRKjgvI by thomasjwebb@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T14:21:59Z
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@futurebird it was, but sadly I don't get any signal here, at least not with the cheap antenna I had.
(DIR) Post #B0Aio2J4WBHpgMExLE by jf_718@mas.to
2025-11-12T14:22:00Z
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@futurebird Up until a 2024 it was setup for NTSC/ATSC 1.0 - at its peak (when I was using an external antenna in the attic) I could access up to 70 channels, but there were repeats (SD/HD) so the real number was between 45-50). Then channels started to go away, though I was already watching less TV.I still have an internal antenna but with ATSC 1.0 being killed there's not much point anymore.
(DIR) Post #B0Aj1Q6LMSHDFEfVjc by Lazarou@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T14:24:32Z
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@futurebird A TV, but no Broadcast as we'd have to pay the Licence and the hell am I paying for the BBC Nigel Farage Roadshow!
(DIR) Post #B0AjEtGUF7X5SUptyK by boxofsnoo@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-12T14:26:56Z
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@futurebird it was, when I was in a more English, urban area. Loads of great, free HD programming! Where I am now what little I get is non-Englishā¦
(DIR) Post #B0AjlB9HHrJsBsrPgO by not3ottersinacoat@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T14:32:47Z
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@futurebird I do have a TV, for my PlayStation because sometimes I want that classic console experience, instead of using remote play on my laptop. I usually use remote play though. The TV is also nice for watching movies when family visits. Other than that, it doesn't get much use.In other words, I have a TV but I don't have cable or any actual TV stations.
(DIR) Post #B0An1kYLioiEUWBGt6 by nosaj@aus.social
2025-11-12T15:09:23Z
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@futurebird Does a wall projector with a settop box count?
(DIR) Post #B0An6IHQGejSFgQjei by nosaj@aus.social
2025-11-12T15:10:14Z
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@futurebird Does a wall projector with a Nvidia Shield count?
(DIR) Post #B0AnJyEvZcbS9VmiUy by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-12T15:12:42Z
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@futurebird we have a TV because the neighbors bought a new one and left the old one in the basement. We asked if we could take it and they said yes. It is not connected to cable or satellite or such. It is connected to a computer and keyboard and we watch things in the internet mediathek of German public television... so football /soccer games and documentaries. We do not use it for surfing the web or similar. It is bigger than our monitors.
(DIR) Post #B0Ang2jjXE5QTCidRQ by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
2025-11-12T15:16:41Z
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@futurebird One or two of our streaming apps carry local or local-ish channels, but I answered No because I think that's not what you meant. My house has cable, but I'm not certain our Roku TVs even have inputs for it? They don't have other analog inputs like component or composite, or even VGA.
(DIR) Post #B0AnqayZ5aXtYagiMC by kzeta@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T15:18:35Z
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@futurebird technically yes, but it's a small old one that doesn't work very well and it's in the basement. We only keep it because it works with our ancient Wii.For our regularly used "TV," we switched to a large monitor years ago that's hooked up to a computer tower.
(DIR) Post #B0AoD9nGJnlXuf9wTA by mossman@social.vivaldi.net
2025-11-12T15:22:34Z
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@futurebird "(A screen with a keyboard in front of it that you sit at is not a "TV")"Ummm... beg to differ - we have more than TV which is very definitely a TV (sits across from the sofa, has tuning and channels and is used for watching live TV, as well as streaming the TV's on-demand services) yet is also used for playing media from the desktop server and has a laptop behind it with a remote keyboard and mouse on the coffee table - which is then used for playing games, surfing the web and... yes... streaming stuff including TV on demand.Conversely, the monitor and speakers at the desktop server are also used if we're sitting at the dining table and... want to watch TV.So TVs are monitors are TVs these days.
(DIR) Post #B0AruMigR11yJjJRoW by log@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-11-12T16:04:00Z
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@futurebird Bare minimum of an in-the-same-room antenna that can usually get the city broadcast channels, except when weather happens.
(DIR) Post #B0Ay6PP8sUTlqOIYeO by sewblue@sfba.social
2025-11-12T17:13:28Z
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@futurebirdWtF is up with these percentages? 105% response rate to your quiz!
(DIR) Post #B0Aym4QtEzeOxnyvU8 by flamecat@bark.lgbt
2025-11-12T17:21:01Z
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@futurebird I have a TV, but the only time it is turned on is when my dad visits me. Any other time it's just decoration for my living room.
(DIR) Post #B0B1PmpIJu7lqlSjhI by Sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net
2025-11-12T17:50:38Z
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@futurebird Heh. My office TV is actually a smart monitor that's not connected to my computer at all. It came with its own remote and everything (including built-in media streamingāturning it on sends me directly to the last "live" channel I was on, it also has a hub for switching to different streaming services). It's a little slow and sometimes janky but it was way cheaper and easier to fit in a small space than an "actual" TV!(we also have an "actual" TV so my yes answer works there too ^^)
(DIR) Post #B0B7NK6qiWTvvqslP6 by jadp@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T18:57:23Z
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@futurebird streaming only via Apple TV hardware, with local news (big city three hour drive away local) available through an Apple TV app
(DIR) Post #B0B7UzOfbryQ0fsCcy by danlyke@researchbuzz.masto.host
2025-11-12T18:58:47Z
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@futurebird caveat: It's in the bedroom, with a Chromecast, and I don't think it's seen more than 5 hours per month of use in the 17 years we've had it...
(DIR) Post #B0B86Dk5EkTXDRdtR2 by temporal_spider@masto.ai
2025-11-12T19:05:28Z
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@futurebird I can't remember the last time I watched anything on cable or broadcast. I think it would be intolerable with the babbling and the commercials.
(DIR) Post #B0BF15C6I4bYw4FD5E by sbourne@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T19:15:43Z
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@sewblue @futurebird Probably because the poll uses check boxes, which allow multiple choices, instead of radio buttons, which allow only one answer. Begs the question as to how you might come to pick more than one, but we are talking about people (shakes head mournfully) here.
(DIR) Post #B0BF16ZBBkezBw39hA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T20:23:02Z
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@sbourne @sewblue Every time I write a poll on here I do my best to make options comprehensive and considerate enough that no one will complain that I didnāt make an option for them. Since we have only four options allowed and since Iām not perfect I always fail.
(DIR) Post #B0BF8F7rlN2DlVg67s by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T20:24:07Z
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@synx508 Itās good to not be alone.
(DIR) Post #B0BGCUNT6Ep4BDZ38i by philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-11-12T20:36:13Z
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@futurebird I voted no, then remembered I have a pi running mythfrontend connected to the tv. There is an older hdhomerun on my network with an antenna connected.And, my primary input is an AppleTVā¦ which has the channels app installed. So, technically I can use the channels app to tune the hdhomerun and watch live tv.But, I donāt do liveā¦ which is what the mythtv is for. It uses the hdhomerun to record broadcast tv. I would normally watch something I recordedā¦ or something I stream.
(DIR) Post #B0BGEeKx2eQheDPvou by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T20:36:18Z
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@synx508 @Extelec Pica also hates ads. She like fixed camera footage of a landscape with suspicious rustling leaves. Or just looking at herself in old videos.
(DIR) Post #B0BGIAs8X6VTQGcVoO by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-11-12T12:37:34Z
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@Kierkegaanks @futurebird That's why I bought a digital signage display rather than a TV. It's just a dumb monitor with HDMI in.
(DIR) Post #B0BGIBaRsLx5dhLtse by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-11-12T12:39:00Z
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@futurebird @mansr this is good on the few markets where itās possible
(DIR) Post #B0BGICLF4NNlypFGoi by econads@mendeddrum.org
2025-11-12T14:45:41Z
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@KierkegaanksWe have a normal TV but no internet access, only a HDMI cable to the Kodi. We stream the news at 7 or 8 pm most evenings. @futurebird @mansr
(DIR) Post #B0BGIDJrQzs70pbgIq by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2025-11-12T16:04:34Z
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@econads @Kierkegaanks @futurebird Apparently some TVs now show an obnoxious overlay over any input if they don't have internet access.
(DIR) Post #B0BGIEAgGc7feeJrdI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-12T20:37:09Z
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@mansr @econads @Kierkegaanks Well I will never buy one then.
(DIR) Post #B0BISTLmszO7XIWky0 by fflyn@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:01:36Z
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@futurebird I don't have a TV and I don't want one, which implies no cable/satellite connection. Over 30 years ago, I sold/gave away all devices because I couldn't stand all the dishonest/smug advertising anymore. Not to mention that the selection of movies/series/documentaries was/is determined by small-town nutcases; and I have to be there at a certain time on a certain day to watch? No, thank you! I have books, audio-/movie-DVDs, and I decide what/when/where I enjoy them. My freedom š āļø
(DIR) Post #B0BIlsNU3iXwevZb84 by sbourne@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:05:07Z
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@futurebird @sewblue Fail seems harsh. You did nothing wrong!
(DIR) Post #B0BKKDGb075ZFFHw9Y by Amgine@mamot.fr
2025-11-12T21:22:31Z
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@futurebird I have a TV. It sits in the living room. It hasn't even been plugged in since the last move, and I think I watched something on it about 4 years ago.No time, and far too many things I find more interesting to do than sit passively to be entertained.
(DIR) Post #B0BKZsNwPCup7DC0uW by lufthans@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:25:20Z
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@futurebird I didn't have a TV for over a decade, didn't miss itThat was mostly before getting into computers, so also didn't have a monitorWe had these things called books, they're found in museums called libraries :)Now we have a TV for the family ( for me some as well, The Good Place and Wednesday have made it worthwhile ). Also, my monitor is a larger TV than the TV we use as a TV :)
(DIR) Post #B0BLZErvQVAcVmTfm4 by CStamp@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:36:24Z
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@futurebird We have an antenna and are well positioned to get Canadian and US broadcasts.
(DIR) Post #B0BLc2fXF2eBXk1EcS by liferstate@mas.to
2025-11-12T21:36:54Z
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@futurebird A movie buddy is appalled that I'm out here watching classics of world cinema on a laptop, but I really don't want a TV. I don't want a screen I can't put away when I'm not using it. Having a large screen in a small apartment feels like...bad feng shui, I guess. It distorts how a person experiences the space.
(DIR) Post #B0BLlgawASI3yeT0TY by Nicovel0@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T21:38:40Z
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@futurebird when I had work done on the chimney I asked the workers to remove the aerial
(DIR) Post #B0BLzoU9cxMuVI1xWS by mira@shark.community
2025-11-12T21:41:11Z
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@futurebird I have a TV, but itās in the basement and hasnāt been powered on in a year and a half, with no plans to actually turn it on any time soon. The only reason Iāve kept it is that itās a dumb TV, so if I want to watch something, I donāt have to worry about it spying on me
(DIR) Post #B0BM9CEKiKWkkl6XfE by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2025-11-12T21:42:50Z
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@futurebird my projector is not receiving broadcasts
(DIR) Post #B0BMiydsi8rP2I7GQC by foolishowl@social.coop
2025-11-12T21:49:14Z
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@futurebird My partner thought it was important to get an antenna and pick up broadcast TV, but aside from testing the antenna, we've never watched broadcast. Nor cable. Only streaming.
(DIR) Post #B0BMkXCFixOaUgw4K8 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-11-12T21:49:21Z
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@futurebird My tv is on the floor in the corner behind the couch - it's not set up to watch anything. It's been there for a year. š¤·š»āāļø@lisamelton
(DIR) Post #B0BNYIs5G8uSXnEXKa by jessamyn@glammr.us
2025-11-12T21:58:37Z
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@futurebird When I moved in to my house a few years ago it was the first time I'd owned a TV (because I had a place big enough to have one and not just watch stuff on the computer). We don't really get OTA stuff here (in a weird valley) and so I use it exclusively for Plex, listening to music (I'm a no-Spotify person) and sometimes just looking at Astronomy Photo of the Day.
(DIR) Post #B0BONlF5XIklIuWx4S by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
2025-11-12T22:07:58Z
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@futurebird I *did* have an HDMI monitor that *technically* was a TV for a couple years.It worked like a normal monitor, but had a "mode" or "input" button that included a tuner/channel select mode. And it had a coax connector.So I guess I have owned a TV in the past couple decades, but only technically.I've also been a "cable" customer in the past -- because I had cable internet and thus had to accept a basic cable plan for internet (but never connected a TV to it or used it thus).
(DIR) Post #B0BOiKviYnR3mLHV20 by moira@mastodon.murkworks.net
2025-11-12T22:11:41Z
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@futurebird Broadcast _specifically_. Canāt watch me sniffing RF from the air AND itās a dumb TV.
(DIR) Post #B0BOkjeVc7Cf27NMOW by annacreech@glammr.us
2025-11-12T22:12:08Z
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@futurebird by "set up" I mean it has the input for an external broadcast antenna. Otherwise, it does not pick up local broadcasts on its own.
(DIR) Post #B0BOun0M0LqwKHO6RE by johnlehet@mas.to
2025-11-12T22:13:54Z
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@futurebird I haven't lived in a building with a TV in it since about 1978. Currently it's a 2012 tech JVC projector (really good) hooked up to an Apple TV. Once a week movie on the 100 inch screen.
(DIR) Post #B0BR213WMSefq9RVw0 by normalniklas@mastodonsweden.se
2025-11-12T22:37:39Z
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@futurebird and if i a have a tv but use it as a computer screen? well then i have a tv ofc š
(DIR) Post #B0BRkpp4yJKu273ikK by Oma_Trisha_F@mastodon.social
2025-11-12T22:45:42Z
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@futurebird 1. Cable costs too damn much.2. We live ~1.5 hours from Savannah. WHAT local stations? We'd need an antenna on a utility pole to get any reception here.
(DIR) Post #B0BVuBj5IxJiO6yEeO by 20000lbs_of_Cheese@freeradical.zone
2025-11-12T23:32:16Z
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@futurebird don't think I've used a tv in a way that wasn't a computer monitor in decades now! Never understood the appeal
(DIR) Post #B0BWiSSBO2rckK2FYO by bitchtanten@mastodon.nu
2025-11-12T23:41:20Z
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@futurebird Yes I have a tv but as a computer screen for streaming if want to watch live tv I have a tvbox.
(DIR) Post #B0Bc27TdaPWXFcuVxw by Lucaas@fuckaas.space
2025-11-13T00:40:53Z
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@futurebird @surdfish I'm thinking of getting a projector for my travel trailer, but I don't want a TV in it, anymore. š¤·š»āāļø
(DIR) Post #B0Bhd16ElATzxPNWYC by Dervishpi@mastodon.social
2025-11-13T01:43:37Z
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@futurebird I've had this TV for years. And have probably watched less than an hour this year.
(DIR) Post #B0BiGeghVQYa20Kq0G by AMS@infosec.exchange
2025-11-13T01:50:49Z
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@futurebird I have a 65" screen on a wall set up as a computer monitor (keyboard and such). I have a 9" dipole made of some scrap coax plugged into the tuner because why not. Does a decent job pulling in the local PBS for Nova and This Old House.
(DIR) Post #B0BiYDyPZGmwOHzrIe by JoBlakely@mastodon.social
2025-11-13T01:53:57Z
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@futurebird I have a very old school portable tv that I donāt use, and should probably sell. Seems there is a demand again for these old non-smart TVs.
(DIR) Post #B0BjwJUApCLaOIu5Gi by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2025-11-13T02:09:27Z
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@futurebird only use TV as a screen for HTPC
(DIR) Post #B0BqhoLyTashSe6HwW by sopsack@mastodon.nu
2025-11-13T03:25:19Z
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@futurebird 104% š§
(DIR) Post #B0CkC4sX5zfwsZm4bA by crcollins@writing.exchange
2025-11-13T13:46:57Z
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@futurebird There's one in the living room my husband gets local channels on. The other, bigger, one in our bedroom is just for streaming stuff.
(DIR) Post #B0CrVZ2xr23TcqtPKy by Thad@brontosin.space
2025-11-13T15:08:59Z
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@futurebird OTA, no cable. Usually set to PBS Kids for our toddler.Or Svengoolie on Saturday evenings.
(DIR) Post #B0HCbQXJ4NxmK8rNeS by jens@social.finkhaeuser.de
2025-11-15T17:24:12Z
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@futurebird Ah. No. I missed that poll, I think? But the last time I bothered with broadcast media was around 2012.