Jim Lesurf said:
In article , Richard
Robinson wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) said:

Very surprising the numbers who claim to never watch TV. ;-)

Not me. Going on the last 20 years' average (ono), I expect to watch it
for about an hour a year, while visiting friends who are into it. I have
seen Big Brother, $Somewhere's Got Talent, Springwatch ... More than
"never", anyway.

Seems a pity to have never been able to watch The Proms, or items like the
performance of operas like The Barber of Seville, or ballets like Sleeping
Beauty. (The latter items, along with the Vienna New Year Concert, all
available in the last few weeks from the BBC.)

It's true that the sound quality doesn't always match the 320k aac from
Radio 3 via iPlayer. But the 50fps video you can get (if you do it in
time) of such things seems pretty enjoyable to me.

That doesn't bother me much. High quality is to be had when possible, but if
it's a cruddy recording of worthwhile music, I'll listen and enjoy.

All that said, yes, listening to sound-only can be very enjoyable. Depends
what kind of experience you fancy. Having the choice seems good to me.

Sound-only, yes. If I go to a live performance it's "I love work, I can
watch people doing it for hours", but it's not often I find the visuals
important (is this maybe age-related ? I started listening to music before
the pop video became a Thing).

Or maybe it's just me, I don't really Do videos or films much, either.

Personally, I think my 50p a day is well spent just to get such things.

Plus, in my case, the once-off cost of buying the equipment.

Yes, I'm aware I'm missing things I'd probably like. But the same is true of
many other possibilities. I just don't know how people find the time for it
....

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Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

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