Comments on: One-fifth of ‘Office’ viewers watched online

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:59:48 +0000

I watch The Office on my computer…but I have my computer hooked up to a 50″ HDTV in my living room. The future of television is a combination of PC and TV. If anyone is watching tv on their tiny computer monitors, they’re doing it wrong.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:03:18 +0000

I can watch my computer with a $50 used projector and a $5 used video card. Or I can use DVD and Laserdisc. Or I can go author my own. Why do I want to watch TV shows?

I also have 25-40 year old color TV sets. I won’t be watching a cellphone either.

By: Z

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:44:42 +0000

Hey, I don’t begrudge anyone who likes it and watches it. I used to do the same thing watching what came in on the satellite feeds in the control room. It just got old for me, that’s all.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:38:32 +0000

that’s about 1 more hour than me, so excuse me if i check out the eyecandy at lnc under the guise of “watching live news”.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:35:37 +0000

oh, and while i was at it i researched something written awhile ago regarding THE WEATHER CHANNEL- see thepomoblog’s entry from around the first of the year.

By: tdc

tdc — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:33:25 +0000

“it’s a gimmick”

and what isn’t these days?

evidently you haven’t looked at the purported “headline news” that makes it on cnn’s homepage.

yesterday it was a sweet pink poodle, today “our” gangster mayor.

it’s all a gimmick.

but i think THE CONCEPT has huge implications.

By: Brink

Brink — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:10:35 +0000

I honestly can’t see that live news feed page developing much of an audience, no matter how many feeds it hosts.

It’s a gimmick, and although lots of people may look once, the majority will not go back.

By: Z

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:45:14 +0000

“this is a little off topic, but with livenewscameras(dotcom) moving into their THIRD page of links to stations around the US, i’d say more people will be using the computer to get what they used to on a tv set.”

Honestly? This is the only place I hear anyone talking about it. I haven’t been back yet.

I mentioned it to some people at work, and they looked at it and just didn’t see the appeal. I think it could have appeal, but I’m not going to just sit on a site and hope something interesting comes up eventually.

But then, I watch less than an hour of TV a week now anyway.

By: oakling

oakling — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:22:42 +0000

Thank god we have the online option, too, because my TiFaux murdered the first couple of episodes of the season.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:03:29 +0000

It’s not one-fifth of viewers, it’s one-fifth of viewings. The article specifically states that the show was streamed online 2.7 million times. Many of those could have very well been repeated viewings.

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:00:12 +0000

TDC - …and they’ve added back some of the “World” sources. Yippee!

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:07:07 +0000

this is a little off topic, but with livenewscameras(dotcom) moving into their THIRD page of links to stations around the US, i’d say more people will be using the computer to get what they used to on a tv set.

are you warming up to the concept?

By: discreet_chaos

discreet_chaos — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:32:01 +0000

There’s no question that I’ve watched the overwhelming majority of “The Office”, “30 Rock” and a few other shows online. Part of it is because I don’t have a DVR, part is because I’ve sort of moved toward viewing most stuff online, if it’s an option and part is because my wife really can’t sit still for the show.

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:49:41 +0000

granted it was pretty lame at its launch.

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:04 +0000

sh#t, like always, EVERY local station panned the idea of TWC.