Who needs TIVO anyway?

I used to watch a lot of TV. Too much. After Jack, I managed to at least keep up with LOST, and then I gave up on that as well. I figured I would just catch up when I could check out the DVD from the library 3 years from now. I had tried to watch it online, but could never get it to work because we had the cheapest version of high speed internet. Well, recently we upgraded and I have discovered the joys of watching TV shows whenever I want to, without commercials for the most part.

So far, I haven’t gone back to LOST, as I’ve discovered a new disaster show: Jericho. It’s the same old story: unknown evil-doer drops multiple nuclear bombs on the US; small town people try to figure out what happened and how to survive amidst much melodrama. Remember the TV movie, The Day After? It aired in 1983 and I remember distinctly going to bed after watching it, in a terrorized daze, as at that time we were still under the cloud of the Cold War. Anyway, these days I can watch a show like Jericho and enjoy the shock value and still sleep at night.

I am, of course, not advocating sitting around and watching hours of television, but, it is nice to be able to watch things with almost no commercials, on your own schedule. Just remember to turn the volume down on your headphones when the few short commercials do come on, if you value your hearing.