Tivo is coming out with a new product,
Tivo Premiere. It is basically the same as old Tivo, except that now you can use your Cell Phone (which, for many, can work as a TV) to schedule recordings. This got me thinking-- are our lives too saturated by TV. In class we talked about how the average person uses about 8 hours of screen time a day, I think that TVs are no longer what we intended them to be. Of course, I was not around when TV was invented, but from the stories of parents and folklore, the 4 shows a day were considered something important that the whole family would get together for.
Personally, I do not watch much TV with my whole family. One of my friend's families watches 24 together, but other than that, I can't think of anyone taking part in this antiquated ritual with their family. I watch TV alone or, if there is nothing better to do, with friends. I wonder what you think of TV, did it bring families together originally? Is it breaking families apart in modern life?
In my family, TV seems to bring us together, but it probably actually is driving us apart. On sunday nights, we often watch a few episodes of Scrubs together and I thought that this made for good family time until I started reading this and realized that we could spend that family time talking or walking the dog, rather than glued to the tube. Talk about opportunity costs...
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