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Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
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Author:  pcernie [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
OK, so you have to give one up... I'd give up my mobile, as it's mostly used for inane/joke texts as boredom relief in work, and anyone who wants me could phone my house or email me :)

The TV stays cos I can use my PS3 for gaming, iPlayer, emails, films... :D

Which would you ditch if you had to (you can change your vote if need be)?
Author:  Fogmeister [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
Given that I haven't had a TV for the past few years I'd say TV.
Author:  big_D [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
Both. I've lived without both over the years and it wouldn't bother me to give up either or both.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
I barely watch TV these days. 90% of the time I'm watching some kind of repeat show, whether it be Family Guy, Top Gear, Friends, Scrubs or some other shows. The only thing that I watch that isn't a repeat is the news, which I can get from the BBC News website.

My TV set is something I use for playing on the PS3, so as long as I could still do this, I'd be content without a live TV. Otherwise I'd have to get a monitor + speaker setup for the PS3.

With my mobile, I tend to use it for texts over calls but internet access over all of that. Because of work, I need to be able to access emails regularly. Also because I save emails, I can refer back for rotas etc.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
I could probably give up both. I do not use the mobile that much except to make calls. I could do that via landline or skype. I can also download TV if it was good enough via iPlayer.
Author:  adidan [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
Mobile.

It's easy enough to email everybody or skype if you need to. My mobile isn't very mobile, I like to have peace and quiet when I travel, like I used to before mobiles.

Between a TV and a PC then the TV.
Author:  Linux_User [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
TV. I can catch everything I want to via the internet, but my 'phone is pretty essential for e-mail, SMS etc.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
TV.
A friend of mine has been without a TV for years, but his other half is going for a job as a compliance lawyer for a certain channel, and they won't even interview if you don't have a TV licence, so he's had to relent and buy one. Not happy about it.
Author:  leeds_manc [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
Already have given up TV, and for 8 months now, a mobile.
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
I watched some TV today. It was really just a waste of time, although I do now know more about Michael Jackson's relationship with Bubbles.

I used my phone today for some important lovey-dovey stuff. Tomorrow I'll be using it to work, which pays the bills and keeps a roof over my head.

In the past, I've used my phone to call the AA roadside assistance, call the ambulance to rescue a stranger passed out on the floor and to call for an emergency pizza while stranded at a friend's flat with an empty fridge.

Bit of a no-brainer really, unless you're a loveless unemployed couch potato who never leaves the house. Which, in all fairness, I have been. No shame in it, provided it's just a sabbatical. Some people practice martial arts on a Chinese mountain; others watch day-time TV. We all need to "find ourselves".
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
The TV over the summer months is pretty dire. The TV companies know that TV is a marginal interest when the weather is nice. It does improve over the autumn. It does get stupid when all the channels have a decent TV schedule for Christmas.
Author:  forquare1 [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
TV.

I've not had a TV for the last four years and don't have one now, I don't really miss it tbh.
Author:  John_Vella [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
I'd give up the mobile. I can Skype people if I need to, but watching Doctor Who on a 4" screen? Nah!
Author:  adidan [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
I'd happily give up 24 hour news for nothing. They're just channels of gossip and paranoia.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Which would you give up, your mobile or your TV set?
As the 80's proved, I can live without a mobile but I can't live without a TV.
A landline is good enough.
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