The Times asks: "Does a DVR boost viewing hours or not?"
The New York Times is asking "Does a DVR boost viewing hours or not?" and now, we are asking "Does a HD DVR boost your high-def viewing hours or not?" May seem like a silly question 'cause everyone knows a DVR allows you to watch what you want, when you want. Therefore, most people watch less TV because there isn't as much surfing happening. But does a HD DVR really increase the amount of high-def content you watch? Probably not, as channel surfing is a lost art of the nineties, when cable was everywhere and no one cared about resolution. There wasn't a programing guide or DVRs, so people just surfed and life was good. But TIVO, Replay TV too, changed that practice and now surfing is just something you will tell you offspring about. We are assuming that your DVR is filled with both high-def and non-HD content and that you don't have time to surf anymore. We know for a fact that you don't record Tour-de-Gorge and shows like that must thrive on people just tuning in out of curiosity. So if surfing is gone, how much non-HD content do you just happen upon anymore?So we ask once again, does your HD DVD boost your high-def viewing hours or not?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jim @ Jul 31st 2006 6:36PM
It's summer so I watch less of everything. I don't surf as much as I used to (only HD channel surfing), as I usually have something good waiting for me on the DVR. I surf the guide about twice a week looking for good stuff (mostly all HD) to record. Overall I watch less TV in general, but I watch more quality (read much more HDTV) programming. And I usually FF through the commercials. An hour show turns into 45 minutes roughly.
Big Sam @ Jul 31st 2006 6:52PM
Too be honest, I don't know. I probably watch more because I'm not much of a channel surfer. I'd rather surf the internet than flip through random channels. But I do catch all of my shows instead of occasionally missing some. And I watch more movies on my DVR (especially during the summer) that I would not have watched otherwise.
Eagle117 @ Jul 31st 2006 7:40PM
I watch a lot more. I'm not one to sit down and watch a show at a specific time every day so giving me the ability to record it and watch whenever makes me record a lot of shows I would not otherwise sit and watch.
Bryce Estabrooks @ Aug 1st 2006 10:06AM
Thanks to HD DVR and the feature of being able to set it up to record all my shows weekly, I believe I do watch more than I would have with out the HD DVR before I would miss it and realized I missed it and be done now when the time becomes available I watch my shows. For me and my wife it is money well spent and can't imagine going without it now , as for HD because I spend a good deal of money on being able to have HD I choose to watch mostly HD shows and skip all the rest.
ZipperSeven @ Aug 1st 2006 1:26PM
We didn't have HD capability before we got our DVR box, so getting it has definetely increased our HD viewing. Technically though, having the DVR box has increased the amount of TV that we watch, as now I've been able to find shows that might play late at night, early in the morning, during the work day, etc, that I just wouldn't have been bothered to set up a tape recording for. Almost all of the stuff we record now is HD (either from a network or one of the 'digital' HD cable channels like Discovery or Natl. Geographic.) Most of the shows are stuff that I record just to have something to watch just when there's nothing else really on that can hold my interest...fill, you could say.
Lohan Roberto @ Aug 1st 2006 5:16PM
I totally watch more HD program. I record a bunc hof movies and stuff on my HD channels and watch it days and weeks letter.... I always preffer to record something in HD but it's not always there, like Battlestar Galactice in the Scifi Chan.