I don't know what took me so long but I finally installed a DVR. My friends have one, my brother has one, even my parents beat me to the punch and ordered one.
Now that I'm in the DVR club, I can't get enough. No longer do I have to worry about going out and missing the latest actions of Jack Bauer or Michael Scott.
Hell, I record everything - not just my Top 3 or 4 favorite shows. If a program looks even remotely interesting, I'll decide to tape it. After all, I can always delete it if it's not.
In the shower? On the phone? You can be sure that red light is going on.
While I continue to enjoy the freedom of being able to watch a show whenever I want (and fast forwarding through annoying commercials), there's also a flip side to all this: the DVR has become part of the information overload that we experience every day.
In the morning, I weed through emails in a very full inbox; in the evening, I scroll through an ever-growing list of television programming that I need to go through. In other words, you have to make time to sort through your leisure time. And let's not even get into the amount of time needed to actually watch these programs. An email only takes a few minutes to read (more or less); a TV show generally takes 30-60 minutes to watch. And if it's a movie, you'd better have 2 hours to spare.
As I ponder the time managment issues that now arise with my new electronic toy, my fear of DVR burn-out should undoubtedly ease thanks to the summer hiatus soon approaching for many television shows.
Perhaps I'll be caught up with my programming by the Fall...
Of course, by recording that show you get over the guilt of maybe missing it - without actually having to watch it. The best of both worlds!
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