I don't watch a ton of TV, but I do have two dual-tuner PVRs - a MSTV-powered Motorola STB, and a MCE. Why? "Research" Or maybe it's because tonight I hit the "perfect storm" for sci-fi buffs and household harmony is at-risk:
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate: SG-1
Stargate: Atlantis
Battlestar: Galactica (The new one)
all one night...
My wife wants to record CSI and some other program which conflicts with two of these. So, I concede and record CSI in HD on the downstairs Comcast box, and get my programs wherever I want on the other TVs at a convenient time.
Realistically I only thing maybe two of these programs are worth watching but I'm an optimist. I've been really impressed by the gritty WWII-style cinematics of Battlestar (although watching the original is worse than fingernails on a chalk board for me). My wife will watch at most, one of these programs before she Netflix's me and turns on some drivel like, "Wimbledon" (which I suffered through last night). At least it had a pretty good sound track. But that won't save it from some serious damage in NetFlix's rating feature which should assure another movie like this doesn't show up for at least, oh, 12 hours. I'm waiting for NetFlix to invent, "Spouse Sparring Movie Night" where they pit your list of favorites vs. other family members. Ah well, maybe for
Last night after watching the aforementioned movie, I introduced my wife to a new friend, Homestar's "Strong bad" whom a co-worker introduced me to. I was rolling on the living room floor watching this. She was calling me a fool. I still think Strongbad Email is funny. In the same category as "Dancing Hamsters" and "All your base are belong to us" funny but not quite JibJab funny.