lovegod

the irony is that today we are all tooled up with supurb equipment
to record TV onto DVD discs etc.... but today TV is all
throw away, disposable trash.

When TV was really exciting in the 60s and 70s we had
absolutly no way of recording anything.
Some great programmes and plays and music etc just slipped
like water through our fingers.

I don t think it was till the late 70s that video players came within
grasp of the average geezer.

Stange to think that those huge , heavy boxes of cogs, belts , motors and video tapes .... once a much sought after gizmo,
are now as obsolete as the dodo !

Mr Pastry Time

Does anyone else think that UK broadcast TV in general is trash apart from BBC 4 who continue to offer up great programming? Every time you switch the TV on all you get is someone talking AT YOU! Any chance of a little variety or entertainment.

Steve Crook

In general, yes. But with so many more channels that's to be expected. Nobody has the talent to fill that many hours of broadcast TV with quality programming. What you have to do is to be selective and don't just switch it on to watch whatever happens to be being broadcast at the time.

Every week I get the Radio Times and mark up the things that look like they'll be interesting. I then record those. When I do sit down to watch some TV I hardly ever watch it "live", I watch what I've recorded. If it isn't as good as I'd hoped I skip on to the next recording and by only watching recordings I can skip the adverts and the interminable "coming soon" promotions.

If you do that you'll find that there is still a lot of very high quality TV being made and broadcast.

Steve

davidb

i think its worse ,"more choice " has thinned the quality out ,so we end up with trash like older brother or the x factory or its imitators all the time .nothing but the pursuit of ratings

batman

IMHO there is very little good quality TV these days. One or two gems can be found tucked away on BBC2, C4 or on digital channels but most of it is crap.

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eric7885

so callled modern tv today is not my cup of tea. Britsh tv programming has deteriated over the years. Today we have a lot of rubish,so do the Americans and other countries also. A lot depends upon your taste. To make matters worst,we have to pay for the right to have a telly in our home,licence fee. The americans and canaians do not have this fee.

Marky B

Apart from a few gems,that about sums it up,David!
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Marky B

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earlb

I remember when working in the States how awful I thought their TV was and thought "Thank goodness for British and Australian TV". Having spent time in Australia I then saw their TV deteriorate down to the American low standard. Here in Britain it's all arrived here now and don't think that's the end of it because there is to come just after the start of a programme commercials or promos and once the programme has ended more commercials and promos then the closing titles for that programme. The TV companies are not bothered because they know that some mindless individuals somewhere will watch regardless.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

EHV_Emmetts

I was stunned the other night when I watched, a rare occasion indeed, a show called TV's Naughtiest Blunders. British TV output has sunk that low and it's scrapping the bottom of a very deep barrel.

I've come to the conclusion that, as I hardly watch any TV, I'm not going to renew my TV licence when it expires next May. £139.50 per year - for a catalogue of utter crap - they can stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

I shall watch programmes on-line only and view DVD's on my computer.

winsfordtown

The saddest thing about British television today is ITV completely retreating from making new, fresh dramas. With them now it's all about big names and beautiful scenery. The BBC no longer sees a need to compete at the high end unless it's broadcasting on BBC4 for 2 million viewers. The middle ground has vanished because TV companies want to appeal to the 18-30 age group that don't watch television anyway. Mainstream television shouldn't be showing money making quizzes verbatum. They are sandelous.

tanith65

I agree with some of the earlier posts. I think that TV is getting worse, since there is less choice. I'm not a fan of reality style TV. Big brother doesn't interest me, and I can't be bothered to watch the endless range of "talent" shows, just like an endless re run of Opportunity Knocks or New Faces, taking each medium.... singing, dancing...... you name it and giving it a series all of its own.

Every now and then there is still a gem to be found on TV, I loved George Gently, Foyles War..... but then what I see as a gem, otheres might hate.

I just find that in the main we are over run with cheap and nasty reality TV, and that I find less and less on TV that I want to watch....... which is good, forces me to do far more interesting things rather than sitting in front of the TV all night.

Amanda

hankoler

I think its worse and to add to that a large percentage is repeats,