The Future of Media #79: Television

Exercises:
1) Visit Hulu, tv.com, or one of the other TV sites. Search or browse the site to see if your favorite show is listed. Are you able to watch full episodes online? What coverage is available?

Visiting Hulu was dangerous. There are so many ways to waste time, and now I have another great one! I searched for "Grey's Anatomy", a show I really like but often miss because I work the night that it is on. I watched two whole episodes while I was supposed to be doing this iHCPL exercise. It seems like the last five episodes shown on TV are online here through hulu. Another 136 episodes have clips of several minutes shown.

My problem is: I like to do other work (like using Quicken for my personal finances) on my laptop while watching TV. If I have to watch TV on my laptop, that defeats the purpose. I think it would be a better plan to learn to use the DVR on my TV. That way I can record what I miss while at work, watch it later on TV, and still do other work on my laptop.

However, knowing how to find lots of these shows is useful for reference purposes at the library.

2) Have you ever watched a TV show on your cell phone? If so, did you like it? If not, are you interested? Why or why not?
I never before watched a TV show on my iPhone. I tried to watch one through hulu.com, but can't do it because the phone does not have Flash installed. To get access through ATT would cost me another $10 per month, and that is just too much for how often I use it.
Because of this exercise, I loaded the free app for tv.com on my phone. Then I was able to watch some longer clips of "Grey's Anatomy", but I did not see any full episodes there.
It was "OK" to watch on my phone, but not great. Somehow seeing the show on a 2" by 3" screen with phone speakers doesn't quite measure up to seeing it on a 50"+ screen with SurroundSound like my son owns. Kind of spoils you for anything else.

3) Are there any streaming programs or user "channels" that you watch? Have you ever posted videos to a site on a regular basis?
My husband watches a lot of streaming TV from Romania on the Internet. It does require a fast connection. Before cable, it was impossible to watch. The image was always breaking up.
I looked at some of the live photo cams, but did not see anything I would be interested in following with that level of interest.
I have made several videos for work and personal use, and posted them to YouTube.