Are you spending mnore time away from the T.V. and more time on the Internert/Computer...?

Question

IS Bill gates right about people spending more time on the Internet/computer and less and less time watching T.V..?

Do you agree with Bill Gates and is it a good thing or a bad idea not to be viewing the T.V. as much as you used to watch T.V. ???

Gates Says Web Will Revolutionize TV

By Ben Hirschler, Reuters

DAVOS, Switzerland (Jan. 27) - The Internet is set to revolutionize television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday.

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In the years ahead, more and more viewers will hanker after the flexibility offered by online video and abandon conventional broadcast television, with its fixed program slots and advertisements that interrupt shows, Gates said.

"Certain things like elections or the Olympics really point out how TV is terrible. You have to wait for the guy to talk about the thing you care about or you miss the event and want to go back and see it," he said.

"Internet presentation of these things is vastly superior."

Answer 1

Ja...for me that is the case. I hardly watch tv these days. It may as well break down and I'd ne'er notice.