March 19, 2009

• Last week, I talked about how I had to deal with the leftover food in my refrigerator. While that problem was easily solved by just.... oh... eating the leftover food, there's also another kind of leftover problem. Leftover recordings on my DVR. My DirecTV HD DVR can only hold so many hours of recordings, especially when it comes to High Definition shows, and with the amount of programs I subscribe to, it all adds up. In fact, I currently have a little over 20 hours worth of recordings that I still have not seen yet. The shows currently on my DVR ranges from concert specials (New Order, Third Eye Blind), four hours worth of an MMA event (Dream 7), the usual TV shows I watch which is the bulk of my recordings (from Dollhouse, The Office, Fight Quest, to Family Guy), and the last episode of Late Night with Conan o'Brien.

  Nowadays more so than ever, I don't have that much time to watch TV like I used to. However, I can't help the fact that I'm a fan of certain shows, and no matter what, I DO want to see them. Spoken like a TV addict right? I guess. To my surprise, there are actually shows that I'm willing to drop, just to add room on my DVR. A really good show like "House M.D." was one that I was willing to give up watching, and shows that turned bad like "Heroes" made my choice of dropping that really easy. Then there are shows I should give up; like "Smallville," but I still find myself following it anyway. I've also avoided watching too many new shows to help minimize adding more hours of TV, like "Fringe" which I keep hearing is really good. Then there are shows that I know will be ending soon (by next year), which will definitely help open up room on my DVR; like "Lost," "24," and "Monk."

  Towards the end of 2008, I had near 50 shows in my prioritize list, but now it's about 30. I did cut a lot of the fat that I used to record, so you can't say I'm not trying to cut down on the TV I watch.

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