[Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

[Judy Jones]

I grew up in a household where the TV was always on.  My mom would listen 
most of the time, as she was doing housework in another room, and most of 
the time was not actually watching the TV.  So I never really thought about 
sitting down to actually watch that much.

My husband and I watch everything we want to on the internet and don't even 
have TV service now.

Another thing that would be interesting.  There are devices now that will 
record 7 days' worth television, and you have the option of skipping 
commercials in the setup.  However, I don't know if these devices are 
accessible.  If they are, I would think seriously about whether or not to 
investigate having TV again.

When our daughter was stayilng with us, we signed up for Direct TV, but I 
was floored at the volume of advertising, and some of the commercials are 
actually embarrassing because of their content, and I would not be 
interested in to helping the company foot them by paying a monthly bill.

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Kerri Kosten
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 12:24 AM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

Hi All:

When I was younger, (many years ago) I used to watch TV all the time.
I loved and primarily watched shows on channels such as ABC Family,
MTV, and the CW (formerly the WB) so they had a lot of talking in them
so I could follow along with what was going on pretty well just by
listening to the context clues.
I would like to get back into watching television.
First, are popular television shows described? Could I go to a certain
setting or something on my TV and access an audio described version of
the shows?
For those of you who love and regularly watch TV, do you just listen
and try to use context clues to figure out what is going on or how do
you keep yourself interested in the show when there is usually so much
action and shows are very visual?
Also, being that I likely won't be home when the shows I want to watch
air, is there any way to access on demand through Exfinity/Comcast (my
cable provider)? I know sighted people can access on demand through
the menus on the remote control but of course neither my remote nor
Television have speech so I can't access the menus or anything like
that. For those of you who watch tv regularly, how do you get around
this?
Is there an app I could download on the Iphone or something to maybe
somehow control my TV using the Iphone to access the on demand menus?
I know these questions may sound weird, but I haven't really watched
TV in so long the times have sort of changed. Television seems to be a
huge thing for sighted people and I'd like to get back into watching
popular TV shows again. I know I can access TV listings through NFB
Newsline.
Thanks,
Kerri

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