[Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

[Jim Portillo]

I used to have DirecTV, and the app was great and very accessible.  The DVR
was cool as well.
I now have Dish.  Does anyone use the Dish Anywhere app?  


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark Tardif
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:27 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

Judy,

Not to change the subject but one reason I would never get direct TV is that
they have apparently dropped the Weather Channel.  To me, a weather buff and
a Weather Channel junkie, that is nothing short of sacreligious, LOL.



Mark Tardif
Nuclear arms will not hold you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Jones
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 5:26 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

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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