[Blindtlk] Some Questions About Watching/Accessing Television

[Judy Jones]

Hi, did not know that. Thanks.

Judy



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From: Mark Tardif <markspark at roadrunner.com>
To:  blindtlk at nfbnet.org
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Date: Saturday, April 12, 2014 6:26 pm
Subject: Re: [Bltlk] 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: [Bltlk] 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: [Bltlk] 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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