I received my official letter today.

[catkoko]

There are still churches and even colleges that believe in no tv, no movies and yes even no women in pants. Pensacola Christian college and church being one. Most if not all Missionary Baptist, Separate baptist and Independent Baptists are also TV/movie free.

Its not Tv so much as the commercials that have become so offensive. You can choose not to watch an offensive so but little can be done to avoid the commercials yet still enjoy tv. Have not been happy with fox and hallmark commercials either. Unfortunately each generation has become desensitized to violence, nudity etc.



We had no tv for 5 years and may end up there again once sky angel shuts off my dbs. It will take some getting used to but it can be done. A few years back we bought an Amish home, no electric never mind phone or tv and we survived

[Scroll]

You can choose not to watch an offensive so but little can be done to avoid the commercials yet still enjoy tv.

Ever hear of Tivo? 30 sec commercial skip works just fine!

[lumpkin666]

You can choose not to watch an offensive so but little can be done to avoid the commercials yet still enjoy tv.

Ever hear of Tivo? 30 sec commercial skip works just fine!

Or better yet, ReplayTV (still available for purchase, but not currently marketing them) has the 5040 series dvr's that can be set to automatically skip the commercials (not a constant 30 sec skip... it just does it and you barely notice that there should have been a commercial right there)

[jashobeam]

I wouldn't say most Indepedent Baptists don't allow TV. It's rare in our area to find a church that states that from the pulpit. No women in pants is still very common in Independent, especially IFB churches. Our church states that from the pulpit, and the schools have the same policy. Silly to me. If it's cultural, why make it doctrine. Some independent churches have their own TV program, so they would expect their members to own a TV so they could watch it.

[RedSavina]

Or better yet, ReplayTV (still available for purchase, but not currently marketing them)

You mean besides eBay? If so, please drop me a PM with more info. Thanks!

[catkoko]

What would work to remove commercials WHILE watching tv? am not into recording shows

[Scroll]

Well if you have OTA or cable my TV, for example, has a feature to jump to another channel and after a set amount of time jump back. Could flip over to a music channel or the weather channel I suppose.

Not perfect though since it's timed and doesn't know exactly when the commercials will end.

Or you could put Tivo on a time delay but the Dish 508 is better for that since it won't let you accidentally interrupt the pause and lose the programming being delayed.

I had another thought, a Picture in Picture set.

[jashobeam]

What would work to remove commercials WHILE watching tv? am not into recording shows

Our DVR does this. When the commercial comes on, we hit pause while watching live TV. When a minute has passed we hit the fast forward button and go forward 1 minute and skip that commercial. I watch cooking shows this way to avoid the commercials.

[andrews777]

Once you start using a DVR, you find it very hard to ever "go back".

Picking what you want to watch is so much better than taking whatever is fed to you!

Brad

[jholland]

Even though the new Sky Angel IPTV doesn't have DVR, it does have access to programs from the last 48 hours on the faith TV channels. That is almost the same advantage as DVR.