I used to watch very little, but it has grown on me.

friend or foe?

It’s time to renew my multi-media package. Presently, I pay £11.50 a month for over 100 hundred channels. Along with the usual free to air channels, I get Sky, Living, Hallmark, SciFi and Bravo. There is usually something to watch.

Before I subscribed to multi-channel TV, I listened to music, read and went down the pub every night. Multi-channel TV was a healthier option. It has been good value for me in many ways.

But now I feel I am watching TV too much.

I catch the news at 8pm, followed by The Daily Show. It then stays on for the rest of the evening. I’m usually doing other things until 11pm. So maybe I have it on for company.

The TV has my undivided attention after 11pm, until I fall asleep in front of it sometime after midnight.

If I scale down my package there are some shows I will miss. New series of Bones, CSI and Medium coming soon.

On the other hand, when Virgin and Sky had their little spat, I soon got used to the loss of the the Sky channels. And I have seen all the old episodes of my favourite shows several times over.

Then, I have a backlog of unwatched DVDs.  Having the TV on in the background whilst doing something else is one thing. But I want to watch the stuff I have specifically paid for without distraction. So they end up sitting on top of the TV unwatched.

And maybe loosing some channels will force me to look for more TV online. Web TV is a growing trend and I want to stay current with its development for work.

So what to do?

How much TV is too much TV?

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