It seems like most of my media consumption comes from non-traditional sources these days. I’m never watching what the Networks want me to be watching when they want me to be watching it.
I am an avid fan of Netflix. Currently I’m on Season 2 of The Wire. Yeah, sure I’m behind the rest of the hard core fans who paid out who knows how much money each month to HBO for the privelege of watching the show each time it aired. But who cares?
Also, though I don’t have a DVR (much to the surprise and consertnation of my friends and family), I do manage to do a fair bit of time-shifting of television using services such as Hulu. Heck, there’s so much content out there that there’s a movement afoot for people to ditch TV signal altogther (be it by cable or by satellite) and just buy a beefy internet pipe. Every once in a while I’m tempted to join in. But I don’t know that I’m ready to give it all over just yet.
Of course, the downside to all of this is that instead of missing shows due to a certain pint-sized powerhouse, I’m piling up shows that I need to watch. I’ve got two discs from Netflix sitting on top of my TV. I’ve got 4 shows in my Hulu queue. I’m almost drowning in content.
What’s a person to do?
