Show TV viewing becomes college student friendly Stacie Peart Arts Editor As the new semester begins students add classes study sessions and time- time consuming group projects to their schedules Being a commuter school houses various types of students that also tack on jobs family and other stresses to their already busy lives Many students and not just those attending claim that TV viewing is a luxury not available to them with all the extra work they have to do But fortunately for students and others with busy lives TV viewing isn't limited to the living room at ata ata ata a specific time for a favorite show The Internet TV series' series on DVD and various recording devices allow busy TV fanatics to watch their favorite programs under more convenient circumstances Its very rare that I watch a show when its it's on said Davis County resident Jennifer Sha Shaw I seek out alternatives either online or TiVo to watch TV how I want when I want Shaw isn't alone in inthis inthis inthis this campaign to have convenience for T TV viewing The Internet began as a medium with just text like news articles and other databases and then came the pictures After pictures the next step was to integrate the Internet with video and music With this massive convergence of media types TV shows are c now being produced for the online audience or as a way to entice web surfers to tryout try tryout tryout out the TV The comedy Ugly Betty starring America Ferrara airs irs on Thursday nights but immediately following the show ABC announces to fans that they can log on onto onto onto to and watch the show for free I dont don't like it as much but its it's nice to have i if youve you've missed a show Shaw said about online TV viewing There are ways to get shows into another medium Downloading the programming to another device for later viewing is another possibility with the Internet's abundant selection of programs If I can download from that's my favorite Shaw said not only sells music but with the video Apple opened its music library up to videos and TV shows Programs or clips that a viewer would want to watch multiple times can be purchased and downloaded from the site for If the screen on the is too small adapters for the TV can be purchased to allow the saved programming to be viewed on the TV screen Another plus for TV fans is that if a network cancels a ashow ashow ashow show before all the episodes aired in the past the only time a fan could catch the unaired episodes was to buy or rent the DVD if they were even created Now networks are realizing that even though the show didn't catch enough viewers to stay on TV the small fan base might be interested in watching the unaired episodes online After yanking the Dana Delany drama Kidnapped in October after only five episodes NBC announced it would air the shows show's remaining eight episodes on for free starting Nov 3 according to Entertainment Weekly Online TV viewing allows viewers to watch the show when they want but there are some downsides to this new TV outlet Theres There's Theresa a possibility that viewers will have to sit through commercials just like TV without the possibility of ofa a forward fast-forward button TV lovers with a slow Internet connection will have to either upgrade or find another way to watch their programs While its it's a relatively new idea to have the network sponsor a free viewing of ofa a popular TV show its it's not nota a new thing to see an entire TV program online Other places besides the network or bring TV to the Internet has stood out among the many video-oriented video Internet users can search for almost any footage from around the world using the For example last nights night's Saturday Night Live episode with a clip of Justin Timberlake's skit has already been downloaded and finding that OK GO Here it Goes treadmill video to show a worker co-worker is fast and easy More than million videos are streamed per day dayon on according to Entertainment Weekly Chad Hurley the 29 year-old year CEO of Yo Tube also told EW V that when Bill Gates searched for himself on the during a keynote address at a Microsoft convention it finally hit Hurley that was everywhere These allow everyone to upload their favorite clips or shows to the web In fact some fan sites even capture the show edit out the commercials then post it online for other fans to watch if they missed the last episode For the computer illiterate tr i lr s f ts t Photos courtesy of clockwise clock from top left Filc Filc Photo and number The face of TV is changing with the use of the internet bottom right of television series and digital recorders Other devices like the video top left and TiVo are taking the place of VHS tapes and the VCR top right out there the enormous push to package each season or series into a DVD box set has allowed TV viewers to not only catch catchup up on their shows but they can be introduced to other programs not available to them DVD boxed sets have become more popular in inthe inthe inthe the last five years Cl Classic shows like Mash and Happy Days are playing up catch-up and the are slowly being released alongside TV shows such as The OC and Prison Break that are currently airing and releasing seasons on DVD right before the new season begins TV viewers who wait for th the can obtain the entire season at once This gets rid of the weekly anticipation of what's going to happen next on the show More intense shows like Lost can be viewed in their entirety without stopping during the hiatus now commonly referred to toas toas toas as the Fall Break by many networks The downside to waiting for the DVD is that the TV fan has to wait for the release of the DVD and then they have to pay paya a hefty price to purchase it Some DVD sets can be in inthe inthe the thc 50 range for only one season TV fans l looking oking for TV on DVD can now apply for foran foran foran an online rental membership through Blockbuster or With an online membership there are arc thousands of obscure titles available to rent including a alot alot alot lot of TV series Some of the movie rental stores carry TV shows but they cant can't carry everything Before applying check out the available rentals and see if the store carries the desired TV series on DVD The library is another effective cost-effective way to enjoy TV shows on DVD The cons for renting via the local library are while its it's free each library like the rental stores can only offer a limited selection of shows The library's selection is even more limited than the local Hollywood Video or Blockbuster The library also might have the first season of Buffy Bully The Vampire Slayer Discs 2 3 and 5 at one branch Disc 1 I at another Disc 4 might have a person four-person wait and Disc 6 was never returned by the last renter The Internet and allow the TV viewer to enjoy a show on a computer or after their favorite shows show's season is over but digital recording devices like and TiVo have become an advanced version of moms mom's old VCR and TiVo have their individual pros and cons but for the most part users find that the devices keep their TV shows safe while they go about their to day day lives Owners have also found other pluses to the he digital recording systems such as watching one show while recording another TiVo or recording two shows on at the same time I dont don't usually watch TV when its it's on because of the commercials Shaw said Shaw and other TiVo or or- or owners can record a ashow ashow ashow show watch it at their leisure and forward fast-forward through the commercials making the time spent watching TV TVa a little shorter Users can have shows recorded without a lot lotof lotof lotof of hassle and they dont don't have to nun nm home to slip in a VHS tape just before Greys Anatomy to find out later that they recorded over Mondays Monday's unwatched episode of Prison Break Technological advances advances have enabled TV viewing to reach this interesting fork in inthe inthe inthe the road The Internet offers a variety of programs while and TiVo also allow TV viewers like college students with hectic lives to catch up with their favorite shows on their own terns terms |