06.26 | Immersion television
Technology - most notably the advent of TiVo and other listings-linked digital recorders - has meant that audiences are increasingly in the habit of dictating their own programming timelines. Watching tube titles on DVD is simply an extension of that ease, says Gord Lacey, a 26-year-old website developer from Edmonton, who also runs tvshowsondvd.com.
"I'm not watching '24' this year," notes Lacey, referring to the Kiefer Sutherland espionage thriller, now in its third season. "I'm just waiting for the DVDs." Most of his friends now do the same.
An interesting article about watching TV, but not on TV. Something that us '24' fans probably do more than most, thanks to DVD boxsets and a sad willingness to sit through a year's worth of episodes in one day...
"I'm not watching '24' this year," notes Lacey, referring to the Kiefer Sutherland espionage thriller, now in its third season. "I'm just waiting for the DVDs." Most of his friends now do the same.
