Too Much TV

People say one shouldn't watch too much tv, and now that I've been exposed to so much CNN, I have to agree. Seems like there's been a shakeup at CNN recently, and I don't think much of the current lineup of anchors, though I'm glad enough that at least one is evidently gone for good. What's left, though, seems to lean toward the inane, the melodramatic, and the obsessed - with trivialities and ratings (that's redundant, isn't it?).

The proper way to watch tv is via some version of DVR or download that allows one to select programming, omit crass commercials (if not the no less subtle but surely shorter product placement integrations), and pause, rewind, fast-forward, and delete at will.

I have observed that as programming and access rapidly morph for the upcoming generation, traditional tv sets marketed to older viewers are simply exploding in screen size. One can now watch/interact with feeds either live or canned on viewing surfaces ranging from itty bitty to larger than one might have domicile space for housing such monstrosities. All I can do is dream of being able to afford a house that can hold the screen of my dreams . . . while I fend off incipient signs of carpal tunnel from extensive use of my handheld devices . . .

Perhaps, as Shannon suggests, the solution is less viewing time . . . no, that can't be it; can it? Can it - yes! that's the solution . . . packrats, anyone?