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Old 07-28-03, 11:38 PM
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How many TV on DVD episodes at a time?

I just bought another season of Friends, and after going through the first disc, I was wondering...How many episodes of any given show do you top out on during one sitting? Personally, I like to just finish one disc, so in the case of Friends, 6 episodes, and in the case of 24, 4 episodes. I think I pretty much watch TV shows by this guideline. Anyone else?
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Old 07-28-03, 11:41 PM
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depends on the day, mood, show. Some you can go for a while into a couple discs in a row, and sometimes only one or two at a time.
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Yeah, if I got the time, I'll polish off half a season. Normally, I'll try to get at least 2 episodes in.
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I usually can't do a whole disc in one sitting. If it's an hour-long show, I'm good for 2-3 eps. If it's a half-hour show I can go through about 3-5 at a time.
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When it's shows like The Family Guy, Simpsons, or South Park, I usually watch them whenever i'm in the mood. But for shows that following a storyline every week, I usually finish them ASAP. I watched both seasons of OZ in 4 days combined, and I usually finish a Sorpranos season in less then a week.

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I finished all of Friends Season 4 in one sitting.

Normally I whip thru the TV sets I buy very fast.
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Old 07-29-03, 05:43 AM
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Originally posted by Cardinal Fang
I usually can't do a whole disc in one sitting. If it's an hour-long show, I'm good for 2-3 eps. If it's a half-hour show I can go through about 3-5 at a time.
what you said is right on!
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Old 07-29-03, 06:16 AM
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Since I have 4-5 different TV shows I'm working on at the same time (DVD changer), I tend to only watch a single episode per sitting.

Most times, I don't have time for more than that.
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Depends on the day and the show. Usually I'll wait until the weekend to get to TV shows and then polish them off in three days (extras and all). 1 or 2 discs of a show per day depending on the amount of work I have to do.
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Well, I guess I'm in the minority. I only watch one episode per sitting. That's the way they were originally seen, and I think some shows hold up better that way.
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Old 07-29-03, 08:01 AM
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Usually I'll spend about an hour and a half - so 2 episodes of the 1-hour shows, or 4 episodes of a sit-com.
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For the most part I will spend an hour, two at most. However I did once spend 13 hours straight watching the first season of 24 and 9 hours watching the third season of Buffy. It really depends on my schedule, and most of the time I don't even have two hours to watch a full movie nowadays, let alone 20+ hours of televison.
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I typically watch until I pass out. I find that I can actually watch more hour-long dramas in a row than half-hour comedies, since the dramas are often much more engaging. That being said, however, I cannot watch fewer than 45 episodes of SportsNight in a single sitting. Once I start that train, I'm on board until the end.

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Old 07-29-03, 11:25 AM
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Once I watched about 6-7 episodes of Xfiles in a row, that ruined it for me, now I can only watch 1-2 episodes at a time.
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Originally posted by das Monkey
I typically watch until I pass out. I find that I can actually watch more hour-long dramas in a row than half-hour comedies, since the dramas are often much more engaging. That being said, however, I cannot watch fewer than 45 episodes of SportsNight in a single sitting. Once I start that train, I'm on board until the end.

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Given what I know about your TV viewing habits, I'm beginning to think there's a lot more hours in a das day than the typical 24 hours the rest of us are allotted.
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• Quoth Chew •<HR SIZE=1>Given what I know about your TV viewing habits, I'm beginning to think there's a lot more hours in a das day than the typical 24 hours the rest of us are allotted. <HR SIZE=1>


Don't go blaming me for petitioning the TV Gods for an extra 4 hours. Lemme guess ... you waste a third of your day doing nothing, am I right? With that attitude, why should the Gods give you more hours? You're not even using the ones you have!

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Originally posted by videophile
Well, I guess I'm in the minority. I only watch one episode per sitting. That's the way they were originally seen, and I think some shows hold up better that way.
Gee vid, do you also wait a week between sittings? Because that is the way they were originally aired, so I'm sure they hold up better that way. (Don't forget the 15-25 week 'breaks' between seasons.)
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yeah, really depends on the show. The X-files, I recently picked up 3 season sets... thats like 70+ eps, I savor them.. watch one or 2 at a time.

24 on the other hand, I absorbed in like 2 days... just a whirlwind of continuous 24, I just got THAT into the show.

<shrug>

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I love lucy - 4
Star Trek - 2
BoB - 2
T. Zone - 3
Roots - 3
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