Flat screans are not the only place to watch "Glee"

Students take advantage of DVR and full web episodes to catch up on favorite shows:

Everyone knows that the TV came first, followed by Beta machines and VCRs, which led to revolutionary DVDs. All of the above have influenced how we watch our favorite shows and movies in the luxury of our own homes, but with the invention of DVRs, the world was open to endless ways of entertainment on their home television sets.

In the beginning the TV was the first way that people could see and hear the news or events at the same time. It seems like just the beginning for the mass media to sneak into the homes of the people, but it aided in new developments in how to make it easier for programs to reach television sets worldwide.
Television, VCRs, DVDs, and DVRs


The Beta machine, which was only alive for a split second because the VCR offered better qualities, which was the first step towards the digital age and DVRs.

The Digital generation sparked the invent of many things. Digital streaming stations, Internet, the sets themselves were not “tube” anymore. The late nineties brought with it the first DVRs, which got rid of the cassette tapes and brought in the use of not recording device. Yes, it did include the DVD also.



The college perspective:
Not only could you get your favorite shows and movies in your home at the exact moment you want them, you could also just record them or just play them off the internet from a black box sitting just above the combination VCR/DVD player on the TV stand.

"I don't have time to watch Law & Order, so I just TiVo it. If I didn't have a DVR I would try my best to make time to watch it, but I dont unless the TiVo stops working." said Point Park Biology student Juvonne Glenn of Duquesne, Pa.

What’s next? HULU.com and fancast.com came into the internet community as ways for us to watch those shows that maybe you could watch during its prime-time spot, and because you are not blessed with a DVR or TiVo, which is the better known DVR in the world. But these sites were also in contention with the television networks website offering full episodes as well.

The big question is:



Many students don’t have the time to watch their shows during their regular time, so they just wait until the next day or weekend to watch theirs shows. But does this take away from the nostalgia of TV, and do we even need to have stations with shows when we can just get it on out computer on our own time.

Many in the Point Park University community see the effects of the transition, but don't understand why others don't see this as just another transition into a different technological age like with in the invention of the VCR.

"If they weren't meant to make our lives easier, then they would not be as marketable as they are today." said Sarah Puhala, an acting major from Sharon, Pa. "Everyone and their mother have a DVR, but I just use the good ol' free internet to get my Law and Order SVU fix."