Did you know that research has suggested that television watching can increase a person’s feeling of belongingness? By watching TV shows, a person can feel that he is in a social situation and is making actual contact with the TV characters. Social relationship on TV, yeah?

Quoting the source:

…It may not be real social relationship, but it appears that may not really matter in terms of its relief of feelings of social isolation and rejection. (http://tinyurl.com/yggluqr)

Well that was me before. I used to either sit in front of the computer or watch good TV shows when I was younger. Lack of social life then. Not like now that I go out often to hang out with friends or bury myself into homeworks and thesis,  before was TV, TV and TV – cartoons, reality shows, series, etc. I feel deprived now of TV. I have no time to do so. And I miss it much because I know watching TV shows can actually relax me and make me happy (though the internet makes me happy too). If only we have an HD DVR TV type at home. If only.

Here’s the anatomy and feature of an HD DVR gizmo:

Cool yeah?

An HD DVR TV can actually record the TV shows so you don’t have to rush home to catch up on a program right on its time slot. An HD DVR like the one offered by DIRECTV offers better resolution (than cable), more vivid colors and clearer sound aside from the auto-recording of TV shows. By the way, we use antenna at home right now. We didn’t continue subscribing to cable TV since it’s expensive and as I’ve said, there is less TV watching at home now (except for my sister watching Pinoy Big Brother everyday of her life). That is why for me, a DIRECT TV type would be useful maybe for this summer. If I’ll graduate on time, of course, I’d be back (maybe) to watching TV.

But we don’t have cable TV anymore. Maybe get a DIRECTTV product? Uhm. The right time will come. For now, I’m on the “longing” phase but I’ll focus on my graduation first.