Is Binge Watching Really the Way You Should be Watching Television?

If you have Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu, or any television streaming website, you know how it feels to binge watch a TV show. There comes a point in the level of binge watching where you should ask yourself, "Is this healthy?".

Where binge watching can't directly effect your health, it's best not to try and over do it. This way of viewing TV shows is kind of like being hooked on drugs, you get addicted and there's no way you're not going to push the button for next episode when it appears.

But there's another question that comes along with this style of television, are you really appreciating the show? If you watch so much of one show at a time there is a point where you will get distracted or become disinterested in what you are seeing. Are these TV streaming websites taking suspense and drama out of TV shows? There's no waiting anymore, you can automatically click on a button to see what is happening next.

Netflix is definitely taking over the television scene and there is no way that it's going to stop. People spend hours and days of their lives watching continuous television and missing out on the "reality" of the world. They are stuck in this virtual world which can ultimately lead to them regretting the decisions that they made to binge watch television. They do this to be caught up with the times, or to watch that one popular show that they missed out on. Either way that you look at it, binge watching television online is hindering the lives of people and their health. There is no looking back now, and we will walk forward in this digitally infused, binge watching obsessed world.

Netflix Takes on Movies

There’s no doubt that over the past decade, conventional television and film has felt a squeeze from online media providers like Netflix.  With the advent of full television series produced for the internet being ushered in by The House of Cards, the future of media consumption his definitely quickly evolving. 

For the most part, film has stayed the same, at least the initial release of each film, as it has been for many years. Now, however, Netflix is once again trying to change the game.  They’ve just announced that they’d like to start producing full scale, high budget films, for both the Internet and the theater. They’d ideally be released at the same time, over both venues. The caveat is, many movie theaters will not show a Netflix film, for fear that it would take away from ticket sales. It seems that Hollywood wants to stick to the archaic version of movie distribution. Regardless, I guess we’ll have to see how this pans out, as Netflix’s title as a game changer should never be underestimated.