This afternoon, our Sky Cable Digibox
was delivered and installed. Though our TV is from the prehistoric
era, our viewing has now become digital and with a few more channels
added as bonus. Yes, finally it is Asian Food Channel festival for
yours truly.
The technician may not be impressed
with my TV but he was blown away by the good cable signal we are
getting. He said that compared to the many other installations he did
before this, ours was way above average.
He further explained that signal
strength is inversely proportional to the number of television sets
connected. Ours was strong simply because this is a one television
household. Others are weak because they decided to have as many
viewing sets as there are people in their homes.
Listening to him talk, I can't help
reflect on the possible reasons why folks would want to have so many
television sets. Is it because the best viewing position, when most
information is assimilated, is while the head is propped against a
pillow and our back rested on our beds? I need to Google this.
Or is it because the more TV you have,
the more you will be perceived as a success? Hmmm....
But as parents do we complain that our
children are more interested on things other than us? Could it be
because we have allowed more television set than necessary?
I have long decided that we will only
have one. More TV equals more distraction and the more distracted we
are, the lesser we tend to communicate with each other. It separates
us, it leads to even less caring.
