08-31-2005, 01:26 AM
I do it too when I'm just watching TV to waste time instead of actually wanting to watch a show.
I tend to only watch the shows a small set of channels, but there are the occasional documentary or movie that play on all the other ones, so I channel surf to see if there's anything like that playing. The TV guide on TV -- say, channel 2 -- takes too long to scroll through the entire list and the box I usually watch isn't hooked up to the digital cable box, and we don't watch enough TV to need buying guides in book form. Unless I'm watching the TV with the digital cable box, channel surfing is the only way to quickly get an idea of what's playing.
I tend to only watch the shows a small set of channels, but there are the occasional documentary or movie that play on all the other ones, so I channel surf to see if there's anything like that playing. The TV guide on TV -- say, channel 2 -- takes too long to scroll through the entire list and the box I usually watch isn't hooked up to the digital cable box, and we don't watch enough TV to need buying guides in book form. Unless I'm watching the TV with the digital cable box, channel surfing is the only way to quickly get an idea of what's playing.