<![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> Sometimes, I like to do what I call "Sleeping in the theater", where I put the bedroom TV on Turner Classic Movies or the Starz Western channel and sleep with it on all night.

Sometimes it's cool when the TV sound gets into your dream. It can be kinda trippy sometimes. Once, I was sleeeping during an old '50 cowboys & indians picture, and let's just say my "movie" was a LOT scarier than what was showing on the tube.

SundaySunday

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> Ah, but *which* timezone?

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BillSeitz

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> Since we bought a DVR we seldom watch anything live anymore. We'll never go back I think. Our small town does not have analog TV so we have to subscribe to cable or sat. Cable is ridiculously expensive so we've had satellite for about 10 years.

When we spend the weekend out of town with family it's torture not to be able to see the TV schedule or the show descriptions. They have analog cable on a $1500 big screen LCD - what's the point?

We also watch alot of rerun TV via purchased DVDs or Netflicks.

Side-effect? We get our dose of TV but we are highly impatient during commericals when we can not skip them.

busbodger

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> I was under the impression that most people just Tivo-ed or taped TV shows, then watched them when they wanted to. I hardly even know when any show is "live."

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> I use an auto-shutdown program on my computer that forces my computer to turn off at a preset time. That way, I can be sure I am going to bed by a certain time.

Lazarus

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> @HeartBurnKid: Haha, I am like that with Seinfeld reruns. I like going to sleep after watching an episode of Seinfeld. So, when I randomly watch it during the day, I tend to do the same thing.

I think I would rely more on nature's call if I saw nature. With all of our windows always being closed, I rarley notice the chance in daylight outside, and therefore rely on my own system. The only way I can tell my body that it is sleep time is by turning off te computer and watching Seinfeld.

Ke

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> Hah! Phooey to Science. My sleep pattern is governed by beer.

Tiwa

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat, there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits

And now...American Idiol...

FrankenPC

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> @HeartBurnKid:

I do the same thing, but not with Mythbusters. I have endless hours of Bob Ross's painting show to watch. If I can't sleep, all I need is his voice, painting his happy little trees.

Since my bedroom TV died, I have been watching it on my laptop, propped up on my nightstand.

It works every time.

Heresy Of Truth

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> This post reminds me of Nina Hagan's "TV Snooze."

"He is asleep and the TV is on (2x)
All night long and he is asleep
Gets information from out of space
They use his TV set to come into his place, his place
To sit right on his face

"He is asleep and his mind is working hard (2x)
So hard, so hard, he's getting so smart
He is asleep and the TV is on (2x)
All night long and he is asleep"

Classic.

corpore-metal

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> It is all that evil time-shifting Tivo's fault. I feel better knowing that. The warm glow of the telly is not good for your sleep patterns, I would never have guessed that, (note to self, call pharmacy, refill Ambien.)

CaptRavis

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> What happens if you watch TV on your computer...and you never turn off your computer :S
I found I needed to set the amount of sleep I needed (7 is a good number) and make a physical effort to move away from the pc (turning it off is more effective).
This pattern becomes easier when I need to wake up earlier...I don't have a choice as I know how bad my day and then week will be as a result...

simmo

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> I go to sleep when I start to hear crickets in my backyard... they call me Mr. Natural...

VakeroRokero

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> Those of us who do NOT watch television all that often are still on the Circadian time-clock....

Hekkashesh

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> @HeartBurnKid: The only way to be sure is to write in and suggest that they apply their methods to your own experience!

Will it be confirmed? Is it even plausible? Or will it be busted?!?

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> now if you have trouble sleeping, the best remedy is to find an audiobook about physics thats narrated with a british accent.

capntim

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> It's a funny thing, but near as I can tell, my sleep pattern is determined solely by Mythbusters.

I started having trouble sleeping, so I'd turn on the TV and cue up something I'd already seen on Tivo, and, since Discovery shows Mythbusters reruns about 4 times a day, it was usually that. This way, I could get my mind off of whatever was keeping me up and just get some damn rest. Unfortunately, I've now somehow associated Mythbusters with sleep, to the point that I often end up taking an involuntary nap if I watch it in the middle of the day, even if it's a new episode.

HeartBurnKid

]]> <![CDATA[Your Sleep Patterns Are Controlled by Television]]> my sleep pattern is governed by my work schedule.

Sure i'll watch things i've downloaded on my laptop, but when that gets turned off has soley to do with when i have to get up the next morning, and on weekends, its governed by when i'm tired.

I watch T.V. shows... i just never watch it the old fashioned way.

capntim

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