Fxjohn: To answer your question, Internet has many good sites, and it allows you to keep up with the news. We can always chose what topic we want to view, and it is much more interactive.
TV is loaded with bad programs and even though you can change channels, you can rarely view the information you want (or anything even interesting) when you are there devoting time to it. Sometimes I actually turn the TV and I'll find something interesting while flipping channel and I'll listen to it. That's rare though, and I certainly won't leave tv on, flipping channel for a long time to hope for something good. Better have a conversation with my gf then to occupy my mind with this.
Kdos: There's a couple shows i've downloaded in the past, but now when I want to see a show I usually wait for the dvds and rent them.