Why do we need this? Seriously. What do you have to watch that is so time-critical that you MUST see it real-time? The News? What self-respecting geek watches TV news, when there's Google? Sports? Use a radio, check the scores online, or go to a sports bar.
If there's something on that I want to see, but will be out of the house for, I just TiVo it. If I wanted to be low-tech about it, I could use my trusty VCR to tape it. Either way, I can watch Good Eats when I get home. I see no reason to carry a postage-stamp-sized TV with me. Are y'all that addicted to Jerry Springer?
This is key. Alternately, find something she likes watching. I was an FF7 "widow" for a while - to someone new to console gaming, it was hard to watch, and nobody was interested in letting me play. But, I've been buying my husband the newer games with better graphics (FFX, FFX-2, Zelda) because if I can't play, I can at least watch. It's like a movie, but yelling at the screen really -does- things!
Alternately, find a game that's her (or his, there are some game-addicted women with lonesome partners) speed (Mario Kart? Monkey Ball? Chocobo Racing? Quake instead of Doom?), or support her crazy, time-sucking habits. If you can spend all day fragging people, you can damn well get your paws off the remote during my NASCAR time.
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Why do we need this? Seriously. What do you have to watch that is so time-critical that you MUST see it real-time? The News? What self-respecting geek watches TV news, when there's Google? Sports? Use a radio, check the scores online, or go to a sports bar.
If there's something on that I want to see, but will be out of the house for, I just TiVo it. If I wanted to be low-tech about it, I could use my trusty VCR to tape it. Either way, I can watch Good Eats when I get home. I see no reason to carry a postage-stamp-sized TV with me. Are y'all that addicted to Jerry Springer?
This is key. Alternately, find something she likes watching. I was an FF7 "widow" for a while - to someone new to console gaming, it was hard to watch, and nobody was interested in letting me play. But, I've been buying my husband the newer games with better graphics (FFX, FFX-2, Zelda) because if I can't play, I can at least watch. It's like a movie, but yelling at the screen really -does- things! Alternately, find a game that's her (or his, there are some game-addicted women with lonesome partners) speed (Mario Kart? Monkey Ball? Chocobo Racing? Quake instead of Doom?), or support her crazy, time-sucking habits. If you can spend all day fragging people, you can damn well get your paws off the remote during my NASCAR time.