Going way back to an earlier post on the temporality of TV with regards to DVD: my 24 season 1 boxset has been sitting on the shelf in the original shrinkwrap* since I bought it whenever it came out. There's just no urgency (not to mention time) for me to watch it -- it's there, and it'll always be there, so I'm in no hurry. Contrast that with my weekly rush to make sure I get all my work done before it starts and the anticipation of finding out what happens to Shandi this week.

*obviously I'm advertising here