On Apr 21, 11:07*am, "JimH" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Apr 21, 7:34 am, "Don White" wrote:





"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:32:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Im now a Wal-box fan. Never was, never will be. and this helps me make
decisions on where to shop.

http://www.switched.com/2008/04/11/w...lion-for-impro....

This digital change over is going to be a diaster.

Mark my words.

Wonder if the US gov't would send a couple of those free converters up
here.
I have two 19" JVC analog sets, left behind by my sons, that work
perfectly.

But all in all, my wife pays about 100$ per month for sat. TV. basicly
1200$ a year for watching a tube.

I'd like to can the whole thing myself. Or put up an antenna and go
back to freebie.
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Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 21, 11:07*am, "JimH" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Apr 21, 7:34 am, "Don White" wrote:





"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:32:55 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Im now a Wal-box fan. Never was, never will be. and this helps me make
decisions on where to shop.

http://www.switched.com/2008/04/11/w...lion-for-impro...

This digital change over is going to be a diaster.

Mark my words.

Wonder if the US gov't would send a couple of those free converters up
here.
I have two 19" JVC analog sets, left behind by my sons, that work
perfectly.

But all in all, my wife pays about 100$ per month for sat. TV. basicly
1200$ a year for watching a tube.

I'd like to can the whole thing myself. Or put up an antenna and go
back to freebie.
================

Holy crap! *$100/month just for TV??- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

I know others folks who did that too - I've never seen it around here.

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

On Apr 21, 2:44*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:sqpp045m7brvpe8j8tmmc4ecot1pnodl3b@4ax .com...

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

No Bill, it's not just you.
it's more suck-ish every season. It would be amazing to see an alien
that didn't look like a human fish in a plastic suit that spoke
english for once.

Tim wrote:
On Apr 21, 2:44 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:sqpp045m7brvpe8j8tmmc4ecot1pnodl3b@4ax .com...

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.
We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.
And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.
TV sucks.
Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

No Bill, it's not just you.
it's more suck-ish every season. It would be amazing to see an alien
that didn't look like a human fish in a plastic suit that spoke
english for once.


Are you saying they are modeled after SW Tom? :)

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:12:16 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Apr 21, 2:44*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:sqpp045m7brvpe8j8tmmc4ecot1pnodl3b@4ax .com...

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

No Bill, it's not just you.
it's more suck-ish every season. It would be amazing to see an alien
that didn't look like a human fish in a plastic suit that spoke
english for once.

A large part if SciFi's problem was Bonnie Hammer. She just didn't
get SciFi. The one thing she did well was green lighting "Farscape",
but she turned creative content control to David Kemper and Rockne
O'Bannon who went berzerk in the third season which sunk the series.
One of the complaints about Hammer was she felt that scifi in general
was low brow and thus drove the good productions into the ground and
introduced WWE. When SciFi was owned by Vevendi Universal, she pretty
much ran the show and damn near killed the channel - there was talk of
blending SciFi with USA at one point.

Fortunately, NBC bought everything from Vevendi and NBC is very
friendly to scifi as a genre. When David Howe was hired as SciFi's
General Manager, he displaced Hammer and things have improved, but
with the single exception of Dr. Who and BSG, the network has
struggled with funding.

Rumor has it that funding will be increased in the future for more
original projects and series purchases - let's hope so.

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:44:28 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

Been that way for years. The only night worth watching is Friday
night with Dr. Who backed by BSG. Used to be Invisible Man, Farscape
and LEXX, then IM and LEXX were canceled, then Farscape, then nothing
until the new Dr. Who was introduced, then BSG - and now they are
planning on screwing that up by splitting BSG up into two segments -
11 episodes this time and then the remaining eleven episodes in March
of 09. Rumor has it that it may not be until January of 10 because
they want to drag out the revelation of the Final One to attract
viewership and have nothing original on the books to replace it.

Other than that, I only watch when there is a movie I want to rewatch
or the occasional "original" production.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:44:28 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.

We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.

Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.

Been that way for years. The only night worth watching is Friday
night with Dr. Who backed by BSG. Used to be Invisible Man, Farscape
and LEXX, then IM and LEXX were canceled, then Farscape, then nothing
until the new Dr. Who was introduced, then BSG - and now they are
planning on screwing that up by splitting BSG up into two segments -
11 episodes this time and then the remaining eleven episodes in March
of 09. Rumor has it that it may not be until January of 10 because
they want to drag out the revelation of the Final One to attract
viewership and have nothing original on the books to replace it.

Other than that, I only watch when there is a movie I want to rewatch
or the occasional "original" production.

We wouldn't even have the Sci Fi channel if our #2 son hadn't offered to pay
for the package it comes in.

Don White wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:44:28 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:38:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Yeah. totally sucks, doesn't it? Yes. except for porn channels, she's
got about everything that Dish Network can offer.
We got the uppity zillion channel cable package and I watch four of
them on a regular basis - History, Discovery, Speed and SciFi.

And Red Sox games so I guess it's five.

TV sucks.
Is it just me, or is SciFi just getting more sucky on their programming.
Been that way for years. The only night worth watching is Friday
night with Dr. Who backed by BSG. Used to be Invisible Man, Farscape
and LEXX, then IM and LEXX were canceled, then Farscape, then nothing
until the new Dr. Who was introduced, then BSG - and now they are
planning on screwing that up by splitting BSG up into two segments -
11 episodes this time and then the remaining eleven episodes in March
of 09. Rumor has it that it may not be until January of 10 because
they want to drag out the revelation of the Final One to attract
viewership and have nothing original on the books to replace it.

Other than that, I only watch when there is a movie I want to rewatch
or the occasional "original" production.

We wouldn't even have the Sci Fi channel if our #2 son hadn't offered to pay
for the package it comes in.



That's sad. Do you read what you post or are you drunk, Donnie?