Shoeberto
06-04-2004, 10:26 PM
Is absolutely ridiculous.
Okay, back story:
TechTV, which started as ZDTV, has been an extended cable network since around 1998 centered around technology. When I got digital cable around two years ago, I got the channel, and I loved it. They had so much variety in their programs - video game reviews, novice support, expert support, movies, new gadgets, lots of stuff. Their shows were original and the personalities made it all really fun.
G4, which has been around about two years, is a channel centered around video games. Yeah, sounds good on paper, but so does communism. It wouldn't be so bad if all the shows weren't so horribly outdated, and if every freaking thing you watch was a rerun. Seriously, they have three new episodes of shows a week - otherwise, all reruns.
A couple months ago, the owner of TechTV decided to put it up for sale, even though it had recently gained quite a following. Comcast, the owner of G4, bought it, and talked about a merger. And they did. G4TechTV was born.
Except it <i>should</i> be G4<font size="1">...(techtv)</font>, because they've injected most of the blocks with their reruns and rehashes, leaving room for only a few of the good TechTV programming. A lot of the good shows from the TechTV lineup disappeared, where the crap that no one watches anyway (Thunderbirds? Future Fighting Machines?) stayed. Even the TechTV mainstay, the man who practically <i>is</i> TechTV, (Leo Laporte) isn't on it anymore.
Obviously, anyone and everyone who was an avid TechTV fan is outraged, which is shown at the <a href="http://forums.g4tv.com/categories.cfm?catid=48">merger discussion forum.</a> While some act like 10 year olds using deragatory terms to fight back, some have taken a different route - like posting <a href="http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.cfm?catid=48&threadid=156712">this article</a>, which shows how far it really goes.
Yeah, okay, I know I'm flipping out about this, but TechTV was <i>the channel</i> for me to watch, and they're prettymuch neutered it. Anybody else want to discuss?
Okay, back story:
TechTV, which started as ZDTV, has been an extended cable network since around 1998 centered around technology. When I got digital cable around two years ago, I got the channel, and I loved it. They had so much variety in their programs - video game reviews, novice support, expert support, movies, new gadgets, lots of stuff. Their shows were original and the personalities made it all really fun.
G4, which has been around about two years, is a channel centered around video games. Yeah, sounds good on paper, but so does communism. It wouldn't be so bad if all the shows weren't so horribly outdated, and if every freaking thing you watch was a rerun. Seriously, they have three new episodes of shows a week - otherwise, all reruns.
A couple months ago, the owner of TechTV decided to put it up for sale, even though it had recently gained quite a following. Comcast, the owner of G4, bought it, and talked about a merger. And they did. G4TechTV was born.
Except it <i>should</i> be G4<font size="1">...(techtv)</font>, because they've injected most of the blocks with their reruns and rehashes, leaving room for only a few of the good TechTV programming. A lot of the good shows from the TechTV lineup disappeared, where the crap that no one watches anyway (Thunderbirds? Future Fighting Machines?) stayed. Even the TechTV mainstay, the man who practically <i>is</i> TechTV, (Leo Laporte) isn't on it anymore.
Obviously, anyone and everyone who was an avid TechTV fan is outraged, which is shown at the <a href="http://forums.g4tv.com/categories.cfm?catid=48">merger discussion forum.</a> While some act like 10 year olds using deragatory terms to fight back, some have taken a different route - like posting <a href="http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.cfm?catid=48&threadid=156712">this article</a>, which shows how far it really goes.
Yeah, okay, I know I'm flipping out about this, but TechTV was <i>the channel</i> for me to watch, and they're prettymuch neutered it. Anybody else want to discuss?