Dan Huard Dishes on G4TechTV Holy Smokes!
#1
Posted 01 January 2005 - 05:22 AM
#2
Posted 01 January 2005 - 09:56 AM
CALLER: I bought a DVD of Spider-Man 2!
HOST: Awesome!
CALLER: I know! Sweet!
HOST: Heh heh!
CALLER: Okay, bye!
I'm glad most Tech TV people are out of that sinking ship. Poor Kevin Rose.
#3
Posted 02 January 2005 - 12:14 AM
Your example of the call is exaggerated, but sadly not TOO exaggerated. Most of the calls cover things like DVD players and gaming. Oh, and stereos. Because buying a stereo has apparently become very perplexing to people. I miss being able to learn about computers through that show. At least we still have Call For Help up here. Most of those questions still get relatively in-depth. It hasn't changed much aside from two new co-hosts (one of which is much like the new TSS hosts in that she knows next to nothing about technology, even Cat demonstrated a better understanding of things most of the time) and still gets into the nitty gritty with questions about video cards, switching to a Mac, and so on.
It's kind of odd that the quiet, bumbly guy from the network wound up being the one who exposed all of this, isn't it?
#4
Posted 02 January 2005 - 10:56 AM
JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?
#5
Posted 02 January 2005 - 11:40 AM
TSS has been in a downward spiral since the first Leo Laporte problems. It is sad because I really liked watching that show.
Oh well. I'm sure I'm not the only one who just stopped watching the channel all together. It's a shame since it used to be on in the background all day while I was on the computer.
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#6
Posted 02 January 2005 - 12:33 PM
#7
Posted 05 January 2005 - 05:25 AM
Tech TV was a network for smart geeks and G4 is a network for geeky morons. The Tech TV crowd emphasized that technology could be liberating, if you took the time to understand it and its implications and if individuals could keep governments and corporations from legally and politically controlling the choke points of emerging technology (thus the emphasis on encryption issues and the advocacy of alternative P2P file sharing programs).
G4 sees technology as just another widget (video game consoles) that network can use to deliver viewers up to corporate sponsors (makers of video games).
Tech TV was bottom up (here's what the geeks are doing). G4 is top down (Here's the latest product you can buy).
#8
Posted 05 January 2005 - 08:57 AM
Also, G4 is just lifeless. The "personalities" are terrible and the budget it low, low, low. You know something is wrong when any channel can make TechTV look like a big budget production.
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#9
Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:19 AM
I really don't get how people can watch the other shows on that channel. What's that one show that just shoots coverage of LAN parties? How can you watch that!?
EDIT - (forgot to add the G4 before Tech TV. Guess I can't let things go...lol)
This post has been edited by looktothesky: 05 January 2005 - 10:20 AM
#10
Posted 07 January 2005 - 10:55 PM
#11
Posted 09 January 2005 - 09:06 PM
You know what really sucks? That show where the two jackasses stand on some street corner and critiquing games. That show stinks.
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#12
Posted 11 January 2005 - 10:58 PM
Electric Playground - Reviews on the Run (I think)? LOL!
Yea, I don't really like their reviews at all. And they could get some ...uh.. LESS annoying hosts. That little whiney guy with the black hair annoys the hell outta me...lol
EDIT - That's alright Hecc, I probably couldn't stand Cinematech either if I saw it too often, but I guess because I can't, and don't see it that often, it doesn't bother me as much. BUT! I can never survive a whole episode.
This post has been edited by looktothesky: 11 January 2005 - 10:59 PM