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gilligan fanatic · 11-14-2005, 07:09 PM

I really can't stand this channel. Remember when it was the Preview Channel before TV Guide bought them out? That is when it was good. The schedules took up a lot more of the screen, there weren't stupid documentaries type stuff too. I have to mute the channel just to look up whats on next. If my computer is on I will certainly look it up at Yahoo TV but if its not on its torture. I don't get how it can be so bad. Why can't it be just Paid Programing in a very little screen at the top with the listings being the most important aspect. Knowing TV Guide, it will get rid of the listing like the did with the magazine.

Stormtracker TF · 11-14-2005, 07:21 PM

TV Guide as a whole is crap now. The channel is nothing but a bunch of silly fluff, and their new "magazine" format of their TV Guide is just...Awful. It's pitiful.

theshark8777 · 11-14-2005, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by T.F. Storm

TV Guide as a whole is crap now. The channel is nothing but a bunch of silly fluff, and their new "magazine" format of their TV Guide is just...Awful. It's pitiful.

Tivo....

Stormtracker TF · 11-14-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by theshark8777

Tivo....

gilligan fanatic · 11-14-2005, 08:02 PM

I have a question. Is there a difference between Tivo and a DVDR?

PZelda · 11-14-2005, 09:14 PM

You just now noticed?

I think TV Guide brought out Prevue (that's what I remember them calling the Preview Channel) in about 2000 or so. It was alright at first, they had three grids and stopped it every three rows. Then they went downhill when they no longer stopped the grids.

I miss Prevue.

gilligan fanatic · 11-14-2005, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

You just now noticed?

I think TV Guide brought out Prevue (that's what I remember them calling the Preview Channel) in about 2000 or so.

I noticed it changed when it first happened. I know it was bought out a while ago. I am just commenting about how it was. I know its not Prevue anymore or for the longest time.

robyrob · 11-14-2005, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I have a question. Is there a difference between Tivo and a DVDR?

TIVO is a brand name, and includes their tv listing service, a DVR is the generic term for what TIVO is - a Digital Video Recorder that saves everything onto an internal hard disk drive, and a DVD-R (or DVD Recorder) is a similar device that lets you record programs onto blank DVD-R disks (or DVD+R or DVD+/-RW disks)

G-Force Glockstar · 11-14-2005, 10:20 PM

TV Guide Channel is fine to me.....I also have the tv guide (book) thing too!

MsOrange · 11-14-2005, 10:37 PM

I miss the Preview channel... i also miss how they use to pause when a description for a movie came up, then slowly scroll through TV shows. I can't read the movie description now.

Brent88 · 11-15-2005, 01:55 AM

Yeah... but here's my question: Who even uses TV Guide Channel now?

The only bright spot in the new magazine format is the spoilers in front.

The listings SUCK.

dawsongirl · 11-15-2005, 03:59 AM

With a satellite dish, having that channel is pointless...which is why I'm confused as to why we do.

Mr. Television · 11-15-2005, 04:05 AM

I don't even turn it on anymore. Comcast already got the listings for all the channels on the tv so why use it?

YoliUSA · 11-15-2005, 04:51 PM

Since I have digital cable I just use the interactive program guide that is 100 times better than the TV Guide Channel.

gilligan fanatic · 11-15-2005, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

TIVO is a brand name, and includes their tv listing service, a DVR is the generic term for what TIVO is - a Digital Video Recorder that saves everything onto an internal hard disk drive, and a DVD-R (or DVD Recorder) is a similar device that lets you record programs onto blank DVD-R disks (or DVD+R or DVD+/-RW disks)

ok thanks

11-14-2005, 07:09 PM	#1
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	TV Guide Channel is Terrible I really can't stand this channel. Remember when it was the Preview Channel before TV Guide bought them out? That is when it was good. The schedules took up a lot more of the screen, there weren't stupid documentaries type stuff too. I have to mute the channel just to look up whats on next. If my computer is on I will certainly look it up at Yahoo TV but if its not on its torture. I don't get how it can be so bad. Why can't it be just Paid Programing in a very little screen at the top with the listings being the most important aspect. Knowing TV Guide, it will get rid of the listing like the did with the magazine.
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11-14-2005, 07:21 PM	#2
Stormtracker TF Happy Easter! Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 102,598	TV Guide as a whole is crap now. The channel is nothing but a bunch of silly fluff, and their new "magazine" format of their TV Guide is just...Awful. It's pitiful.
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11-14-2005, 09:14 PM	#6
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	You just now noticed? I think TV Guide brought out Prevue (that's what I remember them calling the Preview Channel) in about 2000 or so. It was alright at first, they had three grids and stopped it every three rows. Then they went downhill when they no longer stopped the grids. I miss Prevue.
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11-14-2005, 10:20 PM	#9
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11-15-2005, 01:55 AM	#11
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Yeah... but here's my question: Who even uses TV Guide Channel now? The only bright spot in the new magazine format is the spoilers in front. The listings SUCK.
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11-14-2005, 08:02 PM	#5
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	I have a question. Is there a difference between Tivo and a DVDR?

11-14-2005, 10:37 PM	#10
MsOrange Bringin' Sexy Back Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 6,133	I miss the Preview channel... i also miss how they use to pause when a description for a movie came up, then slowly scroll through TV shows. I can't read the movie description now.

11-15-2005, 03:59 AM	#12
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	With a satellite dish, having that channel is pointless...which is why I'm confused as to why we do.

11-15-2005, 04:05 AM	#13
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	I don't even turn it on anymore. Comcast already got the listings for all the channels on the tv so why use it?
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11-15-2005, 04:51 PM	#14
YoliUSA Fan of the Classics Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 13, 2002 Location: In a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 5,290	Since I have digital cable I just use the interactive program guide that is 100 times better than the TV Guide Channel.
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