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Why does G4 TV still exist?

post #1 of 18
2/21/13 at 11:45pm
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Got bored tonight and was watching some old Knight Rider episodes. Started to turn away and decided to see what G4 had to offer in the schedule since I haven't watched that channel in years. It looks like Xplay is the only somewhat tech related show left. Is this for real? Is this channel really that bad? How could INHD and it's ilk die off and this still be around?
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post #2 of 18
2/22/13 at 12:45am
It doesn't exist. It was announced last year that G4 will be Esquire network in a few months.
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post #3 of 18
2/22/13 at 7:18am
Also, all tech shows on it like Xplay have already been cancelled.
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post #4 of 18
2/22/13 at 10:06am
Man I miss TechTV. It was a sad day when it became the steaming pile of crap that is (was) G4.
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post #5 of 18
2/22/13 at 10:13am
But, but, but, but Cute Girls!!!! And, and, and Smart-ass Guys!!!!!

How can it possibly fail????
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post #6 of 18
2/22/13 at 10:13am
That's too bad. I used to really like that channel.
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post #7 of 18
2/24/13 at 12:42am
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Wow this is very a sad state of affairs.
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post #8 of 18
2/24/13 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by totalownership View Post

Wow this is very a sad state of affairs.
It's been that way for years since G4 fired all the adults from the channel.
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post #9 of 18
2/24/13 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by NetworkTV View Post

It's been that way for years since G4 fired all the adults from the channel.

I kinda abandoned it when I saw it was going downhill. I think right after the G4 name change. Then , years after I would see all the hosts from TechTV doing other things saying to myself "Hey that guy/gal used to be on TechTV".
After watching last night the Xplay guys gotta feel like "What am I doing here? Oh well ,it's a job" Such a shame that the original channel is gone. I actually picked up a few tips from them guys.
Anyone think we'll get another one?
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post #10 of 18
2/24/13 at 5:12pm
I abandoned that channel when it went from TechTV to G4. Don't think Comcast can drive NBC any further into the ground, but we shall see.
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post #11 of 18
2/24/13 at 7:05pm
Why does MTV still exist?
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post #12 of 18
2/24/13 at 8:11pm
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Originally Posted by 8traxrule View Post

Why does MTV still exist?

The show Portlandia did a really good sketch on the MTV situation.

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post #13 of 18
2/25/13 at 2:42am
Nice, but allowing that to be aired with a bug (on yet ANOTHER channel that abandoned its original purpose- this is hardly independent nor a film) is a double-standard. Also, how did this guy get MTV just by setting up an old analog TV? In reality he'd get nothing except whatever low-power analog stations might still be in that area.
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post #14 of 18
2/25/13 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by 8traxrule View Post

Also, how did this guy get MTV just by setting up an old analog TV? In reality he'd get nothing except whatever low-power analog stations might still be in that area.
What are you talking about?

MTV is still available on analog basic cable in many areas. My parents still have analog service through Time Warner and it's in their package - though they never tune to it for any reason....

Heck, even over the air, an analog TV will still work if the guy has a converter box somewhere we didn't see it (though he wouldn't get MTV that way...ever).

Honestly, though, even if MTV went back to showing music videos, I still wouldn't watch. Music videos haven't been any good since 1992.
Edited by NetworkTV - 2/25/13 at 9:41pm
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post #15 of 18
2/25/13 at 10:52pm
I thought they were just rerunning previously aired X-Play & AOTS (and Knight Rider) until the change over....
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post #16 of 18
2/26/13 at 4:48am
Analog cable?
I thought that went out the door.as it should have been.
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post #17 of 18
2/26/13 at 10:08am
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Originally Posted by chitchatjf View Post

Analog cable?
I thought that went out the door.as it should have been.
In some markets, but there are plenty of markets where analog cable is still very much in use by a very vocal population that is perfectly happy with it. They don't want a box, they don't want to replace their TVs and they don't care if you want HD or not.
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post #18 of 18
2/26/13 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by MSmith83 View Post

The show Portlandia did a really good sketch on the MTV situation.



NSFW
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