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post #2881 of 3166
6/6/12 at 2:05pm
Showcase in Canada is just as bad when it comes to ad snipes. The first episode of Continuum has a large ad for cell phones. And it covered a lot of the action.

Their regular snipes are just as bad and just as large.

Yep, other sources are a must these days. The clutter just tells me to go elsewhere, and I do.
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post #2882 of 3166
6/10/12 at 6:39pm
The useless text on the top of the History Channel programming is embarrassing.
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post #2883 of 3166
6/11/12 at 9:13am
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Originally Posted by icemannyr View Post

The useless text on the top of the History Channel programming is embarrassing.
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But there's one corner of the screen left. Surely they can find some important info to put there!
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post #2884 of 3166
6/11/12 at 9:16am
The web address.
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post #2885 of 3166
6/11/12 at 9:28am
The name, address and telephone number of the SFBs who's in charge of that stuff there.
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post #2886 of 3166
6/11/12 at 10:25am
That channel is a joke. About 5% of the programming these days is actual "History" - they should change the name to "The Garbage Channel"
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post #2887 of 3166
6/11/12 at 11:42am
Basically History Channel 2 now is what History Channel was intended for.
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post #2888 of 3166
6/12/12 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by Knicks_Fan View Post

That channel is a joke. they should change the name to "The Garbage Channel"

You can say the same thing about 90% of the rest of the channels.
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post #2889 of 3166
6/14/12 at 5:53pm
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Originally Posted by icemannyr View Post

The useless text on the top of the History Channel programming is embarrassing.
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I am glad I am not the only person that finds this stuff completely annoying. Discovery does it too with some of their shows.
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post #2890 of 3166
6/16/12 at 10:23pm
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This just screams to me cut the cord. They can cover subtitles or other text that is part of a movie, as you can see here. I hate snipes!!!
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post #2891 of 3166
6/17/12 at 5:24am
I've cut the cord months ago on all of the (otherwise, quite good) docutainment channels.
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post #2892 of 3166
6/17/12 at 10:55pm
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Originally Posted by mike1977 View Post

This just screams to me cut the cord. They can cover subtitles or other text that is part of a movie, as you can see here. I hate snipes!!!

I got tired of paying for that junk back in 2008. I hooked up an antenna and most of the channels I get for free are no where near that bad. Like the big 4 networks, PBS, and MeTV.
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post #2893 of 3166
6/22/12 at 8:01am
Here in Canada snipes are becoming more common, especially on Shaw Media specialty channels. Over the last few months I have sent emails to the broadcaster and various government regulators with no success. I have had pretty good results from writing (email) a short note to each of the companies featured in the snipes as they begin airing. I have received replies from almost all of the advertisers and have noticed that most of them no longer air, only to be replaced with different products. So my campaign continues. I really cannot stand these snipes and this is my way of dealing with them (short of taping a piece of cardboard to my tv screen). I cannot go OTA due to where I live and am at home a lot with the tv on so I see a lot of ads. I believe, as others have stated here and elsewhere, that the television viewing experience is rapidly declining and, just as the internet has ended up cluttered with ads, so too will our tv screens in the near future.
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post #2894 of 3166
6/23/12 at 4:05am
It's been over five years since I stopped paying to watch ad-infested television. From what I've seen since I "Cut the Cord" in 2006 I have seen things go from bad to worse. I do not miss them at all, and I know I'm not alone. A report issued last week says the the number of people relying only on over-the-air TV is GROWING. I see the hand writing on the wall. After years of seeing prices do noting but RISE, while the quality of what they are paying for do nothing but HEAD SOUTH, people are realizing the value is no longer there, so they are pulling out.
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post #2895 of 3166
6/23/12 at 12:30pm
Haha, Dish commercial just said take a look at what we're paying for TV today.

What I see is we're paying more money to see less variety on a daily schedule, with annoying snipes during programming too. Same few shows all day long, over and over again, ad nauseam.

It would be a dream to see a schedule like this with more variety, where they could bring back shows that haven't been seen for a while:

USA Network: 8:AM show A
9: show b
10: show c
11: show d
Noon: show e
1: show f
2: show g
....
5: show j

Syfy.

8:AM show A
9: show b
10: show c
11: show d
Noon: show e
1: show f
2: show g
....
5: show j

Etc.

There was more variety back then

http://www.innermind.com/sfc/lists/sfc9606.htm
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post #2896 of 3166
6/24/12 at 11:13pm
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Haha, Dish commercial just said take a look at what we're paying for TV today.

If people did that they would cancel their subscription. The arrogant jerks they have on their commercials need to be jap slapped.

Look at this lineup that is on MeTV in my area. It is a free over the air channel that I pick up with an antenna.

12:30 AM The Untouchables "Man in the Cooler"
1:30 AM Peter Gunn "Edie Finds a Corpse"
2:00 AM Mission: Impossible "Blast"
3:00 AM Combat! "The Steeple"
4:00 AM 12 O'Clock High "Pressure Point"
5:00 AM The Honeymooners "Box Top Kid"
5:30 AM Dobie Gillis "Flow Gently, Sweet Money"
6:00 AM The Beverly Hillbillies "The House of Granny"
6:30 AM Petticoat Junction "Steve, the Apple Polisher"
7:00 AM Family Affair "A Nanny for All Seasons"
7:30 AM My Three Sons "A Real Nice Time"
8:00 AM That Girl "Counter-Proposal"
8:30 AM I Love Lucy "Ricky Minds the Baby"
9:00 AM Daniel Boone "Tekawitha McLeod"
10:00 AM Perry Mason "The Case of the Golden Fraud"
11:00 AM Cannon "The Seventh Grave"
12:00 PM Hawaii Five-0 "F.O.B. Honolulu"
1:00 PM Gunsmoke "The Foundling"
2:00 PM Bonanza "The Tax Collector"
3:00 PM The Big Valley "Days of Grace"
4:00 PM Kojak "A Question of Answers"
5:00 PM The Rockford Files "The Family Hour"
6:00 PM The Rifleman "The Spiked Rifle"
6:30 PM The Rifleman "Letter to the Law"
7:00 PM M*A*S*H "Give and Take"
7:30 PM M*A*S*H "As Time Goes By" Tonight
8:00 PM The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Menage a Lou"
8:30 PM The Dick Van Dyke Show "Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo."
9:00 PM The Bob Newhart Show "Life Is a Hamburger"
9:30 PM The Odd Couple "A Grave for Felix"
10:00 PM Cheers "Suspicion"
10:30 PM The Honeymooners "Here Comes the Bride"
11:00 PM The Twilight Zone "Young Man's Fancy"
11:30 PM Perry Mason "The Case of the Positive Negative"
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post #2897 of 3166
6/24/12 at 11:49pm
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master View Post

Look at this lineup that is on MeTV in my area.

Looks like a channel that would be very popular in nursing homes.
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post #2898 of 3166
6/25/12 at 2:41am
Check out thistv.com, another one that actually has variety in its schedule, and it can be received free over the air too.


Meanwhile, today's USA Network's schedule is...yep...mostly Law & Order (6am - 3pm) and NCIS (3-7pm), then NCIS Los Angeles, and NCIS again.
Edited by mike1977 - 6/25/12 at 2:50am
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post #2899 of 3166
6/26/12 at 2:10am
I get This TV in my area and also Bounce TV, MyFamily TV, and Tuff TV. Along with the big 4 networks, 3 PBS stations, and MynetworkTV.
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post #2900 of 3166
6/26/12 at 1:05pm
"This" is one of the worst over-the-air channels- the affiliates near me not only constantly show the network bug, but also overlay the CITY they're in under that! Their movies are of course cut-for-TV versions too.
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post #2901 of 3166
6/29/12 at 8:38pm
Best Snipe Ever !



Credit goes to Jimmy Kimmel who caught this clip of a FOX MLB game with the Yankees where a snipe for the new "Spiderman" movie had him flying out of C.C. Sabathia's butt.
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post #2902 of 3166
6/30/12 at 8:03am
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Originally Posted by Jedi Master View Post

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Haha, Dish commercial just said take a look at what we're paying for TV today.
If people did that they would cancel their subscription. The arrogant jerks they have on their commercials need to be jap slapped.
Look at this lineup that is on MeTV in my area. It is a free over the air channel that I pick up with an antenna.
12:30 AM The Untouchables "Man in the Cooler"
1:30 AM Peter Gunn "Edie Finds a Corpse"
2:00 AM Mission: Impossible "Blast"
3:00 AM Combat! "The Steeple"
4:00 AM 12 O'Clock High "Pressure Point"
5:00 AM The Honeymooners "Box Top Kid"
5:30 AM Dobie Gillis "Flow Gently, Sweet Money"
6:00 AM The Beverly Hillbillies "The House of Granny"
6:30 AM Petticoat Junction "Steve, the Apple Polisher"
7:00 AM Family Affair "A Nanny for All Seasons"
7:30 AM My Three Sons "A Real Nice Time"
8:00 AM That Girl "Counter-Proposal"
8:30 AM I Love Lucy "Ricky Minds the Baby"
9:00 AM Daniel Boone "Tekawitha McLeod"
10:00 AM Perry Mason "The Case of the Golden Fraud"
11:00 AM Cannon "The Seventh Grave"
12:00 PM Hawaii Five-0 "F.O.B. Honolulu"
1:00 PM Gunsmoke "The Foundling"
2:00 PM Bonanza "The Tax Collector"
3:00 PM The Big Valley "Days of Grace"
4:00 PM Kojak "A Question of Answers"
5:00 PM The Rockford Files "The Family Hour"
6:00 PM The Rifleman "The Spiked Rifle"
6:30 PM The Rifleman "Letter to the Law"
7:00 PM M*A*S*H "Give and Take"
7:30 PM M*A*S*H "As Time Goes By" Tonight
8:00 PM The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Menage a Lou"
8:30 PM The Dick Van Dyke Show "Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo."
9:00 PM The Bob Newhart Show "Life Is a Hamburger"
9:30 PM The Odd Couple "A Grave for Felix"
10:00 PM Cheers "Suspicion"
10:30 PM The Honeymooners "Here Comes the Bride"
11:00 PM The Twilight Zone "Young Man's Fancy"
11:30 PM Perry Mason "The Case of the Positive Negative"
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Originally Posted by Jeremy W View Post

Looks like a channel that would be very popular in nursing homes.

I can get into 3 of the "late nite shows". biggrin.gif

9:30 PM The Odd Couple "A Grave for Felix"
10:00 PM Cheers "Suspicion"
11:00 PM The Twilight Zone "Young Man's Fancy"
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post #2903 of 3166
7/2/12 at 3:43pm
Noticed the CW network bug now has a shaded box around it with "Summer" in bright white at the top- apparently their viewers are so stupid that they must also be constantly reminded what season it is. Once again CW proves that it stands for Can't Watch.
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post #2904 of 3166
7/2/12 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by 8traxrule View Post

Noticed the CW network bug now has a shaded box around it with "Summer" in bright white at the top- apparently their viewers are so stupid that they must also be constantly reminded what season it is. Once again CW proves that it stands for Can't Watch.
Wait, this time of the year is summer?
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post #2905 of 3166
7/2/12 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by 8traxrule View Post

Noticed the CW network bug now has a shaded box around it with "Summer" in bright white at the top-

Ya, it seems that they do not know how to set it up correctly. The box should not be there.
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post #2906 of 3166
7/2/12 at 9:27pm
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Originally Posted by lobosrul View Post

But there's one corner of the screen left. Surely they can find some important info to put there!
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Originally Posted by icemannyr View Post

The useless text on the top of the History Channel programming is embarrassing.
aaqGrq4g.jpg

Watching History at 12am and only the History bug is on screen.
At 1am the Twitter spam text is on the top right.
Edited by icemannyr - 7/2/12 at 10:04pm
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post #2907 of 3166
7/3/12 at 1:10am
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Ya, it seems that they do not know how to set it up correctly. The box should not be there.

Neither should the logo, or anything else that isn't part of the SHOW!
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post #2908 of 3166
7/3/12 at 3:33am
It's getting to the point where I wish I had ABP(ad block +) just to be able to watch TV mad.gif
Seriously I don't know if it could be done but it sure does wonders for web pages, I despise screen clutter and every time I'm forced to watch pay TV(such as staying in a hotel, etc.) I always wonder how/why people put up with/pay for such screen clutter! I mean I don't need a bug constantly on my screen telling me what I'm watching, or coming up next rolleyes.gif
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post #2909 of 3166
7/3/12 at 4:34am
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Originally Posted by jjeff View Post

It's getting to the point where I wish I had ABP(ad block +) just to be able to watch TV mad.gif
Seriously I don't know if it could be done but it sure does wonders for web pages, I despise screen clutter and every time I'm forced to watch pay TV(such as staying in a hotel, etc.) I always wonder how/why people put up with/pay for such screen clutter! I mean I don't need a bug constantly on my screen telling me what I'm watching, or coming up next rolleyes.gif

Whenever I Travel I take along my Portable DVD Player and a stack of Disks to watch so I do not have to deal with the Hotel's "Proprietary" Cable System. The Player also comes handy getting to and from my destination, If the In-Flight Movie is not to my liking (Or there isn't any) I just watch my own! biggrin.gif Also comes in handy at the Airport itself, no having to cope with those monitors shoving "The Woes of the World" down my throat! mad.gif
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post #2910 of 3166
7/3/12 at 7:04pm
The big 4 networks, PBS and MeTV which are free OTA channels only have one logo on the screen and they are free channels. Common sense would say the free channels would have more screen clutter but that is not how pay TV monopolies work. I could handle one logo on the screen and commercials as long as the channels are free but if I pay for something I buy DVDs so I don't have to put up with either of them.

Also my mom has a nice collection of DVDs and this week we borrowed some from each other which keeps more of the cost down.
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