Bunches of Comcast viewing areas had it change from regular cable to digital as of Tuesday.
Oh, my god, that's not even funny.
t clings to Sci-Fi
t glares pre-emptively at Time Warner
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Dana - Aug 12, 2005 4:31:02 am PDT #3106 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sumi - Aug 12, 2005 4:58:02 am PDT #3107 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
TV Sqad piece about the move.
askye - Aug 12, 2005 4:59:10 am PDT #3108 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I can't remember the details, and my Googling abilities seem to have left me, but there will be a "switch off" date when everything will go from analog to digital.
sumi - Aug 12, 2005 4:59:44 am PDT #3109 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
You mean that there will be no more standard cable?
Vonnie K - Aug 12, 2005 5:06:41 am PDT #3110 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Joss goes all fanboy over Veronica Mars
Best. Show. Ever. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those. Crazy crisp dialogue. Incredibly tight plotting. Big emotion, I mean BIG, and charsimatic actors and I was just DYING from the mystery and the relationships and PAIN, this show knows from pain and no, I don't care, laugh all you want, I had to share this. These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me.
He's an adorable dork and I'd totally pinch his cheeks if he were standing next to me.
askye - Aug 12, 2005 5:10:05 am PDT #3111 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I found an article from USA Today that explains it. (Stupid me, I was using yahoo not google before).
Dana - Aug 12, 2005 5:10:13 am PDT #3112 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Last night, we were watching a disc of Season 1 Deadwood (really good show, isn't it? shrift, you're going to have to pick this up at some point so you can write me Seth/Sol), and husband said, "Hey, that's Veronica Mars."
And it actually was. It's a show full of wonderful actors, and she really held her own.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 12, 2005 5:10:54 am PDT #3113 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I don't think I've ever seen Joss be SUCH a fanboy before. I'm sure he has, but I can't remember (except maybe over the cast of Firefly).
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:12:38 am PDT #3114 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I can't remember the details, and my Googling abilities seem to have left me, but there will be a "switch off" date when everything will go from analog to digital.
But I think that's just broadcast TV. The change is being forced by the FCC. I don't think that cable is required to switch over to digital (although they might do so on their own).
Theodosia - Aug 12, 2005 5:13:29 am PDT #3115 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It sounds like Comcast in my town has a bunch more channels non-digital than elsewhere, but then Somerville is a two-cable-system town (RCN is the competitor) so that may affect what they offer and how they offer it.
At any rate, I've got digital, as part of my cable/internet package, but this is going to hurt a number of fans that I know....
OTOH, maybe I can get them to come over to my house for Friday night viewings.... ::plots::