[opendtv] Re: Toward digital TV
- From: Barry Wilkins <barry.barrywilkins@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:18:40 +1300
Cliff,
The Discovery Channel is indeed what we get , along with:
National Geographic, good but I seldom watch it.
The History Channel, (heavily biased towards Australian History during the
breaks). Good at times.
The Arts Channel, a mix of theatre, art history, classics, music
general documentary, Excellent.
Realto. International movies and documentaries. Excellent. Thoroughly
entertaining.
BBC World (poor image)
CNN (poor image)
MGM old movies
TCM old movies, generally classics (poor image and it is not just the age of
the film)
Sky movies 1 and 2. These and the Realto channel have best image quality.
Several pay per view movie channels (I do not subscribe to)
TVNZ channels 1 and 2 general news and entertainment
Channel 3 (Canwest) Excellent news/current affairs format, general
entertainment.
3 music video channels (one of which suits me)
The Maori TV channel
3 childrens channels
4 sports channels, 1 dedicated to the national sport of Rugby.
1 or 2 others of little significance.
Note that TV3 and TVNZ channels 1 and 2 piggyback on the Sky digital
satellite platform although they are otherwise effectively opposition.
You pay around NZ $70 per month for the above not including the pay per view
channels mentioned.
I guess by comparison with the US you would get many more channels for your
money. I personally would be perfectly happy with a minor increase in
quantity or no change at all provided that they could improve the image
quality on what we have.
Barry Wilkins
On 12/16/05, Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
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> Barry Wilkins wrote:
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> >Cliff,
> >The dumb programs comment of yours intrigues me. I do not know of the
> >breadth and quality of the numerous programs you have in the USA.
> However, I
> >do find certain problems with the format of content in many cases in
> >programs such as "Discovery" for instance.
> >
>
> If you are referring to what we see here as "The Discovery Channel" it
> is for us unfortunately one of the better ones.
> This channel deals with scientific and technical subject matter
> presenting it in a sort of mini documentary style.
> History Channel is also pretty good, but the types of programs I
> personally don't watch are the game shows,
> the cop and car chase shows, the soap operas, the talk shows, and the
> shopping and infomercial channels.
>
> What does that leave? The news (some spattered with blood), Nascar on
> the Speed Channel for racing fans, and
> such channels as CSPAN which covers the daily shenanigans of the U.S
> Congress, The Learning Channel, Nasa
> which covers the U.S space program, but for me my absolute favorite is a
> channel I installed and 8 foot C band
> dish in the back yard for: Classic Arts Showcase. It runs back to back
> classical music, arts and film segments with no
> commercials. Ever. I am a network programmer's nightmare. I would skew
> the results of any program survey I took part in.
>
> What sort of programs do you get?
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