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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)
-   -   Canadian TV (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/canadian-tv-587406/)

iaink Jan 27th 2009 3:39 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217925)
What is PVR ?
Personal Video Recorder AKA Digital Video Recorder. You watch while it records elsewhere. Some allow recording more than one channel at a time.

pgtips Jan 27th 2009 3:40 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7217923)
Is it really all that impotant too you? Frankly my life is too short to spend it worrying about this sort of crap.
Hey on average 12-14 million brits tune in to these soaps.
If it's a special story line it can be anything up to 18 million.

Hardly crap. :rofl:

Steve_P Jan 27th 2009 3:41 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217934)
Hey on average 12-14 million brits tune in to these soaps.
If it's a special story line it can be anything up to 18 million.

Hardly crap. :rofl:
Actually it's mostly crap. :p

SambaDeAmigo Jan 27th 2009 3:42 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217925)
What is PVR ?
It records your shows and skips all the ads. Welcome to 1999 :rofl:

iaink Jan 27th 2009 3:43 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217934)
Hey on average 12-14 million brits tune in to these soaps.
If it's a special story line it can be anything up to 18 million.

Hardly crap. :rofl:
Just cos lots of people do something doesnt make it any less crap. Milllions play the lottery every week too.

Did it occur to you they would watch a dancing monkey if it was on in prime time..Come to think of it thats basically the premise of all "Reality TV"

If TV is a major plank in your life, then emmigating is going to be a nasty shock to the system.

Mainstream Canadian TV is basically mainstream US TV.

pgtips Jan 27th 2009 3:45 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by SambaDeAmigo (Post 7217947)
It records your shows and skips all the ads. Welcome to 1999 :rofl:
I'll admit I am a bit behind the times on the technical side of things, but they keep on changing things before you have got time to get used to the current fad :frown:

SambaDeAmigo Jan 27th 2009 3:45 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217934)
Hey on average 12-14 million brits tune in to these soaps.
If it's a special story line it can be anything up to 18 million.

Hardly crap. :rofl:
Time to free yourself?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

dbd33 Jan 27th 2009 3:45 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7217951)
Canadian TV is basically US TV.
Visiting Americans complain that it's edited US TV, the best bits don't appear.

Specifically, the highlight of the television year, the adverts during the Superbowl, aren't shown.

pgtips Jan 27th 2009 3:48 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7217951)
Just cos lots of people do something doesnt make it any less crap. Milllions play the lottery every week too.

Did it occur to you they would watch a dancing monkey if it was on in prime time..Come to think of it thats basically the premise of all "Reality TV"

If TV is a major plank in your life, then emmigating is going to be a nasty shock to the system.

Canadian TV is basically US TV.

This years Celebrity Big Brother was definately a fix. Verne AKA Mini Me was a massive favourote to win, yet one of the least popular Ulrika Johnson won.
Big disapointment :mad:

Hobbess Jan 27th 2009 3:48 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217888)
I thought US TV was just as bad as Canadian TV, what kind of soaps are 'The Bold and The Beautiful' and 'The Young and Restless' ? and every 5 minutes an advert, I don't know how you guys hack it.

You have to give Britain its props for being a world beater when it comes to TV line up.

Where is your Ant and Dec
Though I may be the wrong person to bug for advice considering out of your original list I would maybe watch a little of BB and DoND.

Essentials watching here for our house all on my PVR:
24, Heroes, House, Life, The Office, My Name is Earl, Hockey Night in Canada

Then watching or ready to watch DVDs of:
Entourage, Mad Men, The Shield, The Wire, Flight of the Conchords, Prison Break, Lost, Alias & Veronica Mars

iaink Jan 27th 2009 3:55 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217986)
This years Celebrity Big Brother was definately a fix. Verne AKA Mini Me was a massive favourote to win, yet one of the least popular Ulrika Johnson won.
Big disapointment :mad:
I'm sorry, you've mistaken me for someone who gives a damn:p

Oakvillian Jan 27th 2009 3:59 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by pgtips (Post 7217888)
I thought US TV was just as bad as Canadian TV, what kind of soaps are 'The Bold and The Beautiful' and 'The Young and Restless' ? and every 5 minutes an advert, I don't know how you guys hack it.

You have to give Britain its props for being a world beater when it comes to TV line up.

Where is your Ant and Dec
Originally Posted by iaink (Post 7217902)
Now I know you are taking the piss.
Quite.

As I understand it, the two US soaps you mention are daytime crap, as opposed to the primetime crap in the UK list you provided.

According to your profile, pgtips, you live in the Caribbean, so are presumably used to US TV. I call "troll."

clynnog Jan 27th 2009 4:00 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7217972)

Specifically, the highlight of the television year, the adverts during the Superbowl, aren't shown.
Personally, I find this a rather sad statement on people when they are looking forward to adverts during a sporting event (I find NFL (and CFL) to be rather done and a lot of hype) and get all in a tizzy if certain adverts aren't shown on Cdn TV and they resort to grey market dish reception to watch the advert....hint they are all on You Tube the next day.

Atlantic Xpat Jan 27th 2009 4:15 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 7218045)
I call "troll."
Agreed. The Ant and Dec reference over-egged what was already quite the pudding.

G77 Jan 27th 2009 4:21 am
Re: Canadian TV
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7217972)
Visiting Americans complain that it's edited US TV, the best bits don't appear.

Specifically, the highlight of the television year, the adverts during the Superbowl, aren't shown.
Apparently there's some reason why they're not going to be allowed to replace the ad's down here - I'm not sure of the reason, may be the proximity to the border or something, I didn't understand what they were saying....

Not sure why the superbowl is the exception as they seem to do it on a lot of other things...


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