The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Aug 5th 2006, 3:23 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by willmore
The PBS stations coming out of Seattle and Detroit and the educational stations are well worth watching. We very seldom watch TV (maybe an hour a week) but when we do its these stations.
Aug 5th 2006, 6:00 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by oceanMDX
Yes! Especially in HDTV.
Getting pissed round a camp fire singing...
Why don't you, why don't you, just switch off your television set and go do somthing less boring instead (for those who remeber that show) lol....
Aug 5th 2006, 6:07 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
ok, sorry for my last post,,,,,
You can always watch re-runs of Skippy the bush thingy, or Lassie who saves little Timmy who fell down the well in the middle of no where.....
or Top Gear on BBC Canada 4pm Sunday Pacific :
You can always watch re-runs of Skippy the bush thingy, or Lassie who saves little Timmy who fell down the well in the middle of no where.....
or Top Gear on BBC Canada 4pm Sunday Pacific :
Aug 5th 2006, 6:33 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Try UK Nova for past and present British programs - non-commercially available programs that is...
http://www.uknova.com/
http://www.uknova.com/
Aug 5th 2006, 9:16 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
I enjoy watching Fox News for the US neo-conservative Government propaganda.... it makes me smile knowing that tens of millions of 'mericans think it's real.
Fox News is funny as ****!!! I used to sit aghast at the almost childlike bias, the folksy rhetoric, constant swooshy noises and pompous anchors but I can't anymore...One of those 'laugh or cry' things really I think; as you say, to millions of Americans I guess, this is their truth.
I'd point out though that for any interested parties, at least one free to air TV channel in Quebec seemed to show softcore pr0n every single night at a surprisingly early hour. The pomme really doesn't fall far from l'arbre.
Oh, and if you're going to be strict about it, don't all those Vancouver-based shows really count as Canadian TV? Battlestar Galactica anyone??
(Oh the shame ;p .)edit: Don't forget Due South. Like modern Aesop's fables they are
Aug 5th 2006, 9:36 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by smelly
I must say so far ( and it has been eight weeks since we arrived in Calgary) that the quality of the TV seems "rubbish" there are way too many adverts and a whole lot of nothing going on, especially with cable.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
Thank goodness for PBS the very odd CBC production and some BBC Canada stuff.
I download some of the older UK shows that you have most likely seen already off Newsroups. These would be things like Inspector Lynley, The Vice, Spooks etc.
Cheers
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Aug 5th 2006, 9:44 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by oceanMDX
I enjoy watching Fox News for the US neo-conservative Government propaganda.... it makes me smile knowing that tens of millions of 'mericans think it's real.
Aug 5th 2006, 9:44 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by smelly
I must say so far ( and it has been eight weeks since we arrived in Calgary) that the quality of the TV seems "rubbish" there are way too many adverts and a whole lot of nothing going on, especially with cable.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
Aug 5th 2006, 10:10 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by 1066
You can always try watching ...
Aug 6th 2006, 12:12 am
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by smelly
I must say so far ( and it has been eight weeks since we arrived in Calgary) that the quality of the TV seems "rubbish" there are way too many adverts and a whole lot of nothing going on, especially with cable.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
But I have to say that I still do love watching re- runs of Frasier. All of his little idiosyncrasies are great and I used to watch the show a lot when I was in he UK. Watching episodes in Canada is like putting on a comfortable slipper, and I hate to say it add's a little quality to my viewing.
Don't get me started!!!!!! ... it's taken me 4 years to stop bitching about Canadian TV *major chuckles*
I can't watch much TV here, only the British stuff I find (thin on the ground) ... otherwise, I am on the PC!
Aug 7th 2006, 3:22 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
I have to say that since moving into our new house we have spent more time looking out of the window at all the new birds in the garden than watching TV.
We have our camera set up, binoculars and Ontario bird identifier book and it is much more interesting that TV. Sadder perhaps, but hey, there are some beautiful birds out here - and some strange critters!
BTW a week to the day after installing our StarChoice HD receiver etc it broke. We are waiting for the repair guy to come out and fix it. Haven't really missed it yet, other than missing seeing the time on the front of the box!
Jane
We have our camera set up, binoculars and Ontario bird identifier book and it is much more interesting that TV. Sadder perhaps, but hey, there are some beautiful birds out here - and some strange critters!
BTW a week to the day after installing our StarChoice HD receiver etc it broke. We are waiting for the repair guy to come out and fix it. Haven't really missed it yet, other than missing seeing the time on the front of the box!Jane
Aug 7th 2006, 5:20 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by Canada Jane
I have to say that since moving into our new house we have spent more time looking out of the window at all the new birds in the garden than watching TV.
We have our camera set up, binoculars and Ontario bird identifier book and it is much more interesting that TV. Sadder perhaps, but hey, there are some beautiful birds out here - and some strange critters!
BTW a week to the day after installing our StarChoice HD receiver etc it broke. We are waiting for the repair guy to come out and fix it. Haven't really missed it yet, other than missing seeing the time on the front of the box!
Jane
We have our camera set up, binoculars and Ontario bird identifier book and it is much more interesting that TV. Sadder perhaps, but hey, there are some beautiful birds out here - and some strange critters!
BTW a week to the day after installing our StarChoice HD receiver etc it broke. We are waiting for the repair guy to come out and fix it. Haven't really missed it yet, other than missing seeing the time on the front of the box!Jane
Aug 7th 2006, 8:23 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
We just switched from cable to satellite - OH thought satellite might have something on 'cause there are more channels - but it's just more of the same. slowley getting out of the habit of watching it. The commercials do my head in - every 7 minutes with 5 minutes of film 
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Aug 7th 2006, 8:35 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Come on, do none you people have A&E ? "Growing Up Gotti" and "Dog The Bounty Hunter" are just the ultimate in trash TV. Granted Fox has some tacky shows and the CBC some astonishingly cheesy stuff but A&E truly scrapes the barrel. Relax into it, there's eight months of cold and darkness ahead, learn to wallow like the locals. Start with Cops and AMW if you need something fairly highbrow before you're ready for Inked.
Aug 7th 2006, 9:03 pm
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Re: The TV in Canada is shockingly poor!
Originally Posted by sbays
Come on , TV, Were do I start, Mountain biking, Walking, Fishing, Skiing, Speed Boat. swimming, ice hockey.....
Getting pissed round a camp fire singing...
Why don't you, why don't you, just switch off your television set and go do somthing less boring instead (for those who remeber that show) lol....
Getting pissed round a camp fire singing...
Why don't you, why don't you, just switch off your television set and go do somthing less boring instead (for those who remeber that show) lol....
Last edited by hudd; Aug 7th 2006 at 9:05 pm.