TV Rant
Apr 23rd 2010 | 6:15 am
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Re: TV Rant
Read a book.
Apr 23rd 2010 | 11:39 pm
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Re: TV Rant
I guess this has been done before, but what is it with the main Oz TV channels?
1) Shows deliberately start and finish late (I assume to screw up the IQ and try and make you watch the ads)
2) Old shows are shown in the middle of runs of current shows (eg NCIS)
3) Series (like Flashforward and Fringe) come and go, get moved to different time slots or even different channels, or simply disappear, or reappear with as little publicity as possible so you miss them.
I know I should watch less TV than I do, so maybe this is the Oz way of forcing me outdoors.
This drives me and my OH nuts!
1) Shows deliberately start and finish late (I assume to screw up the IQ and try and make you watch the ads)
2) Old shows are shown in the middle of runs of current shows (eg NCIS)
3) Series (like Flashforward and Fringe) come and go, get moved to different time slots or even different channels, or simply disappear, or reappear with as little publicity as possible so you miss them.
I know I should watch less TV than I do, so maybe this is the Oz way of forcing me outdoors.
This drives me and my OH nuts!
4) Are aired several weeks - month later then the rest of the world!
Good thing there's channel Bit Torrent for proper tv!
Apr 24th 2010 | 12:56 am
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Re: TV Rant
I am a fanatic reader...costs me a small mortgage to do so here in Perth, books are expensive and I always have to order books that have yet still to arrive in WA...also a member of our library and even then I have to order books that have yet to arrive in Aus......but hey hoe...thats life....
Apr 24th 2010 | 6:43 am
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Re: TV Rant
Show a preview of what is going to happen next before the ads...just to confuse you and kill any tension 
Apr 27th 2010 | 5:19 pm
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Re: TV Rant
For books I use bookdepository.co.uk. Always cheaper than the extortionate prices here in Oz.
The 4th part of my TV rant is that the OZ channels also put on shows from series out of order! It's as if a big box of DVDs arrives from the US and they just put on whatever comes to hand!
Current example is The Big Bang Theory which if you have even a smidgeon of "nerdiness" in you, you will love. But Channel 9 is showing the series out of order.
The 4th part of my TV rant is that the OZ channels also put on shows from series out of order! It's as if a big box of DVDs arrives from the US and they just put on whatever comes to hand!
Current example is The Big Bang Theory which if you have even a smidgeon of "nerdiness" in you, you will love. But Channel 9 is showing the series out of order.
Apr 27th 2010 | 6:31 pm
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Re: TV Rant
Book.com.au compares all the cheap online sites and is even good for
textbooks.
textbooks.
Apr 29th 2010 | 6:27 pm
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Re: TV Rant
The only way to watch tv shows these days is from http://thepiratebay.org/
It is impossible to watch tv shows in aus I find, the adverts just drive you crazy. How do they expect people to watch a film that is interrupted every 5minutes by 3 minutes of adverts, bloating the movies to 3 or 4 hour marathons.
They interrupt tv shows to give you adverts about the show you were trying to watch!, not to mention the news and weather. If I am watching a show I dont want a news break in the middle of the damn thing. I just find it impossible to get into the show with the constant interruptions
Download them and get adfree shows you can enjoy
It is impossible to watch tv shows in aus I find, the adverts just drive you crazy. How do they expect people to watch a film that is interrupted every 5minutes by 3 minutes of adverts, bloating the movies to 3 or 4 hour marathons.
They interrupt tv shows to give you adverts about the show you were trying to watch!, not to mention the news and weather. If I am watching a show I dont want a news break in the middle of the damn thing. I just find it impossible to get into the show with the constant interruptions
Download them and get adfree shows you can enjoy
You have to add an 'o' to Australian words.
Apr 30th 2010 | 6:50 pm
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Re: TV Rant
The only way to watch tv shows these days is from http://thepiratebay.org/
It is impossible to watch tv shows in aus I find, the adverts just drive you crazy. How do they expect people to watch a film that is interrupted every 5minutes by 3 minutes of adverts, bloating the movies to 3 or 4 hour marathons.
They interrupt tv shows to give you adverts about the show you were trying to watch!, not to mention the news and weather. If I am watching a show I dont want a news break in the middle of the damn thing. I just find it impossible to get into the show with the constant interruptions
Download them and get adfree shows you can enjoy
It is impossible to watch tv shows in aus I find, the adverts just drive you crazy. How do they expect people to watch a film that is interrupted every 5minutes by 3 minutes of adverts, bloating the movies to 3 or 4 hour marathons.
They interrupt tv shows to give you adverts about the show you were trying to watch!, not to mention the news and weather. If I am watching a show I dont want a news break in the middle of the damn thing. I just find it impossible to get into the show with the constant interruptions
Download them and get adfree shows you can enjoy
For UK shows www.thebox.bz is the best IMO.
May 12th 2010 | 5:39 pm
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Re: TV Rant
The only free tv worth watching in Brisbane are the ABC channels, lots of UK stuff and no ads.
The rest are unwatchable due to the relentless ads and this habit of showing 5 mins of ads towards the end of a program/film, go back to the program for 30 seconds and then go to the next program, what the hell is that all about? I know it's free but I can't put up with that.
The rest are unwatchable due to the relentless ads and this habit of showing 5 mins of ads towards the end of a program/film, go back to the program for 30 seconds and then go to the next program, what the hell is that all about? I know it's free but I can't put up with that.
May 13th 2010 | 7:23 am
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May 13th 2010 | 11:09 am
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Re: TV Rant
Do you have a tv license fee in US/Oz?Canada/Spain? Of course here it is optional. The Japanese tend to pay up out of a sense of duty. I begrudgingly cough up for cable/sat tv but thankfully can order just a Prem footy package so don't get charged for all the other shyte.
