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Dr Strange
01-04-05, 11:01
For those that care, or at least don't care *shrug* Tech TV is finally, 100% dead.

In the last couple weeks, "G4TechTV" have basically killed off what is left of TechTV. No longer is TechTV in the corporate title, site, or tv channel name. To further add to this, their only redeeming show The Screen Savers, is gone.

http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/schedule/index.html

Someone will reply and point out "Well Mav, TSS is just renamed as Attack of the Show, their still there". I answer with this; it's utter shit. Have you watched it? It has so little "tech" its crap. The occasional Firefox "hey look at what cool plugin we found today!" and maybe a glimpse of who's playing what pc game in their lan is about as "tech" as they get now. Of course that was what TSS was previously but at least Kevin (the good one) tried to keep as much tech around as he could. (if ya ask me him and Yoshi and Pat were the fucking stars that kept it alive since Leo left).

Sadly Kevin Rose only sticks around cause well, he's a tech by heart and he knows that you stick with the gravy train. He's smart as fuck and could land a job just abou anywhere but he knows what we all know; there is NO job security in the tech field. (so leaving now would just be throwing away free money "G4" is giving him for "working" on their show).

I long, long ago deleted "G4TechTV" from my cable lineup when they first put TechTV in the coffin, and have since watched TSS from TiVo off a friends set. TSS is gone and I personally will not stand for the bastardized version "Attack of the Show" they've given us now. Fuck the common lemming who goes into the local EB to buy the latest reguritated Madden NFL title from EA, these are the people G4 tarkets their lowest common denominator "video game" shows towards.

For those that remember ZDTV remember the good times when "Tech"TV was spawned from and what it was. Those days are gone for us real tech geeks, nerds and dorks. The future is the console lemming.

Bugs Gunny
01-04-05, 11:07
The only "tech" show i watch anymore is TOPGEAR on bbc.
Those guys crack me up all the time and they're realy original.

cornelius5
01-04-05, 13:17
i used to watch techtv back when it was called zdnet tv or something like that.
started out on "call for help" then moved up to "tss".
those 2 shows were pure f**king edutainment,
i would actually leave my pc to sit and watch, and thats rare.
it had its ups and downs(that annoying kid that took over call for help),
but that merger really screwed shit up , its now some retarded halfass tech mtv clone.

if there happens to be any millionaire philanthropists reading the nc boards please help this cause.

anyone remember what that redheads name was with the long curls?

dark_reaper
03-04-05, 09:37
We never had Tech TV in my area, but I remember old shows on the Discovery Channel that is all about Technology. Then TLC carried that stuff over. One of my two favorite tech shows is The Gizmo Show, and the good but old Beyond 2000. TLC had some other good tech shows but now it has that home decorating shit that comes on now. Now that all I have left is the History Channel.

One thing that I was amazed to see is a Holographic Projector. I have read an article with Patric Stewart talking to Authur C. Clarke or Stanly Kubrick. I cannot remember. Stewart was on stage while the creator of 2001 a Space Oddyssey was being projected. The two closest thing I have seen with my 2 eyes was Infa Red on the windshield, Images being projected in the glass.

But I miss those shows. Oh and btw I think the Game Show network has a few things on solely for gameing.

eprodigy
03-04-05, 23:56
yeah the G4 thing totally pissed me off, as a loyal viewer since the channel first appeared as zdtv.. the show is completly horrible, typical G4 crap type show now and aside from kevin who's ok, the other hosts are not worth asking how to turn a pc on..

wasnt the same without leo and patrick. used to be a great show. G4's target audience though likes the garbage shows like the martin sargent guy's thats basicly all about strippers and porn. attack of the show ? wtf is that

leo is still on a local radio station here (not sure how widespanning, i live right near san fransisco) so he's on every couple days for about 10 min talking about a virus or computer related id theft, etc.. still interesting stuff. best stuff in TSS was them discussing the news :(

rip tech tv / zdtv