MetaFilter posts tagged with TV and cable

Terrorist fist bump!

Artw — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:05:02 -0800

Mock the Vote: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert interviewed.

Reporter Caps

dhammond — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:42:06 -0800

Enjoy over 170,000 screencaps of your favorite cable news personalities at ReporterCaps.com.

Yes, you probably would need a TV to know what we are talking about

bove — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:03:45 -0800

Fancast is a new site currently in beta, that tries to combine TV listings, IMDB type information, and aggregate full length episodes of TV shows from places like CBS and Hulu. It is also designed to allow you to connect you with shows and movies from iTunes, Netflix, and more. It is owned by Comcast but anyone can use it. via

HDMI Cable Battlemodo

revmitcz — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:04:30 -0800

So you finally broke down bought that fancy 60" HDTV. Now, you need a fancy HDMI cable for the finest quality picture. BestBuy (et al) promote Monster almost exclusively. But they can cost up to $250. Meanwhile, Monoprice (and others) can be had for about 1/10th the price.

Gizmodo just finished their detailed three part breakdown (including using test machines at Monster's own HQ) and comes to the conclusion that "The only people who should buy Monster cable are people who light cigars with Benjamins."

TVU

thirteenkiller — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:05:55 -0800

If you can't get World Cup on regular cable because maybe you haven't got cable, you can try watching with this software. Schedule of American World Cup TV broadcasts here.

A la carte cable tv?

diastematic — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 21:46:10 -0800

I noticed tonight that my Dish TV basic-subscription service no longer offers MSNBC and suddenly does offer FOX News. Strange indeed, but the bigger issue methinks is a potential plus in that a la carte programming may be on its way soon. Great, you say, right? Perhaps not -- because if you only pay for what you get, that means that the little guys (like Link TV, the RFD network and Free Speech TV) likely face a big honkin' challenge in being visible and thus viable. So. Given that...do we really want pay-per-channel programming? Or is this just a moot point considering that "convergence" is creeping ever so closer?

On the edge of Aquarius, I'm living on the edge

Rev. Syung Myung Me — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:38:08 -0800

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession. In the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s, LA's Z Channel was a pay-TV cable channel that would play loads of esoteric films. It'd been credited with starting the trend of "director's cuts", bringing passed-over directors and films to the public's attention, and in some cases, was directly responsible for Oscar Nominations -- and was basically the work of one man, Jerry Harvey. Unfortunately, Z Channel folded shortly after Jerry Harvey killed his wife and then himself. X a n Cassavetes' film tells the story of Jerry Harvey and Z Channel through interviews with filmmakers and those involved, including an archival interview with Harvey himself.

Trio close to being cancelled.

alfredogarcia — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:55:48 -0800

Trio close to being cancelled. They are one of the few good cable nets. They showed Pink Lady and Jeff fer goodness sakes. Link to how to complain here. As the poster sez: "Isn't the point of paying for hundreds of different channels to not have them be all the same?" Caveat: I killed my tv in March and have never been happier.

Shop At Home network guy hurts self. Ha!!

xmutex — Fri, 06 Feb 2004 11:15:50 -0800

Shop At Home TV Network salesdroid hurts self. You take a guess at what it ensues.

dcgartn — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:21:00 -0800

Anonymously rat out your thieving neighbors. Cable companies are mounting a television commercial campaign advertising cabletheft.com, where you can rat out anyone you might suspect stealing cable. Tagline of the commercial: "Sooner or later, you're going to pay."

gluechunk — Wed, 06 Dec 2000 16:35:07 -0800

USA Network complies with Tylenol's request to halt production of a drug-tampering movie.