Thread: Free To Air TV Is Rubbish.

And has anyone received a letter regarding D/ling? I never have, just read random people complaining about it and always regarding only one or two particular programs. Mine seem to go to random addresses overseas. I think there's a fault with my IP address allocation. It's never the same from hour to hour.

I recall hearing something about FTA wanting permission to increase the number of ads per hour. Makes me wonder then if cross promotions are considered as advertising as well. For both FTA and pay this is about as annoying as the fact that there is very little that actually interests me to turn on the box. Other than some sport , the occaissional movie , ussually from the World Movies channel , I would rather put some music on or read a real book. Maybe I am old fashioned in this respect , therefore my moniker , but I simply wont be buying or watching 99.9% 0f what is advertised.

Apart from the news which I watch on ABC, never on the commercials (too full of so called heart warming crap...cats up trees/lost budgie type stuff) I rarely watch anything which hasn't been recorded.
That way I can miss the advs. but have to ensure the Cook adds 5 mins or so to the recording time to allow for over runs....and that's not enough many times.
Bloke knocked on the door once offering a massive 10 BUCKS BACK if we signed up to Foxtel....."Do I look like I'm hard up for a few bucks?" I asked "Stick it up where the Sun don't shine on Murdoch".
Damn cheek.
Total crap most of what's on as if it's not canned rubbish from the US it's stupid so called "reality" shows.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

And has anyone received a letter regarding D/ling? I never have, just read random people complaining about it and always regarding only one or two particular programs. Mine seem to go to random addresses overseas. I think there's a fault with my IP address allocation. It's never the same from hour to hour.

A fellow I worked with had received that email, twice.
He did have two terabytes of movies.

Hi,
Yep! Totally underwhelming.
With all these new channels, it just takes longer to realise there is nothing but crap being broadcast.
Cheers

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I can't disagree with the title but, pay TV is no better. We recently canned it.

G'day Ian, Fully agree with what your saying. I got rid of Foxtel at the start of the year and in many respects it is not much better than free-to-air. But i have found myself wanting to have my sports,documentary,and the best of all the country music channel back. And with the V8 Supercars going to Foxtel next year it is going to happen anyway.

Originally Posted by disco man

Sure,recording is an option,but who hasn't experienced the disappointment of settling in for an anticipated playback that despite factoring in delays of up to 30 minutes,ominously features the last 10 minutes of the preceding show,and ends minutes before the final,vital scenes?

I have a DVD recorder with a 500 gig hard drive. I can record about a week of tv. So if there is a show I want to watch, and that is rare these days, I just hit the record button hours before it is due to start.

Yep Tv is so full of crap. Below is my list of shows that not only do I not like, a lot of them irritate me. People say if you don't like them don't watch them.

Here is my next gripe. When there is a show that I do like(Rare) I cop during an ad break a "sneak peek" of one of these shows that irritates me.

One that recently almost sent me out of the room was the recent promo's for dancing with the stars, for the preceding weeks before it started.

As for channel surfing. It is now too awkward with many channels now having two numbers and the ones that don't there is the big delay between changing stations, while the tv gives you time to select a second button.

My List.
Dancing with the stars
The biggest loser
The X factor
Farmer wants a wife
Beauty and the geek
Australian idol
Big brother
The big adventure

I am sure there are plenty more if I think hard enough.

The above is why my post count is rising here.

Originally Posted by d2dave

I have a DVD recorder with a 500 gig hard drive. I can record about a week of tv. So if there is a show I want to watch, and that is rare these days, I just hit the record button hours before it is due to start.

Yep Tv is so full of crap. Below is my list of shows that not only do I not like, a lot of them irritate me. People say if you don't like them don't watch them.

Here is my next gripe. When there is a show that I do like(Rare) I cop during an ad break a "sneak peek" of one of these shows that irritates me.

One that recently almost sent me out of the room was the recent promo's for dancing with the stars, for the preceding weeks before it started.

As for channel surfing. It is now too awkward with many channels now having two numbers and the ones that don't there is the big delay between changing stations, while the tv gives you time to select a second button.

My List.
Dancing with the stars
The biggest loser
The X factor
Farmer wants a wife
Beauty and the geek
Australian idol
Big brother
The big adventure

I am sure there are plenty more if I think hard enough.

The above is why my post count is rising here.

Well done mate, that is a list of utter rubbish. You have managed to come up with the same shows i would pick. A few more that could make that impressive list,

The Block
My Kitchen Rules
Master Chef
House Rules
The Great Race
The Project