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« on: June 05, 2016, 11:58:46 AM »
While we're on the subject of retro channels and TV antennas, I'll add that these old favorites being shown are edited down in time to fit today's expectations of commercial time. And worse yet, sometimes the show is sped up to create more revenue time. It can be quite ghastly for those of us who actually remember these shows - seeing them now aired with whole scenes missing and acted by Munchkins.
On a slightly lighter note, it disturbs me that younger viewers getting into these old shows think that they are "crudely" produced pieces of garbage from the get-go. It hearkens back to my childhood opinion of silents movies. It would be nice if a retro channel aired complete versions, playing less attention to trimming them down and fill the void with ads or short subjects, something akin to TCM.
I've seen the free TV antennas advertised on television but thought of them as too good to be true. Our cable bill is over 200 bucks (because we got a young child in the house who lives for the Disney channels which kick us up into a higher package bracket) and that antenna sounds like a great alternative, but...I'm not buying it.
On a slightly lighter note, it disturbs me that younger viewers getting into these old shows think that they are "crudely" produced pieces of garbage from the get-go. It hearkens back to my childhood opinion of silents movies. It would be nice if a retro channel aired complete versions, playing less attention to trimming them down and fill the void with ads or short subjects, something akin to TCM.
I've seen the free TV antennas advertised on television but thought of them as too good to be true. Our cable bill is over 200 bucks (because we got a young child in the house who lives for the Disney channels which kick us up into a higher package bracket) and that antenna sounds like a great alternative, but...I'm not buying it.