Blogcritics Comments on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Comment by Mike on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Sat, 7 May 2005 04:22:06 EDT

Although I do like x-play... the ONLY video game show that should be on this channel!!! This show was on back in the good old days but it was called gamespot tv... I liked the days when the channel first aired, Leo and Kate were the perfect combo.. Kate added the fun to the show and Leo added his computer info with his down to earth attitude.. Its hard to find someone as technically supperior who can communicate publically. I also agree with Mike... Its like the new generation of computer nerds think they arent nerds! They try to appeal to everyone under 20.. Most of the people on the show nowadays could be Leo's grandson or grandaughter.. ANNOYING!

Comment by Mike on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:41:45 EST

I agree that the "new" TechTV stinks. I used to regularly watch The Screen Savers and Call for Help. Leo LaPorte and Patrick Norton were the best things going on either show. Now we have Kevin Rose's know-it-all arrogance and Alex Albrecht acting like a 12 year old. TechTV apparently thinks nobody over age 14 watches or uses a PC for anything but gaming and piracy. I sent them an e-mail expressing my disappointment. Naturally there was no response. Thanks for letting me vent a little.

Comment by Ed Karges III on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:34:33 EST

I'm happy to see that I'm not the only person who doesn't like the new G4TechTV. I liked the original ZDTV, then TechTV with Leo and Patrick. Now it's all of these young geeks pretending that they know something about computers. Maybe I can change my Dish Satellite Programming and save some money since I don't need G4TechTV anymore.

Comment by Paul on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:07:51 EDT

I believe that if a person wants to see how bad a merger is this, just watch the show, G4tv.com. Tina and Laura are horrible. I would go on but you have to watch it to appreciate how bad it is. As for some of the other shows, Arena, yeah that's my idea of quality television, a bunch of people playing video games. Whoa, makes me almost wish "American Idol" was still on. Bad bad bad bad. Bring back TechTV in all its splendor. Let me say "Call for Help" with Wil Wheaton was far superior then anything I've seen of G4TechTV.

Comment by Ken Edwards on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:26:23 EDT

They did mention that NYC no longer gets it at the end of Friday's TSS. They said something about a Time Warner license dispute.

Comment by Jonathan Greene on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:08:52 EDT

At least you get it... Time Warner in NYC, just removed it from the listings!

Comment by Jim Carruthers on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:08:46 EDT

This reminds me of the Showtime web site, where if you have an IP outside the USA, they won't show you anything. You just get a page saying that the site content is only available to the USA. You'd think teevee people would have learned from the debacle of the music biz, that if you don't use the 'net, it will just wait for you to drop the soap, and deliver a scene written by Tom Fontana.

Comment by TDavid on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:35:21 EDT

I just blogged this, Ken, good piece!

Comment by TDavid on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:19:51 EDT

No wonder G4TechTV is a free cable channel now. I have about .5% interest in watching shows about video games. Much rather have the old Call For Help show back with Leo, Cat and company. As for the website content going away? Stupidest marketing decision they could have ever made. All that content, all the links and SE relevancy flushed for what? Ego? What a shame. Apparently some of the content is available. Check this page out: http://www.g4tv.com/feature.aspx?article_key=729

Comment by Tom Johnson on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:59:25 EDT

Where the hell are the years of archives from TSS? No kidding! I just reinstalled WinXP (for the THIRD TIME!) this past weekend and desperately needed a tweak I'd seen a month or two back. Couldn't find it - couldn't find anything. I really, really dislike the strong gaming aim of the network. I tuned in to see computer/tech stuff, not more damn games. How many game-related shows does the world need? I'm sad to see that Invent This appears to have disappeared from the schedule, unless I've just missed it every time. I liked seeing all the freaks and their weird inventions, like the old man who build a table that washes dishes. Totally useless, but entertaining. I guess if it's entertaining, G4T doesn't seem to want it on their channel.

Comment by Morgaine Swann on G4TechTV: What the Hell Happened?

Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:28:13 EDT

I completely agree. It's as if Tech TV no longer exists. I loved most of the programming, and always considered the gaming and anime programs a distraction. Now that's all that's on.