oliphant
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3 edits | G4 is crap...
it's shows are crap, it's personalities are retarded and it's a complete waste of bandwidth. I would rather have another worthless horse racing or home-shopping channel than that garbage. That said, this Podcasting seems to me to be a complete waste of time. I hope Leo sticks with his radio show where more than 3 people will hear him.
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Kompressor
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1 edit | said by oliphant  :it's shows are crap, it's personalities are retarded and it's a complete waste of bandwidth. I would rather have another worthless horse racing or home-shopping channel than that garbage. I agree with you 101%. |
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Leo Laporte
@dslextreme.com | reply to oliphant
Podcasting is actually quite amazing. Over 100,000 people download each episode of TWiT. That rivals the TV audience for The Screen Savers. |
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imtim83
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Kenner, LA | reply to oliphant
Techtv sucked.
Ihe only time the channel didn't suck is when it was called ZDTV!
Long Live ZDTV!
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sbhusted
join:2000-05-14
Bethlehem, PA
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Podcasting is not a 'waste of time'. It's a very young technology that is still finding it's way. The TWIT casts are being downloaded in mass, and are ranked #1 on many podcast ranking sites and there are usually an abundance of seeds on BT to download from without much problem.
I commend Leo, Kevin, Patrick, Robert, Yoshi, etc. for putting this together and to begin a process of creating a show that they have complete control over. It was absolutely painful to watch what happened to the Screen Savers and what the "management" did to that show. G4 is an absolute waste of space.
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Xorro
join:2003-05-26
Upland, CA
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I agree G4 is crap. All Games, all the time...with MTV type rejects as hosts. What a concept. Do the gaming kiddies actually watch this channel ?, or does Comcast use it as a write off of some sort?
Now these audio shows from Leo & friends, I *dig* these.
Tech related roundtable discussion in casual style with opinions & humor. Man I wish a local radio station broadcasted something like this. Yes these Twit casts are still dealing with sound quality issues with the multiple voice over internet clients, but the content is entertaing and almost always informative.
I wonder if a video version might be feasible in the future, distributed by bit torrent or something.
They might be on to something here. This could be the start of a type of Internet TV. (Specialized content, No network meddling whims, commercial free ). |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | Yeah...I would probably be more into these podcasts if we didn't have Leo's show on our local radio station.
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Leos KFI Show
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| I listen to the weekend KFI show and I have to say the first 15 minute commentary is the best part, the rest of the show is boring tech calls about issues I could fix for these people myself, it's a show mainly for n00bs and thats ok, because there is a lot of them out there, but when you start building pc's and tech support for friends and family there isn't much there for the hardcore. TWiTs is great for people like me that just want to hear a bunch of tech geeks talking about the latest tech of the week. I can do with out the stupid spyware/virus calls and driver issues these callers call in for. |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | That's true...but when doing weekend chores it's always nice to yell at the radio "That's what you get for opening attachments without scanning them dumbass!"
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | reply to imtim83
I liked CNET's show. |
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Andrew J
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clubs: | reply to oliphant
Now I can just have my DirecTivo disconnected. Way to go Comcast, Vulcan Ventures, and whoever else screwed up.
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Andrew J
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clubs: | reply to Leo Laporte
"Comcast can kiss my *ss"
-Pat Norton Jr. |
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alex323
join:2004-07-01
Somerville, NJ | reply to oliphant
Pat and Leo were alright, but Kevin wasn't that good. I used to watch "Tech of..." on TTV, but now they had to replace it with this G4 "stuff"  |
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