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When Comcast purchased TechTV and re-branded it G4TV, the channel was largely lobotomized; technical niche programming was replaced by more mundane but colorful fair. Thanks to broadband video delivery, TechTV is being somewhat reborn as "UndoTV". "That audience is still there, just as hungry as ever. And with production costs shrinking, cheap internet distribution, and widespread broadband, it's possible to feed that audience for next to nothing. This is what the digital revolution is all about," says former TechTV personality Leo Laporte.

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exocet_cm
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Sweet!

I hate G4 with a passion. I'm glad techtv is coming back!
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Re: Sweet!

techtv was gay too nerdy and newbie mostly the shows on g4 are much more graphic and fun.
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TechTV.....

Was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better before these asses bought it and renamed it! Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!

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Re: TechTV.....

said by Cheese See Profile :

Was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better before these asses bought it and renamed it! Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
ZDTV was 10 times better than techtv ever was. Yes I know Techtv was the same channel as ZDTV just under a different name but it was better when it was ZDTV.
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said by Cheese See Profile :

Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
I'll second that. Yum!

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Re: TechTV.....

said by photobum See Profile :

said by Cheese See Profile :

Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
I'll second that. Yum!
Awww what about Erica Hill?
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Re: TechTV.....

I would not kick any of those women out of my bed. Dont forget Sumi Das

imtim83
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said by Cheese See Profile :

Was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better before these asses bought it and renamed it! Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
All of them were ugly.

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Re: TechTV.....

said by imtim83 See Profile :

said by Cheese See Profile :

Was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better before these asses bought it and renamed it! Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
All of them were ugly.
Rightttttttttttttttt, if you think Cat and Morgan were ugly, um, you got problems.

imtim83
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Re: TechTV.....

said by Cheese See Profile :

said by imtim83 See Profile :

said by Cheese See Profile :

Was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better before these asses bought it and renamed it! Morgan Webb and Cat, mmmmmmmmmmm!
All of them were ugly.
Rightttttttttttttttt, if you think Cat and Morgan were ugly, um, you got problems.
All human beings are ugly.
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Re: TechTV.....

said by imtim83 See Profile :

All human beings are ugly.
forgive him he is from LA all they got over is ugly chicks.

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Re: TechTV.....

said by CO_Chris See Profile :

said by imtim83 See Profile :

All human beings are ugly.
forgive him he is from LA all they got over is ugly chicks.
No everyone is ugly. Morgan Webb, Cat, Jessica Alba, ...
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cbrigante2
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Financing

If they get short on cash, they can always hit Kevin Rose up for a loan.

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Re: Financing

Yeah after Cablevision Finally Gave us TechTV they go and rename it to some Stupid G4 TV thats when I stopped watching and never watched since then.

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Re: Financing

said by Subaru See Profile :

Yeah after Cablevision Finally Gave us TechTV they go and rename it to some Stupid G4 TV thats when I stopped watching and never watched since then.
Ditto here I really enjoyed TechTV, G4 was removed from my favorites.
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I stopped watching the show, but some of the stuff they have available via on-demand (twc dtv) are pretty cool.

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Re: Financing

I also enjoyed Techtv and wasn't happy at all when they changed it.

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same here

dadkins
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It was ok...

...then it went to hell and then Comcast bought it and reamed it.
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Re: It was ok...

Yeah, it sure was smart of them to change the programming to appeal to the 18-25 demographic, especially when a study found that most people that age are playing video games and watching tv very little.
Now they don't even have E3! HA wow how long can they circle the drain
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Re: It was ok...

Yeah E3 is gone.
What is this world coming to???????
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They decided to go after the common denominator, gamers, every hick, redneck, and idiot can and probably is a gamer at some point in their life, geeks are much more rare. $$$$4
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But I thought Comcast was to be the portal king? Wouldn't they know what people want?

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Who was it in the Comcast forum that kept pushing for Comcast to carry TechTV and couldn't seem to get them to show it? Got more then he asked for in the end...

Well I hope the old TechTV people are able to pull something interesting together.
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PlagueX1
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Great Idea

TechTV was one of the great stations when it was still around. Until the idiot networks got the idea to replace it with G4. Attack of the show.....how idiotic.
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Re: Great Idea

I used to sit and watch the tech news when it was live from 9-5pm. I was there on the release of XP and it was a HUGE deal. I remember the first thing I'd do every day when waking was turn on TechTV.
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Michieru2
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Re: Great Idea

Ha! The only real reason to watch TV for me . Having TechTV back is like going back to being a child again.

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said by PlagueX1 See Profile :

TechTV was one of the great stations when it was still around. Until the idiot networks got the idea to replace it with G4. Attack of the show.....how idiotic.
It was a good show and I miss it, coming to the net makes it better for me though since I don't have Digital Cable

Rally1

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good news

I agree with the rest of you, was a great channel, lets hope we see something like it again.

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G4

Who's bright idea at Comcast was to change what was a great station to what is now trash?
I can't stand the station. I miss TechTV.

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G4Tech TV

Well at the very least in Canada we still have Call for help and Leo. Did he ever make it back on in the US?

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Re: G4Tech TV

said by Rogers1 See Profile :

Well at the very least in Canada we still have Call for help and Leo. Did he ever make it back on in the US?
The show from Canada was on for a while, but not live. It's been removed.
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Re: G4Tech TV

Yup, and I TiVo'd every one of em'

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So...

...Where and when will it be available? www.undotv.com and .net are both some domain squatter and www.undo-tv.com doesnt resolve.

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Re: So...

Any information about Undo TV should be available at the TWiT website as it develops:

»www.twit.tv/

thongsai

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well

i never saw techtv but i currently watch alot of g4.. its a good channel.. maybe cuz im more of a gamer .. i guess

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Re: well

I watch Xplay with adam sessler and morgan webb the rest of the shows I dont watch so basically im just watching one show and attack of the show is very very boring I want tech tv back but I dont mind watching Xplay because they have decent reviews.

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Re: well

adam sessler and morgan webb!!They are tools for G4TV.They sold out for sure.

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Re: well

Well like any other person in america they need to get paid and guess who was offering the job you just do what you have to.
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Yes, and being a "gamer" is okay... But how can you only know about half a computer. Leo helped a lot a people learn about the hardware portion of games. If you don't know both "sides" of a computer, how can you fix it when it doesn't run?

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Only thing good about G4 is...

The Star Trek Re-runs.

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Re: Only thing good about G4 is...

I agree. Every Saturday until Star Trek 2.0 comes on.

billh491

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You can recreate TechTV already

Kevin said he can not even afford a sofa for his new apartment never mind even if he was worth 60 million that would not come close to the over 300 million TechTV lost.

These links will help you recreate TechTV.

Call for help 2.0 from Cananda torents.
»cfhtracker.info/

Leo's many podcasts.
»www.twit.tv/

Kevin's video shows.
»revision3.com/

If you like Cat and Morgan then you will love Amber.
»commandn.typepad.com/

Patrick Norton's new show.
»dl.tv/blogs/digitallifetv/default.aspx

John C. Dvorak's show
»crankygeeks.com/blogs/crankygeek···ult.aspx
purwater
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ZDTV was the best

I miss the good ole days of ZDTV and Tech TV for a while. I ditto the mmmmmm for Morgan and Cat. But I have to say I flipped by the G4 and that Olivia on Attack of the Show is smokin.

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damn........

G4 is so freakin lame how does it keep going?

do they actually have a following??
does anyone watch that crap??

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yay

I can't wait to check this out, I watched my first episode of DL.TV today it was pretty good!
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TechTV My Version

I'd just like to point out I've been working on plans for this for a year or two now :-P, and as soon as the new TV studio is finished being setup we're going to work on our first episode.

The TV studio should be finished in about 10 weeks.

Never realized the old TechTV people though were also working on something like that.

But this is something I'm working on in the Woburn, MA Area and is going to be distributed via the internet. Now I know theres other things that the TechTV crew has done in like a small setup. But this is going to be one of the first big productions that will be released via the internet. The TV show I'm working on is going to be filmed in a good sized studio. If anyones interested let me know and I'll give more info.

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hrmm...

tech tv think i remember it having anime hr which was ok

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Screensavers

BRING BACK THE SCREENSAVERS

Michieru2
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Re: Screensavers

If I remember correctly G4 did bring back the Screensavers but I think they pulled it once again.

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I miss Johns show

Big Thinkers. Always a pretty good show with all kinds of people you typically wouldn't get to see on tv.

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The good ole days

ZDTV was great Tech TV was so so. Leo and Kate was a team. Patrick was ok. Martin was good. Victora Recano and Erica Hill was hot. what about John Devorack and Jim Lauderback?
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