Comments on: TV Throwdown! http://truthoncinema.com/featured/tv-throwdown-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tv-throwdown-2 your personal road map to what's going on in Hollywood Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:19:15 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dan http://truthoncinema.com/featured/tv-throwdown-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4141 Dan Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:54:41 +0000 http://truthoncinema.com/?p=1282#comment-4141 Without the internet, my wife and I would be in the proverbial "black hole" of TV. We don't have a TV with more than 5 channels and bigger than a foot, so we have depended on the Internet to catch up on shows like Ugly Betty (don't knock it until you've given it a shot), Chuck, The Office, and an occasional Arrested Development. As far as which network is the best, ABC.com's player, to me, plays the best quality at full screen. You can even watch some shows in HD on your computer. NBC doesn't handle full screen really well, you can see where the interpolation happens on shows. What's amazing is that the entire writer's strike was over this very thing. Writers not being paid for the shows that were being aired online, because the studios considered them "promos." I think we'll start seeing more and more shows offered online and I would venture to guess that some studios will launch shows specifically online before they debut on regular TV. Without the internet, my wife and I would be in the proverbial “black hole” of TV. We don’t have a TV with more than 5 channels and bigger than a foot, so we have depended on the Internet to catch up on shows like Ugly Betty (don’t knock it until you’ve given it a shot), Chuck, The Office, and an occasional Arrested Development.

As far as which network is the best, ABC.com’s player, to me, plays the best quality at full screen. You can even watch some shows in HD on your computer. NBC doesn’t handle full screen really well, you can see where the interpolation happens on shows.

What’s amazing is that the entire writer’s strike was over this very thing. Writers not being paid for the shows that were being aired online, because the studios considered them “promos.” I think we’ll start seeing more and more shows offered online and I would venture to guess that some studios will launch shows specifically online before they debut on regular TV.

]]> By: Troy Sims http://truthoncinema.com/featured/tv-throwdown-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4139 Troy Sims Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:12:28 +0000 http://truthoncinema.com/?p=1282#comment-4139 Ryan, yes I've used NBC.com to watched missed parts of Heroes and their webisodes. I've used Fox to watch 24 when something went amiss with our DVR. I've used ABC.com to watched missed episodes of the Unit. I've been watching Legend of the Seeker on Hulu, which are in better quality than what I had recorded on my DVR! I've been toying with watching Chuck, time will be the determining factor on that, if I have the time then I'll watch, maybe this summer when nothing but reruns are on. So yes I've used the ol internet to supplement my TV watching. Ryan, yes I’ve used NBC.com to watched missed parts of Heroes and their webisodes. I’ve used Fox to watch 24 when something went amiss with our DVR. I’ve used ABC.com to watched missed episodes of the Unit. I’ve been watching Legend of the Seeker on Hulu, which are in better quality than what I had recorded on my DVR! I’ve been toying with watching Chuck, time will be the determining factor on that, if I have the time then I’ll watch, maybe this summer when nothing but reruns are on. So yes I’ve used the ol internet to supplement my TV watching.

]]> By: TV Throwdown Tilling the Soil http://truthoncinema.com/featured/tv-throwdown-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4115 TV Throwdown Tilling the Soil Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:15:21 +0000 http://truthoncinema.com/?p=1282#comment-4115 [...] posted a new TV Throwdown with Ryan over at Truth on Cinema. It’s my open letter to Al Gore for creating the internet. Check it [...] [...] posted a new TV Throwdown with Ryan over at Truth on Cinema. It’s my open letter to Al Gore for creating the internet. Check it [...]

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