Category: Television
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Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I already have a device that can record digital TV. It’s the Now TV/DVB combined set-top box that can receive Now HD and terrestrial digital channels. All you need to do is add an external disk through the USB connector, and off you go. Admittedly the functionality is…
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If you wanted to find out what was on TVB Pearl, you’d look on their website, right? That should have up-to-date information about what’s on the channel, shouldn’t it? Well, not always, it seems. Yesterday, they showed Naked Science, but the website shows the information for last week’s episode. Tonight they have the Celebrity Apprentice,…
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These days we have a huge choice of channels in Hong Kong (mainly thanks to Now TV), but how is anyone supposed to know what is on them all? In my opinion, the SCMP does a fairly poor job of keeping viewers up to date with what is on, and you can’t even rely on…
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Elmer over at Living in Hong Kong has 7 Observations from Hong Kong TV Olympic Coverage, and I have to say that I agree with most of what he says. (1) I have to admit that I haven’t been paying very close attention, but I think he’s right that the local Chinese channels of TVB…
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My favourite moment from the typically shabby TVB Pearl coverage of the Olympics came earlier tonight when Andrew Sams thought that Nadal had won the Olympic Gold Medal when he won the tie-break at the end of the 2nd set. Strangely, Nadal didn't look too excited, simply going back to his seat ready for the…
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In the beginning there was BBC Prime, and the people paid their subscription but found that it was not good. Then it became BBC Entertainment, and the people wondered where Top Gear had gone and why they were still showing such very old sitcoms. Then the “BBC 5” was launched, and now we have Top…
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Now that we have high definition (HD) television in Hong Kong (well, one channel plus ATV’s pathetic two hours per night), retailers want to sell us HD televisions. You will find that you have a choice between so-called ‘HD ready’ and ‘Full HD’ screens. Both are high definition, but so-called ‘Full HD’ is a higher…
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Last week I mentioned that TVB Pearl has introduced a service for watching TV shows (well, one particular show) online. So I had to try it out, but I have to say that I was totally underwhelmed by the experience. The show plays on a tiny embedded screen surrounded by black bars (it’s the plane…
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In the UK, the BBC’s iPlayer has been a huge success – if you miss a TV show, you can watch it again on your PC. Rather unexpectedly, TVB has just announced a similar service, though it will only cover a few shows (from ABC), starting with Dirty Sexy Money, which will be available on…
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This week we are at Tottenham Hotspur FC – biggest single shareholder (and former chairman) Sir Alan Sugar – and the teams have to sell subscriptions to a text messaging service (Spurs On). Saira is in charge of First Forte, and Paul is the project leader for Impact. The two teams are brainstorming. Paul thinks…
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