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Archive through August 22, 2007

The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 8 ARCHIVES: Big Brother 8 - Part 9: Has The Showtime Option Changed Your Viewing?: Archive through August 22, 2007 users admin

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Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
It has for me.

Watching the Showtime offering is what I always expected the internet feeds to be like but never were.

Somehow they are able to give us quality video and audio without an annoying amount of FOTH crap.

Even with a fast 3xT1 line and a dual quad workstation, the internet feeds are still not up to TV standards. After watching the Showtime stuff, it is hard to put up with the old feeds.

I find I go to bed earlier, and let the Showtime feeds put me to sleep. If they get boring I can flip stations around to see what else is on.

I hope next season they offer more Showtime time... like 24/7.

In short... the Showtime offering has changed my viewing habits.

In fact, I didn't even watch the internet feeds for the first week.

How about you?

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Totally, I can finally do other stuff on summer nights knowing 3 hours of the quality stuff will be captured :-) Whispering? NO problem! Vortex? NO such thing!.... Really, I can finally go to bed at a decent hour knowing tivo has 3 hours of stuff fort me the next day. I am central time zone so the showtoo really captures 11 pm to 2 AM for me.

Pamplemousse
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09-28-2003

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamplemousse a private message Print Post    
i prefer showtime as well. i am on the west coast but get the east coast feeds at 9pm so it is perfect for listening/watching while dozing off. maybe we will get lucky & have more feeds on show next year.

Panda
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07-15-2005

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
I am glad that I already had Showtime on my cable and I did not have to pay extra. I do not have the feeds this year, I am cutting corners-being a SAHM and all.

Stopthemadness
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07-15-2005

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopthemadness a private message Print Post    
I love watching on Shotoo, I can record on the DVR incase I can't watch it right then. I would like if they made it on 4 channels and 24/7 next year. I'd pay a dollar to see that!!

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I've subscribed to showtime since 1993...I think it's funny how I never noticed showtoo channel before BB. I think it's funny when I leave it on showtoo and softporn is playing in the rec room like it's some kind of underground sex room..LOL

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
i have done that naja, feel asleep with the tv on and woke up and suprise!!

Shoe_diva1966
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07-21-2005

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shoe_diva1966 a private message Print Post    
Just the other night I did the exact same thing too, and LMAO before I turned the TV off....

Carol_shelly
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07-07-2004

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carol_shelly a private message Print Post    
I love it too and I also fall asleep with it on and the DVR taping it. Then I check the feeds in the morning to see if I missed something good. Much better then the feeds IMHO.

Realnut
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07-06-2006

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 9:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Realnut a private message Print Post    
is there any one who tapes the show time stuff that is able to post it?I live in Canada and don't get show time!

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Monday, August 20, 2007 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
I like showtime because I can go to bed early and set DVR on comcast to record LOL

Taximomg
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07-17-2004

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 1:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taximomg a private message Print Post    
I love Showtime...I combine it with TVClubhouse, and I feel like I am getting much more of the BB experience. I hope they keep it up!

Lgt
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07-28-2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 2:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lgt a private message Print Post    
it is fun to read the east coast posts and if its good it starts here like tonight i read it but seeing it all was wild

Biginjapan
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07-23-2005

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 9:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biginjapan a private message Print Post    
I love the Showtime feed. And DVRing it is great cause if Eric goes on one of his million word rants i can fast forward. And if Amber is not crying i can pause it in disbelief.

Wavelength
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07-25-2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wavelength a private message Print Post    
I am not working right now so I am loving it! Last night just before it came on I was looking at the live feed caps and saw the pictures of Jen destroying Dick's cigs. It was exciting that I was able to actually watch the repercussions! She must have purposely done this so it would be on Showtime don't you think?

Optimystic
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07-08-2005

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 9:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Optimystic a private message Print Post    
Not to mention that I can finally sit on my reclining sofa, or lay in my comfy bed and WATCH! No more hanging over my computer. Love it.

Roxibalboa
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08-15-2004

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxibalboa a private message Print Post    
I love that showtoo actually has closed captioning. I have to keep that volume low that late so I don't wake the whole house I put the closed captions on and it helps with the whispering a lot

Mom_of_two
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09-06-2006

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 10:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mom_of_two a private message Print Post    
what time is it on in new york?

Cnicm
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06-01-2005

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cnicm a private message Print Post    
I already had showtime so it was great that I didn't have to subscribe to something else on top of the feeds this year....
Just last year I was telling my husband it sure would be great if they did away with the feeds on the computer and put them solely on a cable channel of some sort... so the 3 hrs we are getting this year is great!!
I wish it was the whole 24/7... That would be awesome.
The quality is much much better and I love the fact that I can mute the tv and read the captions!!

So maybe the powers that be will listen and give us the 24/7 on Showtime next year!!

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
Wow. Seems like a unified response.

Mrsmel
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07-04-2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mrsmel a private message Print Post    
I love love love Showtime. The only complaint I have is the commericals are so LOUD they wake me up if I fall asleep to it. Then I have Hubby saying can you please turn that down. Also I am a little sick of the Californication girl asking her daddy about the naked girl. BUT it was worth it just for last nite. Totally!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
It starts @ 12AM here in NY. I like it, too, esp. since I haven't been watching the feeds all that much. I haven't had it the whole time, only the last 2 wks when it was offered free for a yr w/an upgrade to digital cable. One thing I find if I turn the feeds on at the same time is, Show is many seconds ahead of the live feeds! It's really weird. Last night I was on the phone w/a BB friend when it came on and I told her something was going on. She turned on her feeds and I could hear what I had already heard on TV on her feeds maybe 10 or more seconds later. The only bad part is, you can't choose a feed so you're stuck w/what they decide to put on. We don't get the Vortex, but often the feeds are going on when we get commercials. Overall, I like it. You see so much more on a big screen that you don't catch on the feeds. Not sure if we'll keep paying for it once our free year is over tho. We wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't free, but I do like it. (sorry for being so long-winded!)

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
I'm such a BB addict that I ordered Showtoo when I heard about BBAD. I am really glad I did for all the reasons mentioned. I DVR it every night and what I can't stay awake for, I watch the next day. If it's boring, I just skip it.

I love it better than the internet. I do wish they could do better with the microphones, though. I have to turn it up loud to hear and then when commercials come on, they blow me away with the volume.

ETA: Hi Watching! I've not seen you around much this season and missed your posts. :-)

Amy
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07-10-2002

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amy a private message Print Post    
Nope, we thought about subscribing to showtime for BB in addition to the feeds but it was delayed 3 hours on the west coast and it wasn't worth the cost to not see it live.

Ohiomobprincess
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11-07-2003

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 4:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ohiomobprincess a private message Print Post    
After ff'ing through 2 hours and 45 minutes of boring mess, Dani and Amber come home, start interesting dialogue and the show is over! I was livid. Waste of programming in my opinion.