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DirecTV first impressions
11/23/04
Ok, UCI Cable TV is now using DirecTV...
Let's just hope that the channel freezes are a thing of the past.
The channel lineup is here.
Some impressions so far:
- Still no ESPN, but at least Spike TV and FX, and HBO hopefully coming soon.
- The pretty much useless UCTV and Research channels are gone. That's a good thing. I don't know who had the glorious idea to put these programs up in the first place...
I am sure the people who produce these programs are sincere, but TV is the wrong venue for them. TV is entertainment, for heaven's sake. - Audio normalization is still not done. When channel-surfing, the audio always has to be adjusted.
- The channel lineup lists 2 UCI channels, but they don't seem to be there. My suspicion is that they are going to be similar to the UCTV channel. If so, they should rather put some real channels there.
I hope that after this fiasco with Dish the UCI housing administration is more open to student participation. Without a number of students putting pressure on the administration, we would still be stuck with the crappy Dish service.
1 comment
Hi,
Call more signatures for CHinese cable TV.
Thanks for your support on Chinese TV channel. Currently, we have 156
signatures from 120 units in VP and PV. We do need more
signatures. If you did not add your spouse, kids, or roommate’s name,
please send their name if they support. If you are on waiting list,
please sign your name and department too. Even you don’t watch TV,
please support Chinese association’s activity.
Thanks for AGST (Taiwan Student association) email group’s support.
Appreciate students’s great support from Taiwan. Thank you all.
Please forward the following message to more people, collect more
signatures. Next week, we will go to talk with house officers and
related administrations.
___________
Hi, Guys,
Currently, 150 digital signatures from 120 apartments were sent to
cssauci @ gmail . com.
Please forward this email to your friends on campus housing.
The purpose to collect signatures is to ask Chinese TV channel in
cable TV in Verano Place and Palo Verde. The cable TV has cancelled
Phoenix channel, which carries nice mandarin and Cantonese programs.
Please send your name, room number, and email address to
cssauci @ gmail . com.
For example,
VP 9999 Zhang Yi, Zhang Er xxx@h…
PV 9999 Wang Yi, Li Si xxx@u…
We will propose a letter with all signatures to ask house office to
add a Chinese TV channel and no extra cost for each student. More
signatures will help this action.
According to UCI website, VP has 862 apartments, and 204 apartments
in PV. Considering more residents’ benefit, which is also emphasized
by student housing office, we must collect enough signatures to show
that we have a large population on campus housing. In fact, many
Chinese students live on campus house. DirectTV has the service to
open Phoenix channel or CCTV.
Thanks for your support,
CSSA-UCI
