Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) - Page 226

Media Boy UK · 25-08-2009, 16:23

LIVING HD to launch on Virgin Media this Saturday???

I have just found this over on DS Forums.

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Next week's TV and Satellite Week published today has Living HD listed in its schedules from Saturday but only for Virgin (as channel 110).

Felim_Doyle · 26-08-2009, 08:25

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

LIVING HD to launch on Virgin Media this Saturday???

I have just found this over on DS Forums.

Wow! Sixteen hours after your announcement and no sign of the HD cheerleaders.

26-08-2009, 08:30

Balls to Living HD ...i want Eurosport :p

LondonRoad · 26-08-2009, 08:30

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

Wow! Sixteen hours after your announcement and no sign of the HD cheerleaders.

Maybe there aren't many Living viewers interested in HD. It's not a channel I watch but I do find it a strange name for a channel with programming that mainly seems dedicated to Ghosts, seances, afterlife and other distinctly non-living subject matter.

zantarous · 26-08-2009, 08:59

Living is quite a decent channel with some decent US imports. Although Saturday seems a very strange day to launch a channel.

Nook29 · 26-08-2009, 09:56

I think the DS user who posted that was taking it a bit too literally. It may well launch a day or two before, considering TV & Satellite Week starts its listings on a saturday.

LondonRoad · 26-08-2009, 10:04

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Originally Posted by Nook29

I think the DS user who posted that was taking a bit too literally. It may well launch a day or two before, considering TV & Satellite Week starts its listings on a saturday.

Yes, don't VM usually do launches on a Thursday?

Nook29 · 26-08-2009, 10:16

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Originally Posted by harmitage

Yes, don't VM usually do launches on a Thursday?

That was certainly the case with FX HD, Nat Geo HD and MTVNHD, with C4HD on the Friday.

1701-e · 26-08-2009, 12:40

Those channels already existed... Living HD is brand new so could launch any day.

iirc C5 started on a Sunday & 4 was a Tuesday.

Felim_Doyle · 26-08-2009, 13:22

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Originally Posted by harmitage

Maybe there aren't many Living viewers interested in HD. It's not a channel I watch but I do find it a strange name for a channel with programming that mainly seems dedicated to Ghosts, seances, afterlife and other distinctly non-living subject matter.

Hey, you forgot to mention that there's always a good autopsy in CSI: too!

If they rearranged some of the programming between Living and Living2 they could rename one of them as AfterLiving.

Alternatively they could rename Living, Living+1 and Living+2 as Antemortem, Perimortem and Postmortem.

Nook29 · 26-08-2009, 13:22

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Originally Posted by 1701-e

Those channels already existed... Living HD is brand new so could launch any day.

iirc C5 started on a Sunday & 4 was a Tuesday.

But it's a Virgin channel, so they're likely to launch it on a day they normally add channels.

Felim_Doyle · 26-08-2009, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

Wow! Sixteen hours after your announcement and no sign of the HD cheerleaders.

And where's all the feedback from Chuck 3-D?

26-08-2009, 14:23

Feedback.... it was sheeet! Detailed enough?

Nook29 · 26-08-2009, 14:37

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

And where's all the feedback from Chuck 3-D?

In the Chuck 3D thread.

Basically, the episode itself was excellent, the 3D elements weren't amazing but there were a few cool moments. Didn't add a great deal to the experience.

Felim_Doyle · 26-08-2009, 15:49

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Originally Posted by Nook29

In the Chuck 3D thread.

Basically, the episode itself was excellent, the 3D elements weren't amazing but there were a few cool moments. Didn't add a great deal to the experience.

I had never watched the programme before but took a quick preview by watching a series one episode on TV Choice On Demand in advance of the 3D airing. I'm not in a hurry to watch it again but I agree with your comments on the 3D aspect of it. Good, with a few scenes that worked really well but not spectacular overall. Still, a taste of what's 'coming soon' perhaps.

There's a Chuck 3D thread? I couldn't find one using the forum search facility and '3D' is too small a keyword to search with. I did find the Chuck thread but that hasn't had any activity since May.