G4 Tech TV

People are always generalizing that TV is garbage and it’s a waste of time. It’s too bad that people choose to put television in with a schema that filters garbage out of their life and throw out a giant information system.  TV is the one place where you can have ultimate choice in what you want to absorb.  I love entertainment but TV is mainly a place for uptodate information.  Technology, science, history, current events.  The experts are out there and a lot of them are using TV to reach the masses.  Some are pretty obscure but I assure you they have a small following of people that are being helped. 

Yeah commercials suck but thank goodness we have techonology on our side!  Nowadays you can sit down one day and pick all the shows you want to watch later at your convience.  It’s that easy! Sit down with remote in hand and select the shows you already recorded, skip through commercials and boring parts with the fast forward button.  Delete it when you are done or archive it for later retrieval.  I am getting into a whole other topic right now but I promise to touch on PVR’s (personal video recorders), TIVO’s and home made PVRS (like my media center) at a later time.

Here are some gems that I have found on the G4 Tech Tv Network. The best way to be informed on technology, news and hype is through funny people.  John Stewart has been doing on it on the Daily Show but it is mostly dedicated to politics.  I am more into computers, movies, music, comics, new trends, new products, young professionals, cute girls and of course a little bit of politics never hurt anyone.

Attack of the Show -

Hosted by Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn, this show delivers on weeding out the most entertaining videos on the web, the newest technological tools and toys, information, buzz on anything big and ninja warriors!  I personally enjoy Kevin’s humor and Olivia Munn can sure mess up a hot dog!!  

Show airs 7pm and 11pm weeknights  on G4 Tech TV Canada.

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Lab With Leo Laporte – Leo is a older geek and a tv/radio personality.  He often makes off beat jokes and occasionally says something awkward but he really knows his stuff!  He is uptodate on anything to do with computers and gadgets.  During the show they talk about new products, web security, graphics, blogging, WebPages, games, programs, operating systems  … basically anything to do with personal technology that we could use to better ourselves in our professions and hobbies.  Also, Leo is nice enough to take calls during the show via phone, webcam or web phone.  The purpose of the calls is to pick Leo’s brain on any technology problems they may be experiencing.  He can help amateur photographers, musicians trying to record at home, the grandma trying to send an email and also programmers that are trying to run Linux, Mac and Windows Vista in a GUI all on the same computer. 

Show airs 6pm and 9pm weeknights on G4 Tech TV Canada.

~ by davinderbirk on August 12, 2007.