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TCI: Digital cable does have upside
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technology is still new and is cur
rently reaching very few homes.
ESPN, for example, didn’t want to
commit The Deuce to an un
known, wave-of-the-future tech
nology. Instead, they offered the
past, committing Classic Sports
Network to the digital package.
Still, despite the disappointment
I felt after looking over the digital
listings, there are some gems in the
package that make it worth the
money for some.
The addition of Bravo and the
Independent Film Channel to ac
company the mainstream movie
networks is sort of like adding the
Bijou Art Cinema to Eugene to join
the theatres at VRC and Gateway.
The films are a little smaller and
not as well known, but often are
marvelous. You’ll find films such
as “The Full Monty,” "Shine” and
“The Ice Storm” on Bravo and IFC.
Bravo also has an extensive library
of foreign films.
Pay-Per-View is back, which is a
good thing, but there are actually
nine PPV channels, which 1 find a
little excessive. Another slightly
excessive channel is Much Music,
the rival of MTV. Hopefully, Much
Music, unlike MTV, will actually
show a music video now and then.
Maybe most noteworthy is that
the digital cable system is broken
up into a network of nodes. Basi
cally, that means if a tree knocks
down a cable wire, instead of the
whole city losing cable, only those
within that node will. That cuts the
number of local subscribers affect
ed by an outage down to about
2,500.
It still remains to be seen what
number of subscribers will be will
ing to shell out the extra $10 a
month on top of their normal cable
costs, plus $3.30 a month to rent
the digital cable box, plus the in
stallation fee of $12.95 to upgrade
to the node-friendly digital system.
What am I going to do? Well, I
might just forgo all of the above,
and upgrade on the basis of the 10
audio-only channels also included
in the digital package. I’m hurting
for some “Super Sounds of the
’70s.”Just kidding.
Digital cable’s new
channels
■ BBC America
■ Bravo
■ CBS Eye on People
■ Classic Sports Network
■ Discovery Kids, Science, Travel
■ ESPNews
■ Fox Sports World
■ Game Show Network
■ History Channel
■ Home & Garden Television
■ Independent Film Channel
■ Much Music
■ Outdoor Life
■ Preview Channel
■ Romance Classics
■ Sci-Fi Channel
■Turner Classic Movies
■ Encore Love Stories
■ Encore Mystery, Western
■ HB02&3
■ Showtime 2
■ STARZ! 2
■ The Movie Channel
■ Nine Pay-Per-View channels
Music Showcase
Air soars to No. 4 on the strength of ‘Moon Safari’
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AIR: KWVA's No. 4 pick this week based on DJairplay is Air. The
French duo’s music is a mix of cinematic ambience, trip-hop and
mid tempo-beats. They use everything from moogs to guitars to
clarinets, which nicely compliment the French and English vocals.
— Information provided by Jon Setzen, KWVA Music Director
88.1 FM KWVA Top 10
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Illumination
DJ Shallow
Pre-Emptive Strike
Cheeky Monkey
Four Arms to Hold You
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Unwound
Challenge fora Civilized society
Front Line Assembly
Flavour of the Weak
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You Are Not the Boss of Me
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