At the end of my rope with TCM

[Radioguy41]

I have reached the end of my rope with TCM. Between their recent emphasis on films from the 1980's and newer (If I wanted that I'd subscribe to Epix, Starz, or Cinemax) and the regular breakup of the picture and sound I have had it. I tried watching a movie yesterday and the picture was freezing and artifacting every few seconds to the point it became unwatchable. Then there are all the foreign language films plus overated junk like "Ghandi". Seriously, what is wrong with these people? TCM isn't TCM anymore, I'm done, rant over, carry on.

 

[Yespage]

I have reached the end of my rope with TCM. Between their recent emphasis on films from the 1980's and newer (If I wanted that I'd subscribe to Epix, Starz, or Cinemax) and the regular breakup of the picture and sound I have had it. I tried watching a movie yesterday and the picture was freezing and artifacting every few seconds to the point it became unwatchable. Then there are all the foreign language films plus overated junk like "Ghandi". Seriously, what is wrong with these people? TCM isn't TCM anymore, I'm done, rant over, carry on.

It is Oscars month. So they show movies with Oscars, like Ghandi... which won a lot of Oscars. I haven't watched TCM much so I don't know if TCM is showing any particular video artifacting issues.

Looking at the schedule for this week, most of the films are 60+ years old. The Artist is very recent, but won for best film (I recommend OSS 217: Nest of Spies, another great Dujardin film!). Looking at the last available week in April, again, maybe 5 to 10 films made after 1970 (50 years ago). I know we don't want to recognize it, but 1980 was 40 years ago!

 

[mdonnelly]

1980 was 40 years ago!

And I was 30 already. I love TCM, but I’m skipping over any of their post 1971 movies.

 

[edisonprime]

It is Oscars month. So they show movies with Oscars, like Ghandi... which won a lot of Oscars. I haven't watched TCM much so I don't know if TCM is showing any particular video artifacting issues.

Looking at the schedule for this week, most of the films are 60+ years old. The Artist is very recent, but won for best film (I recommend OSS 217: Nest of Spies, another great Dujardin film!). Looking at the last available week in April, again, maybe 5 to 10 films made after 1970 (50 years ago). I know we don't want to recognize it, but 1980 was 40 years ago!

1980 was 42 years ago. Happens to be the year of my birth, and I turn 42 in September.

 

[MikeD-C05]

1980 was 42 years ago. Happens to be the year of my birth, and I turn 42 in September.

I graduated in 1980 from High school and 1990 from college. I feel really old compared to you, but we would only be about 18 years difference .

 

[MikeD-C05]

You know you can add the TCM app on your Roku? They also have east and west coast live feeds of the channel and all the movies you can watch any time if you sub to them in your satellite or cable programming pack.

Roku

Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.

www.roku.com

 

[Yespage]

You know you can add the TCM app on your Roku? They also have east and west coast live feeds of the channel and all the movies you can watch any time if you sub to them in your satellite or cable programming pack.

Roku

Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.

www.roku.com

I've never been able to make that app work on my Roku.

 

[Bruce]

If you have HBOMAX, all the movies on TCM are on there, no commercials and a lot better quality.

 

[tanman]

Last Tuesday I watched a 1943 movie at my mother's house -Airforce -which I wouldn't recommend-corny ,jingoistic and cliché ridden yet forgettable characters-and it pixelated at times.First time I've seen that.

 

[Radioguy41]

It's kind of coming down to this, we have Dish and watch essentially 3 channels; Hallmark for the boss, TCM for me, and Magnolia (DYI) for both of us. I can get all the Mag stuff with my Discovery+ sub, I'm done with TCM, and Hallmark can be streamed so for the first time in over 15 years I'm seriously considering dropping Dish when the contract expires in October. Never thought I'd say that.

 

[navychop]

1980 was 42 years ago. Happens to be the year of my birth, and I turn 42 in September.

Get offa my lawn!