Oh, how I miss Leo LaPorte, "Call for Help," "Screensavers," and many of the other programs that used to be on TechTV. This great cable channel was dedicated to technology and helping you understand it and work with it. It was available on some advanced cable company offerings, Direct TV and Dish.
A couple of years ago, TechTV was bought out by G4, another fairly new cable channel that specialized in shows about computer games. Within no time at all, it killed off all the good tech shows like "Call for Help" and "Screensavers" in favor of some of the most mindless, brainless TV twaddle of all time. If you would like to have your IQ lowered to below 75 or have your educational level lowered to that of a 4th grader, watch G4 sometime for a few minutes and you will see what I mean. I think this station is part of the conspiracy to dumb-down America.
Before I get too far off track here, I really want to tell you about a new "TV" service offered by CNET, called CNET TV. While it is not available on Direct TV or any other cable or satellite channel, you can watch it on your computer by going to the CNET TV website.
I must admit it is pretty slick and filled with some good information. There are hundreds, if not thousands of program contents to choose from. What makes it better than a TV show is that you choose the content that you want to watch. New content is added daily and is listed under the date so you can easily see what is new.
Choose from categories like Gadgets and Gear, Tips and Tricks, Gaming, Car Tech, Movies and Music, and Tech News. I watched an interesting video this morning on how to run Linux on your computer without installing it to your hard drive or ruining your Windows installation.
So while CNET TV does not replace TechTV, it gives all of us some good tech education options that we haven't had for a while.
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