NtGeo Programs of Interest

[FeistyAlice]

NtGeo is one of our favorite channels.


Tonight there was a program called, "Area 51: declassified." This isn't UFO related rather, "cold war" related, pilots, aministrative staff, security staff, specialists, etc., from the 50's, giving information about what went on during development of aircraft and spying equipment, etc. They say they are only telling a very small perchentage of what they experienced. It was very, very good!!!!

Another, "River Monsters", episode 40, original airdate 05-22-11: "Cold Blooded Horror: Series/Special. (2011) Jeremy Wade travels to Japan, searching for two legendary monsters." One of the best but they are all great. We record all of them and this is a great one to get you hooked on the program. Dave, this may be of special interest to you. This was filmed before the earthquake.

First episode of "Whale Wars" starts June 3. Heartbreaking but worth watching to get us off our asses to do something. We are contributors. Wish I was younger, more physically capable, and I would seriously consider volunteering.

People please post info on programs and/or series that you find particularly interesting; any subject.

Alice

 

[Dintkin]

I love to watch River Monsters and Whale Wars.. add in Deadliest Catch and Storm chasers on the Discovery Channel.

 

[nerak]

I love to watch River Monsters and Whale Wars.. add in Deadliest Catch and Storm chasers on the Discovery Channel.

If you don't have those channels there is hope. Netflix has them in their Instant view. You pay a small fee to join and can watch as many as you want. I got a Roku, (don't want cable) and can stream the shows to my TV from Netflix. Roku also lets you watch a lot of other channels free. Netflix Instant view is also compatible with may other game systems and DVD players. Check them out!

 

[nerak]

My favorite shows are the ones on Discovery, Nat Geo, History, and Animal Planet. I also watch some series, like Amazing Race, Survivor, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, Undercover Boss. Don't do any regular Tv sitcoms. Watch online or through Netflix.

 

[WhatAClumsyGirl]

Thanks Alice.....I regularly watch shows like those you have mentioned. Thank God for DVR !

 

[Mudflap]

My TV is usually tuned to NickJr or the Disney channel, so I come and seek my entertainment here.

 

[garyinco]

Speaking of NatGeo shows, the show Restrepo is one of the best films I've ever seen. Available on Netflix.

 

[nervewreckincali]

Yeah, NatGeo makes a nice evening borrowed from public library. I like the Taboo series covering sex, death, and other taboo topics, and of course the Most Dangerous series; Lisa Ling narrated the drugs and the gang one I think. Killer Croc is also a must see. Dinosaur era Croc with a head the size of a compact car.

With my weird work schedule I do get to see some day time t.v. "...out of a hundred people," no one thought the queen took off her crown to make love (Family Feud).

My channel surfing sequence is History, Discovery, TLC, History, Discovery, TLC. After two cycles, I'll eventually include TNT, Travel, and TruTV if these don't pique my interest, there's nothing good on.

BTW Ninja tech on History as of noon Pacific.

 

[EvilGnome6]

If you don't have those channels there is hope. Netflix has them in their Instant view. You pay a small fee to join and can watch as many as you want. I got a Roku, (don't want cable) and can stream the shows to my TV from Netflix. Roku also lets you watch a lot of other channels free. Netflix Instant view is also compatible with may other game systems and DVD players. Check them out!

Netflix with a Roku box is a great replacement for cable. You can also access Hulu, Amazon, Pandora and dozens of other streaming services with the Roku. Mrs. Gnome and I are never at a loss for something interesting to watch.

Once you get over the notion that you need to have your TV shows doled out to you one episode at a time, once a week, at a specific time and interrupted by endless commercials, you won't miss the cable box. I think think the only people who couldn't be satisfied with one are sports nuts.

 

[FeistyAlice]

If you don't have those channels there is hope. Netflix has them in their Instant view. You pay a small fee to join and can watch as many as you want. I got a Roku, (don't want cable) and can stream the shows to my TV from Netflix. Roku also lets you watch a lot of other channels free. Netflix Instant view is also compatible with may other game systems and DVD players. Check them out!

We do Netflix streaming to TV too. Since I upgraded DH to a new computer it's even better. We've been paying for three DVDs at a time. Just asked him the other night if I could drop it down to one DVD at a time and he said yes. We have a couple here, that have been here a couple of months, and we haven't even watched them. Dropping down to one will be much cheaper. There are, occasionally, movies that Netflix doesn't have on Instant Stream.

Alice

 

[EvilGnome6]

Dropping down to one will be much cheaper. There are, occasionally, movies that Netflix doesn't have on Instant Stream.

We've dropped to one at a time and a DVD will still sit there for months. Maybe I should just give up and go to for the streaming only service.

For TV series that aren't on instant, I trade for them on SwapaDVD so I can marathon a whole season at a time and not worry about holding up my queue. Those are becoming fewer and farther between.

 

[garyinco]

We've dropped to one at a time and a DVD will still sit there for months. Maybe I should just give up and go to for the streaming only service.

I hear you on that. We're doing the same. I end up watching half the stuff on my computer.

 

[PattyR]

Thanks for posting this, Alice. I love Nat Geo, but I've missed those episodes. Not sure I can watch "Whale Wars," though. After living in the PNW and learning to love and appreciate whales, I think it would be too much of an emotional trip for me to watch that series :-(

NtGeo is one of our favorite channels.


Tonight there was a program called, "Area 51: declassified." This isn't UFO related rather, "cold war" related, pilots, aministrative staff, security staff, specialists, etc., from the 50's, giving information about what went on during development of aircraft and spying equipment, etc. They say they are only telling a very small perchentage of what they experienced. It was very, very good!!!!

Another, "River Monsters", episode 40, original airdate 05-22-11: "Cold Blooded Horror: Series/Special. (2011) Jeremy Wade travels to Japan, searching for two legendary monsters." One of the best but they are all great. We record all of them and this is a great one to get you hooked on the program. Dave, this may be of special interest to you. This was filmed before the earthquake.

First episode of "Whale Wars" starts June 3. Heartbreaking but worth watching to get us off our asses to do something. We are contributors. Wish I was younger, more physically capable, and I would seriously consider volunteering.

People please post info on programs and/or series that you find particularly interesting; any subject.

Alice

 

[ltrainer]

I've dropped my cable TV service and have been using a Roku box since January. The only subscription service that we have is Netflix. I love TV this way with only one big complaint and its a big complaint. Netflix with the Roku doesn't have closed captioning. I am hard of hearing and often have difficulties picking up the voices especially if there is background noise from either the show itself or from the room I am listening in. I sure hope they add this feature in the future.

We do Netflix streaming to TV too. Since I upgraded DH to a new computer it's even better. We've been paying for three DVDs at a time. Just asked him the other night if I could drop it down to one DVD at a time and he said yes. We have a couple here, that have been here a couple of months, and we haven't even watched them. Dropping down to one will be much cheaper. There are, occasionally, movies that Netflix doesn't have on Instant Stream.

Alice

 

[EvilGnome6]

Netflix with the Roku doesn't have closed captioning.

Yes. That annoys me too. I'm not hard of hearing but there are times when I really like having closed captioning. While walking on the treadmill, while there's lots of background noise or at night when Mrs. Gnome is sleeping (I work graveyards so I'm up all night on my days off). It's especially frustrating since many shows do have CC if you're watching on a PC. GRRR!!!

 

[ltrainer]

i have headphones for Roku watching and it helps me very much to pick up what I am listening to. THe tv speakers arent bad but a little muffled as compared to the wireless headphones. Now the HDTV that I have doesnt have analog audio outs. I guess many HDTVs being sold now do not have them. THe only audio out on mine is HDMI so I can't use my headphones for that. I would either have to by a converter to convert the digital signal to analog or by a home theater system and plug into that but I dont feel like doing that at this time. Maybe someone here knows of a cheap solution to get the HDMI audio signals to convert to analog signals and have rca jacks. I dont know a lot about this stuff as is probably evident from my post.

Yes. That annoys me too. I'm not hard of hearing but there are times when I really like having closed captioning. While walking on the treadmill, while there's lots of background noise or at night when Mrs. Gnome is sleeping (I work graveyards so I'm up all night on my days off). It's especially frustrating since many shows do have CC if you're watching on a PC. GRRR!!!

 

[FeistyAlice]

We've dropped to one at a time and a DVD will still sit there for months. Maybe I should just give up and go to for the streaming only service.

For TV series that aren't on instant, I trade for them on SwapaDVD so I can marathon a whole season at a time and not worry about holding up my queue. Those are becoming fewer and farther between.

We did Sopranos that way, catching up several years, three DVDs at a time. Next to last season we actually recorded a bunch of them and did marathons. Same with True Blood. We got burnt out on True Blood and didn't see last season.

Another good Channel is Green also Sleuth and True (which used to be Court TV), History and History International, Science, IDiscovery, A&E, any xNatGeo channel.

We do several week-day afternoon and night MSNBC programs and John S. and Cobert, that takes up a lot of TV time but prerecording all programs certainly frees up a lot of time by skipping commercials.

I use the wireless headphones to get work done while listening to most of the MSNBC shows.

Alice

 

[FeistyAlice]

Netflix with a Roku box is a great replacement for cable. You can also access Hulu, Amazon, Pandora and dozens of other streaming services with the Roku. Mrs. Gnome and I are never at a loss for something interesting to watch.

Once you get over the notion that you need to have your TV shows doled out to you one episode at a time, once a week, at a specific time and interrupted by endless commercials, you won't miss the cable box. I think think the only people who couldn't be satisfied with one are sports nuts.

I picked up a $99 Roku box last night. It will be nice to use anywhere in the house or for DH in Living Room, who frequently doesn't want to be bothered searching anything other than Netflix. I purchased, from Woot, months ago, a BlueRay player that has wireless and some of the capabilities of the Roku but don't remember how many/much. Planned to use it in Office/bedroom. It's still in the box.

I have a Prime Membership with Amazon, so the streaming comes free. I just recently found out about that.

Alice

 

[FeistyAlice]

Thanks for posting this, Alice. I love Nat Geo, but I've missed those episodes. Not sure I can watch "Whale Wars," though. After living in the PNW and learning to love and appreciate whales, I think it would be too much of an emotional trip for me to watch that series :-(

I know what you mean. Thankfully they don't show much brutality to the whales; but mostly crew oriented and their activities.

Early on, when we started scuba diving, in the 70's, we bonded with GIANT Groupers, and named them "Mastiffs of the Sea". I've never been able to eat Grouper since then.

Alice