MGM Movies

Stevee · 08-12-2005 9:09am #1

Is it possible to pick up MGM movies on a standard sky digibox. A friend f mine has a standard chorus package and recives Mgm with it. Is MGM free to air and if so. what settin do I need to pick it up

Pal · 08-12-2005 10:14am

not on a Sky box.

cable only in Ireland.

Stevee · 08-12-2005 10:15am

Crud. How come?

Pal · 08-12-2005 10:19am

http://www.lyngsat-address.com/ln/MGM-Movie.html

sky box only picks up satellites at 28 degrees

MGM is located elsewhere.

watty · 08-12-2005 10:53am

Not FTA anywhere.

Mossy Monk · 08-12-2005 10:59am

isnt TCM pretty much the same type of movies?

Sparky · 08-12-2005 11:04am

Mossy Monk wrote:

isnt TCM pretty much the same type of movies?

yes in a nutshell

celticfc · 08-12-2005 7:12pm

You're not missing much, TCM is a much better channel.

com7 · 08-12-2005 10:09pm

most of tcm films seem to be in black and white !!!

Mossy Monk · 08-12-2005 10:25pm

a b&w movies doesnt make for a bad movie

L1011 · 08-12-2005 10:41pm

com7 wrote:

most of tcm films seem to be in black and white !!!

As compared to badly and unnaturally colourised in the 1980's like a lot of MCM's movies - most of which ARE B&W in reality.

watty · 08-12-2005 11:11pm

TCM was a much better channel before Time Waner or however took it over and it had better selection of moives IMO when it was FTA.

L1011 · 08-12-2005 11:27pm

watty wrote:

TCM was a much better channel before Time Waner or however took it over and it had better selection of moives IMO when it was FTA.

The entire Turner block of channels (Cartoon Network, etc) was much better in their not-so-greedy days - they were all FTA at one stage.

I miss the old for-cable analogue transponder of Cartoon Network and TCM timesharing with about 15 language options. FTA too.

Sparky · 09-12-2005 2:07am

ah those were the good times when they had only very few intermissions and the really nice tune.
Now its all ruined.

byte · 10-12-2005 5:24pm

Am I right in thinking TCM is the direct replacement of TNT? I do vaguely remember wrestling or something on TNT though.

Mossy Monk · 10-12-2005 5:44pm

yes TNT, used to show WCW and The Dukes Of Hazard amongst others. IIRC Nightmare On Elm Street also used to feature quite a bit but it was analogue only as TCM featured on Sky Digital

L1011 · 11-12-2005 4:40am

byte wrote:

Am I right in thinking TCM is the direct replacement of TNT? I do vaguely remember wrestling or something on TNT though.

No. TNT used to show mainly classic movies - with some WCW play-acting wrestling and 1970's TV shows - until the beginning of TCM, however they co-existed for a time, with TNT being a 'lads channel', around the time everyone was trying lads channels.

11-12-2005 10:31am

But but

MGM movies is a must have along with chorus sports according to that cracky pot lady on the radio add

UTV has apparently lost its must have status, now that its Free to anyone with a sat system.

watty · 11-12-2005 2:21pm

I think NCTV (New Channel Television) on 15W Telstar 12 is considerably better than TCM or MGM at the minute.

Picture quality not great, but it is free. Three or four good movies a day. Wierd arabic interviews and Classic Pop concerts is the rest of the schedule. I emailed their office in London but never got any reply.

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