MOOV Showcase Hour: Your Favorites
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Moov-HD: Video Art : Favored. I wonder if this one is the one Steve stated that he was going to put together. It showed this morning but I missed it and it will be shown again today at 3pm EST.
RE: MOOV's new program listings
Finally did some post vacation MOOVing this morning. . .
Video Art : "Favored" is new to me. I saw two of them this morning. The first one didn't really make sense to me - it was just one long clip, albeit a good one (Autumn Meditation). But if it's just going to be one clip, why not sub-title it "Autumn Meditation" instead of "Favored"? Isn't the whole point to let the viewer know what will be showing so he knows if it'll be worth his while to tune in? The other one I saw was more like what I had in mind. While I only caught the last fifteen minutes or so, they did show three or four different clips.
While I'm glad (thrilled, almost!) that they're finally trying to let us know what they'll be airing, I do have some quibbles with their technique. You have to be using the full guide to have any idea that anything different is being shown. The surf bar mini-guide deal doesn't say a word about "Favored" - even if you hit the "INFO" button on the remote. And even while using the full guide, if you don't have that particular half-hour highlighted, you'd have no idea that it's anything out of the ordinary. It would make much more sense to me to actually title the program "Favored" instead of just adding it on to "Video Art" in the program description (or title it "Autumn Meditation" as the case may be).
One more thing - this one I almost hesitate to mention. Not that VOOM's program guide has a less-than-stellar track record, but how sure are we that these are even the half-hour blocks intended to be listed as "Favored"? Perhaps before the block starts running they should put the title up for a second just for confirmation - plus it'll just make it seem like more of an actual program. They could even give some credit to the folks who compiled it.
Listed at 5:30-6:30pm : "Video Art 'Peter Rose: One Man Show' The accomplished artists works presented."
I have no idea whatsoever who Peter Rose is but I'm looking forward to this, if for no other reason than if it's actually on, I'll have a little more confidence that the "Favored" blocks were correctly listed.
By the way, I have the same problems with the way they listed this as "Video Art". Unless you have it highlighted, you'd be clueless that they're trying something special. This one is a little better in the surf bar - at least when you hit "INFO" it says the bit about "The accomplished artists works..." -- of course, there's no mention of what accomplished artist they're talking about. I guess that's what the full guide is for - if you just happen to highlight the listing for "Video Art". Ugh. But, hey, at least they're trying finally.
Finally did some post vacation MOOVing this morning. . .
Video Art : "Favored" is new to me. I saw two of them this morning. The first one didn't really make sense to me - it was just one long clip, albeit a good one (Autumn Meditation). But if it's just going to be one clip, why not sub-title it "Autumn Meditation" instead of "Favored"? Isn't the whole point to let the viewer know what will be showing so he knows if it'll be worth his while to tune in? The other one I saw was more like what I had in mind. While I only caught the last fifteen minutes or so, they did show three or four different clips.
While I'm glad (thrilled, almost!) that they're finally trying to let us know what they'll be airing, I do have some quibbles with their technique. You have to be using the full guide to have any idea that anything different is being shown. The surf bar mini-guide deal doesn't say a word about "Favored" - even if you hit the "INFO" button on the remote. And even while using the full guide, if you don't have that particular half-hour highlighted, you'd have no idea that it's anything out of the ordinary. It would make much more sense to me to actually title the program "Favored" instead of just adding it on to "Video Art" in the program description (or title it "Autumn Meditation" as the case may be).
One more thing - this one I almost hesitate to mention. Not that VOOM's program guide has a less-than-stellar track record, but how sure are we that these are even the half-hour blocks intended to be listed as "Favored"? Perhaps before the block starts running they should put the title up for a second just for confirmation - plus it'll just make it seem like more of an actual program. They could even give some credit to the folks who compiled it.
Listed at 5:30-6:30pm : "Video Art 'Peter Rose: One Man Show' The accomplished artists works presented."
I have no idea whatsoever who Peter Rose is but I'm looking forward to this, if for no other reason than if it's actually on, I'll have a little more confidence that the "Favored" blocks were correctly listed.
By the way, I have the same problems with the way they listed this as "Video Art". Unless you have it highlighted, you'd be clueless that they're trying something special. This one is a little better in the surf bar - at least when you hit "INFO" it says the bit about "The accomplished artists works..." -- of course, there's no mention of what accomplished artist they're talking about. I guess that's what the full guide is for - if you just happen to highlight the listing for "Video Art". Ugh. But, hey, at least they're trying finally.
