reign Posted February 11, 2005 Report Posted February 11, 2005 I'd like to know...are the matches full length and is that Monday Night War show actual Raws and Nitros? I'd love any thoughts or details on the "channel" as it were...
DrVenkman PhD Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 "WWE 24/7 relives the week-by-week WAR waged between Turner and WWE, with exclusive retrospective commentary and insight interspersed among Raw and Nitro's best battles – a back-story to wrestling's backbone. Each episode presents Monday Night Raw and Monday Nitro in their entirety, with compelling insight by host Michael Cole."
Matt Young Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Compelling insight from Michael Cole? Right... So does anyone know when/if DirecTV will be making WWE 24/7 available?
Guest Dale Earnhardt Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Compelling insight from Michael Cole? Right... So does anyone know when/if DirecTV will be making WWE 24/7 available? Satellite television doesn't have the capabilities at this point to present Video On Demand. I have DirecTV as well and this makes me majorly mad but we have to live with it, at least we get our channels in digital quality. But anyway, if WWE would prepare a cable TV schedule to send out to satellite/standard cable companies, this will make more money. If DirecTV will carry a channel devoted to Motorsports, Football and Basketball, then I'm sure that it would carry wrestling but the technology isn't there and WWE is too lazy to compremise at the moment.
Just call me Dan Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Someone clear this up for me... What DO you have to have in order to obtain this channel?
Tawren Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 I've got some of the tapes. Incredible VQ, especially on the older stuff. The MSG shows are a treat to watch. I don't have any of the Raws/Nitros, but from what I understand they are the full shows with intros from Micheal Cole. I'm not 100% sure, though.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 A digital cable company willing to carry it. No special box or nothing; just any digital cable company such as Time Warner.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Is this in Canada? I haven't been able to find someone carrying it.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 it's hardly available in America as well. I doubt it'll get off and running until fall 2005... if at all.
Tawren Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 it's hardly available in America as well. I doubt it'll get off and running until fall 2005... if at all. It's already been going for several months.
geniusMoment Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 What about the music in WCW. If they edited out all of the music, and replaced it with that crappy music, like in the dvds, I will be majorly pissed off.
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 it's hardly available in America as well. I doubt it'll get off and running until fall 2005... if at all. It's already been going for several months. Obviously it has been but hardly many people have it; thus it's not really off and running yet; it's still mired in the dark to most of it's fanbase. I was saying it would like get going around fall of 2005.
res37618 Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Yeah, I bought a 2-disc copy of Starrcade '83 recorded from 24/7 back in December from someone on another message board. Needless to say, I was astounded - it was practically as good as buying a store-bought DVD for sound and video quality. If we ever do get 24/7 in this area, I'll definitely be investing in a stand-alone DVD recorder. That stuff is just too good not to have recorded.
Guest Trivia247 Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Wait wait what about before the Monday Night war era before Raw n Nitro? What about the classic stuff?
Ravenbomb Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 where does one find out who all is carrying this? Does Charter have it?
Guest The Shadow Behind You Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 If you haven't seen it on your tv; they dont have it. Im sure the WWE24/7 site has a listing of the companies carrying it.
Styles Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Actually no, the website doesn't list any of the companies that carry it, which is an indication that not many do (I still haven't heard anything beyond one cable company in Pennsylvania) and thus there's nothing to really list. Reports are it's been a lot slower an idea to sell to cable companies then they anticipated. Comcast better get on this soon, they have every other On Demand channel it seems....
Styles Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Someone clear this up for me... What DO you have to have in order to obtain this channel? It's a digital cable technology called "On Demand". You have an on screen database of shows that you can select from and watch starting any program at any time and pausing it and rewinding it like a tape or DVD. The way 24/7 works would be like HBO or SHowtime On Demand, in that you pay a monthy fee to the cable company to get access to the menu of shows on your digital box. Then you can watch any of the shows in the category.
Kahran Ramsus Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Someone clear this up for me... What DO you have to have in order to obtain this channel? It's a digital cable technology called "On Demand". You have an on screen database of shows that you can select from and watch starting any program at any time and pausing it and rewinding it like a tape or DVD. The way 24/7 works would be like HBO or SHowtime On Demand, in that you pay a monthy fee to the cable company to get access to the menu of shows on your digital box. Then you can watch any of the shows in the category. The ExpressVu satellites in Canada have that, but not for WWE 24/7 I don't think. I would have to buy a new box though since I've got the old cheap boxes from 8 years ago.
Guest hitman82 Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 I doubt Canada will be getting this channel now that The Fight Network is coming later this year.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 In addition to Directv's rollout of 3 new satellites to increase their HD channel offerings upwards of 1500 (including locals and national networks) by 2007, they are also working on a Satellite Tuner with a hard drive/DVR and the ability to recieve on demand programing, and it will be released sometime soon. So if you have Directv, theres hope!
Jobber of the Week Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 Satellite television doesn't have the capabilities at this point to present Video On Demand. I have DirecTV as well and this makes me majorly mad but we have to live with it, at least we get our channels in digital quality. But anyway, if WWE would prepare a cable TV schedule to send out to satellite/standard cable companies, this will make more money. If DirecTV will carry a channel devoted to Motorsports, Football and Basketball, then I'm sure that it would carry wrestling but the technology isn't there and WWE is too lazy to compremise at the moment. They actually did specifically mention satellite providers in an earlier press release. I believe they are working on creating an actual broadcast station like I have been nagging for since the beginning.
The Tino Standard Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 For anybody that has this or at least has access to it, what does the channel cost per month?
Jobber of the Week Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it's free. VOD services, including "networks" that exist only on VOD like The Concert Network or The Anime Network (although recently the latter added their own broadcast variant, it's only provided by one regional carrier in the entire country and no others) are free. The only thing pay on any carrier I heard of are PPVs and the HBO/Starz/Showtime On Demand sections, where you need to be a subscriber of the live channels to get into the VOD sections.
4hartthreat Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 I'd bet dollars to doughnuts it's free. Deal. ::slaps dollar down on counter::
LessonInMachismo Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 I remember reading that the service would be $10-$15 per month. I am waiting patiently. Expect the service to start up first in areas where wrestling is big. It will probably start in the northeast and work its way down.
Dobbs 3K Posted February 12, 2005 Report Posted February 12, 2005 My understanding is that the WWE wasn't actively trying to get cable companies to carry this. They are relying more on the fans to bug the cable companies to carry it for them. A rather lousy strategy, IMO, but that's how it is. It is probably going to be a good year or so before WWE 24/7 is more widely available.
Jericholic82 Posted February 13, 2005 Report Posted February 13, 2005 I live in so cal and have adelphia digital cable. recently we got ondemand, but no 24/7 as yet. we have all the premium channel od but no wwe hopefully soon and yea I agree a dvd recorder and/or a great quality vcr is a must have companian to this channel
SuperJerk Posted February 13, 2005 Report Posted February 13, 2005 Is Anybody Watching 24/7? I think they're lucky to get me to watch 4/2.
Jingus Posted February 13, 2005 Report Posted February 13, 2005 I have digital cable & On Demand down here in GA, but no sign of WWE 24/7 anytime soon. Same situation in TN.
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