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02-18-2008, 09:00 AM
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Who listens to digital cable music channels?
Just curious. Looking for some new music and was wondering if that was a good source to check out...
Does anyone here listen to those channels?
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02-18-2008, 12:08 PM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
I've listened to the Blues channel on Comcast a bit, only as background while reading.
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02-18-2008, 03:09 PM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
I listen to a fair bit of them (where I live, they're run by the CBC and sometimes have an eclectic mix). They sound better in PCM mode from my box than in Dolby, but it's a pain to switch back and forth, so I don't bother. I've made several purchases because of things I've heard in various genres, so I consider them a very good feature of digital cable.
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02-18-2008, 08:48 PM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
other than catching a couple of concerts on HDNet recently, no.
Ben Harper live was awesome!!
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02-18-2008, 09:20 PM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
I use DirecTV's around the holidays (TG, Christmas)...it's good for background music that way.
"Music is a magic carpet loaded with oils and other soothing potions, it's just what you need when you don't know what you need, when you've got more questions than answers." - Bob Lefsetz
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02-19-2008, 08:43 AM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
Dish has a bunch of their own channels, as well as most of the Sirius music channels. I listen to them once in a while. Local FM radio sounds better than both. When I'm hanging out with friends in my billiards room I usually pipe the Dish/Sirius channels into the ceiling mounted speakers there. Very good for this purpose.
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02-19-2008, 07:18 PM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
Sometimes late at night when I don't want to be bothered trying to find a CD to listen to. But sometimes it takes me a while to find a channel with stuff playing that I like that I *haven't* heard before. I do try and use them to find new stuff too.
If it's not worth waiting until the last minute to do, then it's not worth doing.
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02-19-2008, 08:49 PM
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Jamey Karr
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
I have to listen to the radio at day at work, so when I come home, I usually slip on the ipod. I forget that I have all these channels at home. I have a tendency to get bored with genres. I'd like a,50's-60's-70's channel ,rather than one channel of each.
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02-19-2008, 11:22 PM
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Todd B.
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
We get it but like others have said around the holidays is the only time for seasonal music...
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02-20-2008, 12:12 AM
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Re: Who listens to digital cable music channels?
i listen to them all the time. i can't recall the last time i listened to the over the air radio in the living room.
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