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mrap1 · 09-17-2004, 07:21 PM

Back to the original topic...I do admit they did suck the first day, but I think that they have gotten better. Sure maybe their advice is still inaccurate at times but I never really watched it to learn how to use a computer. If you think about it they constantly keep answering the same questions, needless to say if you pay attention eventually you will learn most of the answers. The reason I like to watch is because they do cover a lot ot tech news and new software. Also, Kevin and Yoshi's mods are also very interesting. If I need serious computing answers I turn to the net for answers (places such as this), so basically I watch for the entertainment value.

I think Leo was the perfect host, he was willing to be funny, but not at the expense of giving misinformation. Pat was the ultimate straight man, always giving just the facts. Together they were very good, whenever Leo started to get out of control Pat would always reign him in. By the way the funniest TSS moment had to be when Leo said Dildo by mistake and everybody on the set cracked up laughing.

Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that if these two new guys can manage to give me some tech news and good reviews I'll be a happy viewer. Speaking of which my biggest critique of the show so far occured today in the mp3 player roundup. The only real competitors to the ipod are the Rio Karma and the iRiver units but they didn't even mention them. I mean the basically said that the Dell and Creative players were basically the same, so why include both? And if their excuse for not including the Rio and the iRiver is that they didn't have any on hand they should have still discussed those units anyway. The only player that even came close to matching the ipod was the Sony net thingy, but it is immediately ruled out because it doesn't even play mp3 files.

I think the commedy is getting better, and Kevin and Alex are working better as a team but they just need more time to gel and get to know each other. Give them a chance guys they'll get better (hopefully).

09-17-2004, 07:21 PM	#39 (permalink)
mrap1 Insane Location: NY	Back to the original topic...I do admit they did suck the first day, but I think that they have gotten better. Sure maybe their advice is still inaccurate at times but I never really watched it to learn how to use a computer. If you think about it they constantly keep answering the same questions, needless to say if you pay attention eventually you will learn most of the answers. The reason I like to watch is because they do cover a lot ot tech news and new software. Also, Kevin and Yoshi's mods are also very interesting. If I need serious computing answers I turn to the net for answers (places such as this), so basically I watch for the entertainment value. I think Leo was the perfect host, he was willing to be funny, but not at the expense of giving misinformation. Pat was the ultimate straight man, always giving just the facts. Together they were very good, whenever Leo started to get out of control Pat would always reign him in. By the way the funniest TSS moment had to be when Leo said Dildo by mistake and everybody on the set cracked up laughing. Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that if these two new guys can manage to give me some tech news and good reviews I'll be a happy viewer. Speaking of which my biggest critique of the show so far occured today in the mp3 player roundup. The only real competitors to the ipod are the Rio Karma and the iRiver units but they didn't even mention them. I mean the basically said that the Dell and Creative players were basically the same, so why include both? And if their excuse for not including the Rio and the iRiver is that they didn't have any on hand they should have still discussed those units anyway. The only player that even came close to matching the ipod was the Sony net thingy, but it is immediately ruled out because it doesn't even play mp3 files. I think the commedy is getting better, and Kevin and Alex are working better as a team but they just need more time to gel and get to know each other. Give them a chance guys they'll get better (hopefully). Last edited by mrap1; 09-17-2004 at 07:24 PM..