PREVUE Guide / Channel rebooting - Commodore Amiga Guru Meditation visible

[@runninrebel1520]

Ah the memories of shacking up with the flavor of the weekend at her house and waking up in the middle of the night to the Prevue Guide. I always loved those days and miss them a lot. Life was simpler back then. I don’t know why I left those days.

[@ChrisHadleyWriter]

The theme music sounds clearer than ever. Thanks for posting!

[@MelissaHash]

Man, Prevue Guide was the TV Guide in our house when we had standard cable & then our hellacious satellite dish! Gotta admit, I always enjoyed watching the free for all WWF shows on Prevue! Anyway, wicked awesome nostalgic video, Steve!

[@WammyGiveaway]

3:20 This recording features an alternate version of the 1988 original Prevue Guide theme composed by James & Aster. Notice how there is a drum transition at the start of the song while in the other version, there is none. The title of the song remains unknown, and I'm very interested in finding both versions in their original highest quality.

[@PajamaFrix]

"I'm very interested in finding both versions in their original highest quality." Hey, so am I.

[@PaulHooker]

if you still need a copy drop me a message I'll email it to you

[@PaulHooker]

@@PajamaFrix if you still need a copy drop me a pm I'll email it to you

[@SerranitALT]

@@PaulHooker do you have one still? I'd love to hear them!

[@Dave-pd3yu]

@@PaulHooker if you can send it to me too would be very nice 😁

[@PajamaFrix]

Really nice! I love the quality of this.

[@ryanpascual9598]

Nobody: The channel: If you are a Cable subscriber and see this message, your Prevue Guide service is experiencing some technical difficulty.

[@gdebruin82]

Amiga Workbench! My dad didn't get us an IBM PC or an Apple Macintosh in 1991, nope an Amiga 1000! I miss those days...

[@jamesb8305]

Amigas were quite amazing and powerful for their time.

[@TomM2727]

I know its rather nerdy, but would be cool to have a ringtone of the Preview Guide theme music

[@mcydodge919]

Great quality footage!

[@jamesbooty]

Considering it was recorded from analog cable onto SLP VHS, then captured as an AVI, then burned to DVD video, and then ripped from DVD video to M4V and uploaded to KZbin.... I guess it doesn't look too bad

[@mcydodge919]

It definitely looks great for Prevue footage.

[@jamesbooty]

True... this only gets so good :)

[@t1nUK1]

Thanks for uploading!

[@TwcFan]

The same thing happens on my cable company. I always wonder why the grid scrolls fast on the satellite video and a little slow on the fixed version? And on the fixed version, you can also see the satellite video sometimes on the far left or right on the screen.

[@MadameSomnambule]

On the bright side, the channel scroll seemed to be working fine. Same can't be said about some errors this software had back in the day with the guide barely working at all lol

[@alexflores9893]

2:12 Prevue Weather on satellite? Which city/state?

[@jamesbooty]

Good question. I thought it was odd that the feed being covered up by the local cable company would have weather on it, but there it is.

[@alexflores9893]

Another mysterious fact: On C-band satellite, Prevue was on satellite Satcom F4 (now AMC 10) and channel/transponder 8 (NTSC/Free-to-air). In late 1999, TV Guide Networks (now CBS Corporation and Lionsgate Entertainment) changed its satellite platform from satellite Satcom F4 (now AMC 10) and channel/transponder 8 to (QPSK/Digicipher 2/removed C-band listings).* Thanks for responding me, Steve Zissou, I mean Steve Sisson. :P * I've recently made a mistake. I edited my comment.

[@jamesbooty]

HAHA!!! Where did the Prevue satellite feed originate? That's probably the source of the weather info.

[@alexflores9893]

I think its from Tulsa, Oklahoma provided live by Prevue Networks. Pop's (formerly Prevue Guide/Channel, TV Guide Channel/Network, TVGN) satellite backhaul feed: www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-15.html

[@PajamaFrix]

@@alexflores9893 | It IS from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

[@thatguywillt]

jesus christ i'm having flashbacks to my childhood

[@pupsthemechanic]

I’ve never used an Amiga but from what I’ve learned online is they should’ve clicked the left mouse button.

[@jamesbooty]

PupsTheMechanic. Indeed... or ctrl + left Amiga + right Amiga

[@Calenrandir]

@@jamesbooty You just brought back an ancient memory of my grandpa teaching me "Amiga Amiga Ctrl". That was the first computer that I ever used

[@luisreyes1963]

The good old days of a Cable TV Prevue Guide glitching up. Can't do that with AT&T U-Verse, Xfinity Digital Cable or even Verizon FiOS. 😟

[@und4287]

For some reason the Amigas running the Prevue guide crashed quite often.

[@jamesbooty]

I think Amigas just crashed quite often - at least mine did

[@JasonDelarosa2000]

Swans Crossing? Didn't that have the lovely Sarah Michelle Gellar?

[@kjrehberg]

Is the first part of the video from a cable company? It looks like a satellite system since it shows satellite names along with the channels.

[@jamesbooty]

Kris Rehberg This was recorded from a cable company, but the video displayed at the beginning is from a satellite feed because the local software which overlays the cable company's lineup had crashed. You can see the Amiga booting at 4:09, and the channel is back to normal operation at 5:18.

[@und4287]

The satellite feed had transponder numbers as a courtesy for "big dish" users.

[@AckzaTV]

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