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Channels like IFC and TCM, which aren't basic channels, but aren't "premium " channels that you pay an individual set fee for, get paid by the cable, or satellite, company, on a per-viewer basis. Of course, the money they get comes from what you pay your service provider. TCM no longer owns...

Maybe it will show up in the summer, or after next fall's run of Masterpiece Mystery. Also, I think you might be able to get it on line.

At the cost of the loss of uninterrupted classic films. To me, it wasn't worth it. Many cable channels make lots of series', that many find "awesome." I'll admit that I might check out ONN, the Onion News Network, but that's all I am likely to watch on the IFC. If they had just added commercials...

It is easily as watchable and interesting. Apparently, apart from the change of eras, it as true to Conan-Doyle's work. I liked Jeremy Brett quite a bit, and this new show isn't a replacement. But, don't miss it just to be true to Brett, or because the modernization seems weird to you. Check it out.

If anyone would like to e-mail their sediments to the IFC, the address is: IFCFEEDBACK@IFC.com I unloaded on them a bit, more politely than they deserve...

The IFC is owned by Rainbow Media, the same jerks who turned AMC into a commercial channel. They also own The Sundance Channel. Sundance has added a lot of series, less movies, so I guess commercials will be coming soon there too. Yeah, it's kind of ironic that their attempts to make more money...

I've loved The Independent Film Channel for years now. It presented arthouse movies, short independent films and animation. It had been going down hill lately, showing lots of series comedies, and other series. But, now they have added ads, and have constant commercial breaks in their films. I...

With the regular eps, they like to keep them at one hour, with commercials, in the US. But, for several, there are longer versions, that get shown once, or twice, in a longer timeslot in the US. I am aware that the Christmas Specials normally run longer than an hour, w/o commercials. I have...

The Dr. Who Christmas Special will be on BBC America at 9pm EST. In the past, BBCA has run different length cuts of the same program, at different times. I don't know if that will happen this time, but check your listings, to see if there are any longer slots for it, and record the longer slot...

I'll never forget anyone who got that close to Anne Francis... :D

HD channels should fill the screen. SD channels leave black bars on the sides, that is normal. SD channels are in a 4x3 aspect ratio, and HD channels are in a 16x9 aspect ratio. If a letterboxed film is shown on a SD channel, and there are black bars on all four sides, you should be able to...

BBC America will show the Dr. Who Christmas Special on Christmas day! That's a first! I'm looking forward to it - Dr. Who, eggnog, bit of cake - what could be better on Christmas?

Yes, HDMI carries both picture and audio. At least get one for your DVD player, but don't get it at Mallwart, or Best Buy, they charge 10x as much as www,monoprice.com. They are quick, and cheap, and reliable quality. If the "3 and 2" is three component video, and two audio, coming from your...

Okay, since you have a HD cable box, you should run either HDMI, which has both sound and picture, or the three wire component picture, and two wire audio, from your cable box to your TV. That will improve your picture quite a bit. Your cable company should provide either type of cable. I prefer...

Hypatia, the weather where you are is usually pretty good, so reliability problems with satellite should be minimal. It might be a good alternative. If you have red, blue, and green wires for picture, and red and white wires for audio, going from your cable box to your TV, you should have HD...

There are lots of possible causes of not being able to make the picture fill the screen. HD channels are digital, and in 720p, or 1080i.. Most TVs cannot zoom when receiving a digital signal. Most cable boxes give the option (usually in a service menu) of outputting SD 480i channels as 480i, or...

Didn't I warn you about that at the time? ;) This is precisely why, when I bought a HDTV, I made sure that the screen size was as high as my old one. My old SDTV was 46", and my HDTV is 56", which makes them the same height, but the HDTV is wider. About DVDs, SD DVDs, if they are in a wide...

Well, graphic novels usually have a glued spine... :D

Sounds like you hooked up your equipment in just about the worst way possible. First, if you want true HDTV, you will need to get a HD cable box, or a ATSC (broadcast HD) antenna. Your HD TV probably has a QAM digital cable tuner in it. Your TV would need a direct cable RF connection to use...

Well, in retrospect, with the message in the professor's phone call, and given that she worked in a planetarium, and was an astronomer, it probably should have been obvious that the solution had something to do with the sky. In fact, I was thinking that maybe it was something about the location...