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  Channel surfing - Definition, explanation
Channel surfing is the practice of quickly scanning through different television channels or radio frequencies in order to find something interesting to watch or listen to.
Channel surfing can be a detrimental factor in interpersonal relationships, as the person in control of the television or radio sometimes switches between different broadcasts faster than others in the vicinity can figure out what the program in question is.
Viewers' propensity to channel surf was apparently a factor leading toward the current ATSC standard for terrestrial digital television in North America.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/ch/channel_surfing.php   (400 words)

  
 Channel Surfing
JERSEY, Channel Islands --Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Alderney, these islands that bristle out of the English Channel off the coast of Normandy like epaulets on France's Atlantic shoulder, are certainly a place apart.
Channel Islands beer may be British, but the culture and cuisine have strong French overtones.
The Channel Islands have earned a reputation as quaint, quirky places to visit, especially in the year's balmier seasons, when migratory birds twitter and wild flowers abound.
www.post-gazette.com /travel/20010708channel0708trp3.asp   (3859 words)

  
 The Astroglides — Channel Surfing With…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
“Channel Surfing With…” goes back much more quickly than one would imagine a surf-rock album to be.
The nice addition to “Channel Surfing With…” are the wordless-vocals, vocals as an instrument, that are first shown in “Tropically Disturbed”, but really come into direct contact with an excellent brass section in “Gunslinger 406 Malfunction”.
“Channel Surfing With…” is an album that can be put on repeat; each song is rich enough to withstand many listening due to the amount of layers that each and every track has.
www.neufutur.com /Reviews/astroglides3.html   (378 words)

  
 -Channel Surfing Wipeout-
Channel Surfing Wipeout Vol 11: Haunted, drug-free, sponsors.
Channel Surfing Wipeout Vol 10: Special effects X-travaganza
Channel Surfing Wipeout Vol 9 - Theological Implications
chansurfwipe.libsyn.com   (326 words)

  
 What is Channel Surfing?
Channel Surfing takes an older familiar method of trading and updates it with specific rules that turn it into a technique that actually works in today's markets.
One of the great aspects of Channel Surfing is that it solves what many traders recognize as one of the most difficult problems with trading.
Channel Surfing is not the most powerful trading tool that I have, but it does resolve many issues related to trading that are critical to your success in a very powerful way.
www.reversalmagic.com /reversal_magic_018.htm   (423 words)

  
 looney tune channel surfing
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www.sportinworld.com /surfing/looneytunechannelsurfing   (809 words)

  
 Nashville Scene - Channel Surfing
Channel 4 doesn’t place those kinds of restrictions on some of its staff, which is why reporter Dorinda Carter was able to leave the station last fall and report live for Channel 2 within a matter of days.
Channel 2 president and general manager Michael Sechrist understands the unpopularity of non-competes but says that, from the station’s perspective, they’re an important protective measure.
According to Channel 2’s contract with anchor Bob Mueller, if the station told him to clean out his office today, he still couldn’t work for any local broadcast outlet for a year.
www.nashvillescene.com /Stories/News/2003/02/20/Channel_Surfing/index.shtml   (1496 words)

  
 nailchipper » Blog Archive » Channel Surfing Internet TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There is something about “channel surfing” that I think is lost with downloadable programs.
People are going to these websites, being  entertained,returning, and taking away time from channel surfing (which television advertisers probably do not like).
Channel surfers now provide a large audience to the large amounts of content, and content producers can become relative successful doing this.
www.nailchipper.com /weblog/2006/02/17/channel-surfing-internet-tv   (837 words)

  
 Phone+ Magazine - Channel Surfing Blog
Channel managers have been trained to help partners evaluate their business objectives and will begin working with agents to set goals for 2007  with measurements at regular intervals, e.g.
Gorey said many of the people in the indirect channel simply have been redeployed, but there have been a number of new hires to fill in the gaps.
For the agents, the material change is that their channel manager will no longer be the "be everything person." Instead, they will have responsibility for business planning and management with the agent while the support for customer engagements will be localized.
www.phoneplusmag.com /blogs/khali   (3728 words)

  
 Mack and Jamie: Extreme Channel Surfing Audio Book
Mack and Jamie: Extreme Channel Surfing was authored by Mack Dryden and Jamie Alcroft and is narrated by Mack Dryden and Jamie Alcroft.
In fact, you could probably be listening to Mack and Jamie: Extreme Channel Surfing audio book right now while you read this.
Mack and Jamie: Extreme Channel Surfing is a great audio book to use as a test of this concept.
www.audio-book.ws /books/mack-jamie-extreme-channel-surfing.php   (512 words)

  
 Article-Channel Surfing- Race Talk and the Destruction of Today's Youth
The two sections of Channel Surfing, dealing respectively with youth culture and racial politics, may not appear to have much in common with each other at first.
Focusing on both the "politics of representation" and the "pedagogy of the popular," these essays confront the empty rhetoric of the right (espousing family values while simultaneously cutting social programs) and suggest many helpful strategies and tactics for overcoming the malaise and cynicism that seem to be endemic to our society.
Imbued with a vital sense of social justice and dedicated to creating a culture of hope, _Channel Surfing_ is a book that demands attention.
www.minihttpserver.net /z_book/A_channel_surfing_race-0312214448.htm   (826 words)

  
 Ubersite - Channel surfing
Since we dont have 500 channels to wade through, our preferred method of finding out what's on is still the tried and true method of channel surfing.
This is a major area of argument between my spouse and I. My wife likes to stroll through the channels as if she were taking a walk in a sunny park.
This reminds me of an episode of Married With Children where Al flips through 10 channels in like 3 seconds and Peggy gets mad at him, then he tells her every show thats on and what episode it is.
www.ubersite.com /m/19095   (879 words)

  
 Halfbakery: The Ad Gap Channel
The Ad Gap Channel is a 24 hour continuous broadcasting channel designed to combat boredom and frustration during commercial breaks by providing bite-size pieces of entertainment.
The channel does not feature any "shows" as such, but it is practically a stream of stock footage and bits of full length television shows, video clips, documentaries and movies designed to be quick and low impact.
I don't channel flip, and I HATE it when people do that, but going to one channel then back would be tolerable...
www.halfbakery.com /idea/The_20Ad_20Gap_20Channel   (807 words)

  
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 Reality Syndicate - The Syndicate Press - Channel Surfing in Style
The Not As Scenic As You Expected Channel offers a variety of images and film from from areas that one would expect to be scenic but really aren't.
The Jobs You Can Pity Channel is a place to go when you're feeling that you have the worst job on the planet.
His job is to continually check the air in the tires of golf carts, not only having lowly caddies as their superiors but serving as drink tables when bent over.
www.reality-syndicate.com /syndicatepress/surfing.htm   (592 words)

  
 Review: NEC MultiSync LCD2335WXM - Hardware Technology News by InformationWeek
Aside from the usual volume, channel, and video source selection, there is a Still button that freezes the onscreen image, Mute, and an aspect ratio that lets you toggle between 4:3 and 16:9 screen sizes.
Clearly, with extras like channel lock, Sleep timer, and ten levels of Zoom, the 2335 is loaded for channel surfing.
If you plan to use the display in the office rather than the living room, the 2335 is a mixed bag.
www.informationweek.com /hardware/personaltech/167100326   (576 words)

  
 Channel Surfing
Television viewers have been migrating to cable channels, causing agencies and marketers to follow suit, much to the chagrin of broadcast networks.
The Learning Channel (TLC) has had success with shows like Trading Spaces and While You Were Out and continues its reality stint with two new series, Plastic Surgery, a look into the everyday happenings at a plastic surgery practice, and The Designers, which follows wildly expensive and in-demand interior designers around the globe.
Disney Channel remains free of any advertising and as a result, the network has hurt advertising-supported kids TV ratings by usurping advertising points from ad-supported TV programmers.
www.promomagazine.com /entertainmentmarketing/marketing_channel_surfing   (2923 words)

  
 Halfbakery: Channel Surfing Auto Fire
For the advanced users there also may be a "surfing speed dial".
Basically you press the "scan" button once, and the tuner begins to increment the channel at a rate of once per 2-3 seconds.
Usually this feature only cycles through the active channel list and will skip channels with no signal or which you have explicitly removed from the active channel list.
www.halfbakery.com /idea/Channel_20Surfing_20Auto_20Fire   (222 words)

  
 Vodeo Solutions - Faster Channel Surfing
Reconstruction of a video sequence must start with an I-frame, and this can lead to significant lags when starting to decode a video stream.
'Channel surfing' becomes difficult, as the MPEG video decoder circuitry must wait for the next I-frame to begin reconstructing video data.
Lags as long as one second are common when switching channels on digital cable systems.
www.vodeosolutions.com /ben_surfing.html   (178 words)

  
 LEFT OFF THE DIAL - Album Reviews - The Astroglides: Channel Surfing with the Astroglides
When listening to the album, you can really imagine channel surfing on a fl and white television just after Leave it to Beaver was over and you needed something else to watch.
The standout tracks on this piece are Tropically Disturbed, a nice bit of tribal surf which ends in a sacrifice to the volcano.
Its difficult to point out the rest of the tracks, but let it suffice to say they all stand up to the best of the surf anthems from the ages.
www.leftoffthedial.com /Astroglildes_Channel.htm   (270 words)

  
 Cross-Channel surfing may reap wine rewards - Wine International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Such a ruling could wipe a significant chunk off the £15 billion the UK government makes each year on the sale of alcohol and cigarettes within the UK, and put a dent in the revenue of many UK-based wine retailers.
It might also spell a large decline in the number of people crossing the Channel on ‘booze cruises’.
In France, duty on a bottle of wine is as little as 2 pence, while duty on a standard bottle of table wine in the UK is £1.29, so considerable savings can be made by making the journey.
www.wineint.com /story.asp?sectionCode=1&storyCode=2125   (482 words)

  
 Surfing the Net with Kids: Free Newsletter
The free weekly Surfnetkids newsletter is also available as an RSS feed.
To subscribe, simply add the URL http://www.surfnetkids.com/newsletter-rss.xml to your channel or subscription list in your RSS Reader.
RSS is a document format that requires a special reader, because as of today (and this will change) neither your existing browser nor your email client can read RSS.
www.surfnetkids.com /emailedition.htm   (426 words)

  
 Unsponsored - Channel Surfing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Surfing from channel to channel until they passed even Channel No 5, these action heros take the viewer on a whirlwind tour of insane stunts and unbelievable masquerades.
Action sequences include surfing Montreal's massive Mavric wave, hair boating in California and the Southeast as well as an insane freewheel of a huge waterfall.
The editing is quite jumpy, fast - sort of MTV style, but the boating is good.
www.unsponsored.co.uk /archive/channelsurfing.htm   (94 words)

  
 [mythtv-users] Idea for faster channel surfing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
You would have to enable/disable this on the fly, for channel surfing.
it's obviously only workable for incremential surfing in one direction (going up, or going down).
This would also be useful for switching channels back and forth (aka, hitting the 'last' button)...
www.mythtv.org /pipermail/mythtv-users/2004-December/063753.html   (256 words)

  
 robhatch.com » Channel Surfing
Chris recently noted that Blogging, Podcasting, Vlogging and the like are providing everyone with their own channel.
The key to making this the most useful, is to connect with those whose channel I am watching, beyond just observing.
Individual Channels are providing a medium of expression that allows me to appreciate people in a whole new way.
robhatch.com /?p=33   (415 words)

  
 Channel Surfing Board Game
the way surf through with the shows slight to find through.
2 teams a scavenger a remote, first to After purchasing, the channels, with your game called with items on them.
CHANNEL SURFING CHANGE THE WAY YOU WATCH TV moving on, something about get away.
www.nomayo.com /cat/channel%20surfing%20board%20game%20prod_2056%202530.html   (332 words)

  
 CityBeat: Channel Surfing (2003-01-15)
WBOB, capitulating to Clear Channel's WCKY (1360, "The Sports Animal") now feels the wise course is to go up against Clear Channel's bigger stations WKRC (550) and WLW (700), whose formats are largely conservative talk.
Gone is ESPN Radio with the likable Mike & Mike in the Morning, as well as the fine Dan Patrick Show and The Tony Kornheiser Show.
Indeed, Rush Limbaugh has often said that, while he truly believes in what he is saying, his program is still, for the most part, show businesses.
www.citybeat.com /2003-01-15/channelsurfing.shtml   (871 words)

  
 [mythtv-users] Idea for faster channel surfing
Something whose time has come -- if it weren't for the fact > that part of "getting" a PVR is to realize that channel surfing > is a silly idea.
Change from watching Channel 5 with Ch+-, Fav+-, Prev, '61', etc).
If you change channels, you'll only have to wait for the tuner card to sync to a new channel and spit out YUV data....
www.mythtv.org /pipermail/mythtv-users/2004-December/063823.html   (294 words)

  
 -Channel Surfing Wipeout- podcast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It took forever to get the software running and I screwed up everything about it, but it's done.
And to answer the unwritten question: We have absolutely no idea what brought this on...
Coming soon is a brand spankin' old collection of hee-larious video from the legendary Channel Surfing Wipeout, Minneapolis public access TV show!
www.digitalpodcast.com /detail.php?id=5847   (1288 words)

  
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