Interesting at 3:52 they show the viewers what all the little symbols in Prevue's listings mean. I don't know how I missed this when I watched it in 2006. lol
Why would they say scrambling is done by the satellite to prevent people who don't pay to cough up the money?? Cable and sat are two different animals. That looks like a ZENITH cable box, too!!
Also, the DMX was an early form of digital cable. I miss the old analog days. How long did they scramble WGN and TBS?
@jmkord Thanks! I thought it was a pre-Bright House Paragon Cable, since some of the Paragon became Bright House Networks. I think the Orlando and Tampa Bright House Networks used to be Paragon Time Warner Cable systems, so that's why I wondered if that was the case.
Back in the day, we had what was called CVI (now time warner cable of upstate NY) and this reminds me of them. The "get the box" promo was a good marketing idea, too. We had boxes in all our sets (and still do, now HD) The chick @ 2:18 saying they scramble due to satellite signals had NOTHING to do with paragon scrambling! The DMX was an early form of digital cable too. I'm willing to bet this was a 512 mhz system as most back then were 300 mhz (there abouts) Thanks for the video - Rob
Paragon cable wasn't the first to scramble TBS and WGN Rogers did that in the 80s and Time Warner San Antono still does that. The only plus side is you could purchase HBO and/or Showtime without a converter box. Time Warner San Antonio basic sucks compared to Time Warner Austin In Austin you get WGN included, plus CSPAN and 2 music channels. In San Antonio it's locals only and holy roller channels. Has anyone sued time warner under the 1st amendment on this? Channels I don't want LOL.
Dwight is an Idiot! So Dwight what if you live in an apartment complex built without a crawlspace for a wall fish/custom? They won't install additional outlets for you if the apt complex objects and what is your only option if you have more than 1 tv? a splitter, if splitters are so bad why does radioshack make them, dwight? I have 4 splitters and an amplifier and my apartment and no ghosting or snow. So much from dwight the rocket scentist.
The music that plays from 0:17-0:47 is "Straight Ahead" off of the "Killer Tracks" music library. I know its not the song that everyone's been looking for for years now, but it caught my ear because it was also used in a circa-1995 commercial for "Headline News", featured in one of my videos ("Vintage January 9-January 18, 1995 Television Commercials")
Its called "Opening Act", off of the James & Aster production music library (now defunct). Check my videos, I uploaded a full, CD-quality version of it!
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attn aliens prevue channel + chronic =destruction ps im livin proof , i lived through this ''weedtime '' adventure , i had a panic attack after i smoked a joint and watched prevue channel ,has anyone had a similar experience ?
attn aliens prevue channel + chronic =destruction ps im livin proof , i lived through this ''weedtime '' adventure , i had a panic attack after i smoked a joint and watched prevue channel ,has anyone had a similar experience ?
OMG, hearing Arrested Development in that commercial for DMX (which I totally wanted back in 1993) is a total time warp moment for me -- they remain the only hip-hop group I've ever liked! Actually, the whole of this clip was a time warp for me, esp looking at the programming lineup -- remember when Comedy Central aired good standup? Or when MTV still showed videos? Or when you could actually *learn* from TLC? No wonder we need 500 channels these days; the original 40 don't air jack anymore.
Yea the splitter thing is mostly BS. Yes the more splitters you use the worse the picture will get. I have Cox and guess what they use out side, not one but two splitters. One splits to go to my livingroom and the next splitter. The second goes for my internet connection then splits to go to the second floor cable.
attn aliens prevue channel + chronic =destruction ps im livin proof , i lived through this ''weedtime '' adventure , i had a panic attack after i smoked a joint and watched prevue channel ,has anyone had a similar experience ?
TBS and WGN being costing extra that is sooo stupid Austin and Houston Tx market don't do that. Because Time Warner San Antonio used to be owned by paragon basic costs $15 a month without ch 12 Tbs and WGN Ch 18. I wonder if over there you could get HBO and Showtime without the Cable Box because in San Antonio you can. In Houston Basic costs about $15 w/o superstations and in Austin you get WGN and C-span I for $10 a month Basic. So the superstation advertisment is a load of BS.
The First Choice Logo I remember that BTW I also had DMX digital music express you know that service for only 9.95 plus 2.00 for the DJ Remote. It is a shame Time Warner does not ofer that standalone you have to have "digital Cable" to get that. Also the one Tv per outlet before 1994 they used to charge a monthly fee per cable outlet. I installed one extra and lied to them!!
Is this for real? It seems that Paragon is abusing their natural monopoly privilage. Back then if I had lived in your area, I would have been one of DirectTV's first customers. They didn't run that crap on the cable channels too did they?
When I was in Oregon back in 1998, Paragon Cable simply became a Pay-Per-View Previews Channel for The Prevue Channel. This was when they mixed many promos of both Paragon Cable ads and Pay-Per-View previews of both Movies and Special Events.
To add, I loved the background music in 1993. The background music from Paragon Cable (the interviews) I think was used around this time on Sneak Prevue.
Its called "Opening Act", off of the James & Aster production music library (now defunct). Check my videos, I uploaded a full, CD-quality version of it!
I feel bad for that lady having to ask the employees those dumb questions. I liked looking at the Prevue Guide Key that appeared with movie ratings and how to read the guide.
Love seeing the Prevue Channel gaffes in this where you have two screens of stuff happening at once. Usually one of those screens would've been keyed in with the gradient blue-black background and the captions of what this was and where to find it. Like noticing the BS the cable company had to say. Where they that stupid? My house had multiple spliters everywhere! Also of note, the scroll is terribly slow for the guide. Mine was of moderate speed.
Wow, I had Paragon in the early 90's, I'm so glad not to have those bozos anymore. Paragon wants you to pay for more outlets (extra monthly fee) instead of using splitters. Guess what they use in your attic? SPLITTERS! They were the absloute WORST cable company I've ever had.
Interesting at 3:52 they show the viewers what all the little symbols in Prevue's listings mean. I don't know how I missed this when I watched it in 2006. lol
20CenturyFan 1 week ago
What is the name of the song from 5:42 to 5:50?
cbltechtv 2 months ago
Who's that guy in the SUPERFIGHTS ad? he looks familiar. Great catch!
ParanormalRob 6 months ago
Why would they say scrambling is done by the satellite to prevent people who don't pay to cough up the money?? Cable and sat are two different animals. That looks like a ZENITH cable box, too!!
Also, the DMX was an early form of digital cable. I miss the old analog days. How long did they scramble WGN and TBS?
ParanormalRob 6 months ago
12/3/1993
whattheheck1000 10 months ago
lol when I was browsing the Killer Tracks music library, I found out that the short jingle at 2:18 is called 'In Pursuit'.
WeatherSTARjr 1 year ago
What Paragon Cable/Bright House Network system was this taken off?
caa1000 1 year ago
@caa1000 - This is from Paragon Cable in Portland, Oregon.
jmkord 1 year ago
@jmkord Thanks! I thought it was a pre-Bright House Paragon Cable, since some of the Paragon became Bright House Networks. I think the Orlando and Tampa Bright House Networks used to be Paragon Time Warner Cable systems, so that's why I wondered if that was the case.
caa1000 1 year ago
"Ta-anks Ch-uuuk" ;)
mrksvideos 1 year ago
Wow I Remember TV Guide Of Paragon Is Two Old Time Warner Cable NYC Is The Best HD Now
miguelr970ny 1 year ago
Ooh, good information.
ps60k 1 year ago 3
I use to have that hare in LA.
TheSecondEvolution 1 year ago
I use to have that here in LA,
TheSecondEvolution 1 year ago
Back in the day, we had what was called CVI (now time warner cable of upstate NY) and this reminds me of them. The "get the box" promo was a good marketing idea, too. We had boxes in all our sets (and still do, now HD) The chick @ 2:18 saying they scramble due to satellite signals had NOTHING to do with paragon scrambling! The DMX was an early form of digital cable too. I'm willing to bet this was a 512 mhz system as most back then were 300 mhz (there abouts) Thanks for the video - Rob
Binfordman 1 year ago
Paragon cable wasn't the first to scramble TBS and WGN Rogers did that in the 80s and Time Warner San Antono still does that. The only plus side is you could purchase HBO and/or Showtime without a converter box. Time Warner San Antonio basic sucks compared to Time Warner Austin In Austin you get WGN included, plus CSPAN and 2 music channels. In San Antonio it's locals only and holy roller channels. Has anyone sued time warner under the 1st amendment on this? Channels I don't want LOL.
willdav713 2 years ago
Dwight is an Idiot! So Dwight what if you live in an apartment complex built without a crawlspace for a wall fish/custom? They won't install additional outlets for you if the apt complex objects and what is your only option if you have more than 1 tv? a splitter, if splitters are so bad why does radioshack make them, dwight? I have 4 splitters and an amplifier and my apartment and no ghosting or snow. So much from dwight the rocket scentist.
willdav713 2 years ago
The music that plays from 0:17-0:47 is "Straight Ahead" off of the "Killer Tracks" music library. I know its not the song that everyone's been looking for for years now, but it caught my ear because it was also used in a circa-1995 commercial for "Headline News", featured in one of my videos ("Vintage January 9-January 18, 1995 Television Commercials")
SuperAdventures 2 years ago
anyone knows the prevue guide song at 0:01-0:14
RockHoward360 2 years ago 3
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SuperAdventures 2 years ago
Its called "Opening Act", off of the James & Aster production music library (now defunct). Check my videos, I uploaded a full, CD-quality version of it!
SuperAdventures 2 years ago
Not u "takingbacksados" i was talking to "hdjsuw"
Scorpion499 2 years ago
Does anybody have the Paragon Cable commercials with that theme song "Coming through for YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!"
takingbacksados 2 years ago
Does anyone know the song at 5:44-5:52?
Iwtlv 2 years ago
wow i have mountain cablevison but with prevue and tv guide and it still does that! D:
jadonSteve 3 years ago
attn aliens prevue channel + chronic =destruction ps im livin proof , i lived through this ''weedtime '' adventure , i had a panic attack after i smoked a joint and watched prevue channel ,has anyone had a similar experience ?
hdjusw 2 years ago
NO!! Now STFU!!
Scorpion499 2 years ago
I remember the Lifetime Network! They had Supermarket Sweep and the Shop 'till You Drop on there.
Now the Lifetime network is full of crap, crap and more crap
Undertakerfan2002 3 years ago
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hdjusw 2 years ago
WOW...Paragon Cable must have been/ (or must be) horrible!
jdh2006 3 years ago
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DYNAMITE33194 2 years ago
And they had "Classic Concentration", too! I've never seen it on TV.
palmercomm 3 years ago
Thanks, those are some GREAT TIPS
wiretransfer 3 years ago
OMG, hearing Arrested Development in that commercial for DMX (which I totally wanted back in 1993) is a total time warp moment for me -- they remain the only hip-hop group I've ever liked! Actually, the whole of this clip was a time warp for me, esp looking at the programming lineup -- remember when Comedy Central aired good standup? Or when MTV still showed videos? Or when you could actually *learn* from TLC? No wonder we need 500 channels these days; the original 40 don't air jack anymore.
krushsister 3 years ago 4
AHHHHH!!! I GOT TO GET THE BOX!!!
MADDOG3200 3 years ago 4
Yea the splitter thing is mostly BS. Yes the more splitters you use the worse the picture will get. I have Cox and guess what they use out side, not one but two splitters. One splits to go to my livingroom and the next splitter. The second goes for my internet connection then splits to go to the second floor cable.
whatihave2do 4 years ago
lol our cable system didn't have this service until about 2001 or so.
seconteen13 4 years ago
"Just Watch Us Now"?! You'd better hope NBC didn't sue Paragon Cable over that...
gshowguy 4 years ago 3
Or even the Family Channel.
Ian16545 3 years ago
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hdjusw 2 years ago
This is the music from 93';I loved that backround music,please keep posting from 93';that music rules.
OpenArms81 4 years ago
You can add as many tv sets as you wish..and Install a Indoor Amp.
STORYTELLERNYSP 4 years ago
TBS and WGN being costing extra that is sooo stupid Austin and Houston Tx market don't do that. Because Time Warner San Antonio used to be owned by paragon basic costs $15 a month without ch 12 Tbs and WGN Ch 18. I wonder if over there you could get HBO and Showtime without the Cable Box because in San Antonio you can. In Houston Basic costs about $15 w/o superstations and in Austin you get WGN and C-span I for $10 a month Basic. So the superstation advertisment is a load of BS.
willdav713 4 years ago
The First Choice Logo I remember that BTW I also had DMX digital music express you know that service for only 9.95 plus 2.00 for the DJ Remote. It is a shame Time Warner does not ofer that standalone you have to have "digital Cable" to get that. Also the one Tv per outlet before 1994 they used to charge a monthly fee per cable outlet. I installed one extra and lied to them!!
willdav713 4 years ago
That older woman with the blonde hair is hilarious! No wonder they don't exist anymore.
ASKconard 4 years ago
You gotta get the box...YOU GOTTA GET THE BOX! Those infomercials where they told their *guinea pigs* why things were happening made me drowsy...
warriorcats1 4 years ago
Look at 3:19, you can see when TBS did Turner time
tubularlyradical 4 years ago
Yeah, I remember that +5 stuff. What was that all about, anyway? Thanks for pointing that out.
gli7utubeo 4 years ago
This was one of the best one's.
TwcFan 5 years ago
paragon cable is also home of high school football games since it was first broadcast in 1987,but prevue was not on TV until 1988
wolfschmidt11 5 years ago
They're basically asking their customers to leave them the hell alone. Classy LOL
dink15068 5 years ago
"Good Information."
DNeronov 5 years ago
You gotta get the box!
AllisonSNLKid 5 years ago
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someguy23475 5 years ago
Well, try again. It's been a month now.
gvk9r 5 years ago
Is this for real? It seems that Paragon is abusing their natural monopoly privilage. Back then if I had lived in your area, I would have been one of DirectTV's first customers. They didn't run that crap on the cable channels too did they?
JackSpader 5 years ago
This seriously makes me wish that the TVGuide never bought the Prevue Channel.
Semaj86 5 years ago 3
When I was in Oregon back in 1998, Paragon Cable simply became a Pay-Per-View Previews Channel for The Prevue Channel. This was when they mixed many promos of both Paragon Cable ads and Pay-Per-View previews of both Movies and Special Events.
joecool85 5 years ago
Oh man, I LOOOOVE that you actually have these on video!
electrogeek77 5 years ago
To add, I loved the background music in 1993. The background music from Paragon Cable (the interviews) I think was used around this time on Sneak Prevue.
chris31989 5 years ago 3
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SuperAdventures 2 years ago
I feel bad for that lady having to ask the employees those dumb questions. I liked looking at the Prevue Guide Key that appeared with movie ratings and how to read the guide.
chris31989 5 years ago
The woman from Paragon resembles Anne Murray a bit, except her voice.
jaworskij 5 years ago
YES! The family channel is showing Maniac Mansion!!!
Wow, this is back when everyone in the world didn't have the awful choices of Adelphia and Time Warner...
Hmm??? The playboy Channel *turns on Ch 51*
abbabeffy 5 years ago
That's true. I should be lucky none of those companies ever tried to set foot inside Toledo either.
Toledo1837 5 years ago
Sale of the Century and Joker's Wild on USA? Sweet!
palmercomm 3 years ago
Love seeing the Prevue Channel gaffes in this where you have two screens of stuff happening at once. Usually one of those screens would've been keyed in with the gradient blue-black background and the captions of what this was and where to find it. Like noticing the BS the cable company had to say. Where they that stupid? My house had multiple spliters everywhere! Also of note, the scroll is terribly slow for the guide. Mine was of moderate speed.
Toledo1837 5 years ago
Wow, I had Paragon in the early 90's, I'm so glad not to have those bozos anymore. Paragon wants you to pay for more outlets (extra monthly fee) instead of using splitters. Guess what they use in your attic? SPLITTERS! They were the absloute WORST cable company I've ever had.
elpablo69 4 years ago