Adding to the fury of an outdated ABC2 logo
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How are inmates meant to know what channel to watch the local NBN News on?
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Is it just me, or is the inclusion of ABC ME and not the ABC News channel a somewhat odd choice for that system?
âŚor iShopTV, Your Money and TVSN! 
Only SD versions of the mains + SBS VICELAND available, Iâm guessing? Now THAT would be a good reason for TV enthusiasts in the Hunter region to be on their best behaviour!
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For fuck sake, even the prisons get Flix and Life. Thatâs just fucked up.
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I would guess thatâs because the prison needs to censor information about sensitive criminal cases in the news to prevent unrest amongst inmates.
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Watching those channels is a life sentence.
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âWhat did you get?â
â54 to lifeâ
Edit: Oh wait, itâs Hunter, so â84 to lifeâ
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I was on the P&O Pacific Explorer back in June.
I wasnât all that impressed with the TV channels on offer.
If you would like to read what they were, they are listed further above at Post #36 on 4th June.
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Those prisoners are lucky they arenât locked up in one of Joe Arpaioâs (the guy who dresses his prisoners in all pink) prisons - apparently all they got was The Weather Channel and The Disney Channel.
Plus, prisoners shouldnât really be watching that much TV in gaol - pretty much defeats the purpose. 
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Prisoners in Southern Cross areas should be forced to watch SBN
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Lol!
That kind of sentencing should act as a effective deterrent to offenders in the first place.
Imagine 15 years of watching nothing but SBN.
Torture.
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Actually, you donât really need to be in a SCA-area if you want to watch SBN - it is freely available online.
I wonder if any MATV systems use IPTV as a source?
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Pinkâs not my colour but I could do the Weather Channel and might even get a bit of peace and quiet for once too!
Isnât there enough religious zealots in the world without forcefeeding that to them!?
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Theyâre prisoners. Theyâre not there for a fun time. 
Did you get a chance to look at the television offerings?
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yeah i did. sorry for the late reply - i spent today in hosptial (iâm ok now).
Channel Rundown was as follows:
Pacific Flicks (channel 4) Movies Like Kingsman: Golden Circle., Jucy and LBJ
Taste (channel 5) shows like Julia Zameros Home Delivery, Catalyst, Ahnâs Brush With Fame
Kids and You (Channel 8) Dance Academy, Justine Clarke Show, Wiggle Town
Pacific Pemiere (Channel 10) - Movies Like Avengers - infinity War, Deadpool 2 and Ready Player One
Nick Jr (channel 19) - Custom version of Nick Jr with no adverts and custom bumpers calling it âNick Jr. on P&Oâ
Nick (Channel 20)
IN amongst this was Sport-24, an internal ships channel showing whats on that day hosted by the cruise director, one showing a 24/7 feed from the cam at the front of the ship, one showing our heading, our distance and location, one flogging off the spa, one showing emergency procedures and one for special events such as the AFL Grand Final (i think reception of this was a web feed - it was blocky and it did cut out at times)
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Thanks! Were the televisions standard or high definition? Most hotels I stay in still have standard definition televisions.
The P&O UK cruises have a wider range of channels, if the website is accurate. It also states that all the flat screen televisions are NTSC.
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they were SD.
Oh I forgot that we had Sky News, Your Money, BBC World service and CNN as well.
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Some high quality viewing on a couple of the channels provided by the MATV system at this holiday place:
Even worse news, which throws any viewing/recording ideas I mightâve had for this week into the bin:
You probably will not be overly surprised to hear that I couldnât scan in the NBN Nine Central Coast channels onto my laptop via the USB tuner.
Of course I could just watch the OK-ish reception of Sydney commercial TV but since I get those services at home, whatâs the fun in that for me?! SBS reception (unlike last year) seems fine, while ABC is a little on the dicey side.
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