Sci Fi Channel Changing To SyFy Channel 7/7/09 - What does this mean?

I agree with you 100% I don't like the new name either and don't feel they should change it at all. It looks kinda stupid and all saying syfy..they totally asked the wrong group of people..for sure.

Well I like the Sci Fi name dont care if the other is easier to text to friends yup I think its dumb And I dont concerter myself as nerdy for I do like alot of the programs they show and lol you must be one too as you watching the Twilight Zone marathon lol

I dont understand why they would do that. Maybe Im to old to understand it,I am not a teenager any more, but why use letters that have nothing to do with it at all. What do they possibly have to gain from this? I like a lot of the shows on the sci fi channel but the commericals are beyond dumb, now it looks like that is the direction of the entire station.

I have no idea what this means but I heard it somewhere to that they were changing the name wich is pretty stupid if you ask me. But I doubt anything is going to change with this channel it will probally be the same just a different name im guessing.

Yeah, I have heard about this shift of names, and I heard what you have stated. Saying that the network is shedding its geeky image and try to be more 'in' with the youngsters.LOL Im loyal to the name 'Sci Fi'. I mean that network name just is 'in your face' kinda name. You already know what to expect and not have to guess what it could be its main show features. As for the term "SyFy", it might be how the youngsters text the word but still,..I dont know, whenever I see that term with that spelling just makes me want to pull out all the Fly Paper Sheets that I can. I really cannot explain the urge.LOL We dont have that channel in our cable service though but I definitely would have been watching that channel for half the time Im spending watching tv. Those kinds of shows really just intrigues me and we also learn something while we watch. The other time would be tuned in on AXN Beyond, more about ghosts and the supernatural.^_^ As for the "dumbing it down" comment, I do agree and it kinda justifies that in order to be 'in' or accepted by most people, some really just try to cover up/change who they really are just to be 'hip' and to 'belong'. Still, that doesnt change who they really are inside, relating to the network, it would still feature science fiction shows, they content would still be geeky. So, why not say that they are the 'coolest geeks' on tv, right? That approach would be more genuine.

It means someone crazy must be in charge since neither the word science or the word fiction have a Y in their spelling.

Everyone and everything is dumbing down. I resent that. And the people gladly accept it because, for the most part, their dumbed down state is more comfortable for them because it means they don't have to think. Warehouse 13 looks like a good series, but I'll see. So many of the SciFi channels offerings, especially the movies, look good but aren't--at least in my opinion. It used to be a better channel, my ex and I watched it a lot years ago and my boys liked it, too. It certainly has changed, and not for the better.

Sci-Fi WANTS the teenboppers?? What is this--no Trekkie would stand for it!! What a sell-out is what I think and can we please stop trying to obliterate the English language completely with these tweets or whatever you call so called 'texting' code--I'm actually an avid texter but feel no need to include three letter 'words' in every sentence and someone should stop this! If anything they'll just brew up some new conspiracy stints for us believers and give us to talk about because---SyFy??? , what does that translate into SNYFY--aka "SONY FINANCIAL HLDGS INC! Nothings suprises me, especially in this industry.

I think that is silly to change the name. Why change it from Sci Fi? It makes sense to be called Sci Fi. I watch this channel all the time and I think it is the nerds and the geeks that watch this station anyways. I have been watching it alot this weekend as they are having the annual 4th of July Twilight Zone Marathon!

That's what they are changing their name to, yuck! I wonder if the programing will change to. You can't please everyone but you can tick off your viewing crowd. They are a channel that choose a specific group to cater to turning on that group could prove fatal, we will just have to wait and see.

Yeah it is a stupid idea changing name to Syfy Channel. That doesn't work for me and I fit it the targeted group (closer to 34 than 18). Court Tv did this also chaning name to Tru TV.