> >I absolutely hate those n-thousand-time repeated commercials that want > >to burn images into our minds. > > In between the n-thousand-time repeated actual programme of > course. There have been ad skippers before, I think back in > the days when a genlock signal appeared about 30 seconds > before ad breaks you could get video recorders that would > stop for the duration of the ads. IIRC the TV companies spent > big money stamping on it - can anyone confirm this?
I've seen an article or two on this, and I think the video recorders lost. However, they can't stop TIVO and devices like this one - or so let's hope is the case. > The other thing that makes me want to machinegun the TV is > DVDs which have lots of unskippable ads and promos at the > start, this seems especially bad on kids' DVDs. Hello DVD > manufacturers! I'm ripping your DVDs here to get rid of your > crap! Howdja like THEM apples? > Of course if we can skip ads they'll just become even more insidious. I think advertising belongs in a respository for that purpose, but not pushed into our faces. It's so God-awful out of control these days that people just take it for granted, like it has to be this way. One better way is to give advertisers all the space on the net they want - then we can shop there until our hearts delight, and shop we will, but for things we're interested in, not whatever they decide to peddle. Bill > Alan Bourke _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
