On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Wrecks <[email protected]> wrote: > That's probably still a small price to pay for a free show. I hate > commercials too. I'm very glad that my ReplayTV will automatically > skip over them. Usually about 20 minutes of a 60 minute broadcast > show consists of commercials and stuff. That's about 10 times more > commercial time than Hulu. Plus those ads they watermark in the > corner of the screen during the *ENTIRE* show. Those really annoy me.
I agree it is a small price to pay, but assuming I shelled out the $25 for unlimited 3G for my iPad (I currently only pay the $15 a month fee and haven't gone over yet), and assuming further that I paid $10 a month for Hulu Plus (which I don't), that is only marginally less than what I would pay for cable (with a DVR set top box). On those assumptions, I'd still pay for the privilege of watching commercials and, in the case of Hulu and sites like CBS.com (where, unlike a DVR, you can't skip or fast forward through the commercials), it is the same f-ing commercial over and over to the point of insanity. They seem to be working to eliminate the incentive to watch programing online, when it would seem a better business decision to work harder to make online streaming a viable if not preferable choice. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
