ackman
join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA
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Re: Why Bother?
Free is still crap if you have to waste time sitting through commercials. I don't have time to sit through 20 minutes of commercials in a one hour program. Given the choice, I'll not use a DVR, I'll miss the entire show, and I'll certainly miss the commercials. So, in the end, how does disabling the commercial-skip help the advertisers in my case? Doesn't. Hopefully others will govern their decisions similarly when it comes to the cable company controlling what you watch in your own home. |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| said by ackman  :Free is still crap if you have to waste time sitting through commercials. I don't have time to sit through 20 minutes of commercials in a one hour program. Given the choice, I'll not use a DVR, I'll miss the entire show, and I'll certainly miss the commercials. So, in the end, how does disabling the commercial-skip help the advertisers in my case? Doesn't. Hopefully others will govern their decisions similarly when it comes to the cable company controlling what you watch in your own home. Well, you need to compromise... |
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK
 ·SaskTel Saskatchewan
| reply to ackman
said by ackman :Given the choice, I'll not use a DVR, I'll miss the entire show, and I'll certainly miss the commercials. so rather than have the ability to watch a show that you missed, you'd rather just not watch it at all? |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | Look at dish they went to court even when tivo sued them and they still kicking with them dvrs now the new recievers record hd so what is the problem with a little risk lol. |
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lonewoolf47
join:2001-04-20
Denver, CO
| said by brooklynman4 :Look at dish they went to court even when tivo sued them and they still kicking with them dvrs now the new recievers record hd so what is the problem with a little risk lol. The answer to your reply is Spell Check and a sixth grade education. |
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ackman
join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA
| reply to Tikker_LoS
said by Tikker_LoS :said by ackman :Given the choice, I'll not use a DVR, I'll miss the entire show, and I'll certainly miss the commercials. so rather than have the ability to watch a show that you missed, you'd rather just not watch it at all? Yep, you understood correctly. TV just isn't that important to my life, and there are tons of other more compelling activities to garner my attention. The thought of having to waste 30% of my time sitting through mind-numbing commercials isn't high on my short list of things to fill my time. |
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ackman
join:2000-10-04
Acworth, GA
| reply to Jmartz
said by Jmartz :said by ackman :Free is still crap if you have to waste time sitting through commercials. I don't have time to sit through 20 minutes of commercials in a one hour program. Given the choice, I'll not use a DVR, I'll miss the entire show, and I'll certainly miss the commercials. So, in the end, how does disabling the commercial-skip help the advertisers in my case? Doesn't. Hopefully others will govern their decisions similarly when it comes to the cable company controlling what you watch in your own home. Well, you need to compromise... I compromised when I bought the Tivo and when I paid for the Tivo service. |
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