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Our BetterMost Community => The Polling Place => Topic started by: David In Indy on June 15, 2007, 08:50:13 pm
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I sure have!
I swear they are running 5 minutes worth of commercials every 10 minutes.
It's hardly even worth watching TV anymore.
Thank God for my DVD player. :)
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geez, I haven't noticed.
I think because I don't really watch tv, it's always on as "background noise" as I surf.
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geez, I haven't noticed.
I think because I don't really watch tv, it's always on as "background noise" as I surf.
I do that too. I work from home with one of my jobs and quite often I will have the TV turned on. I'm not really listening to it, but I have it turned on all the same. But I DO notice all those awful commercials.
They bug the SHEEIT out of me!
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Oh yes I noticed and they are recorded louder than the regular programing too. My Dad is a little hard of hearing and he needs the TV a little louder than most and I noticed how muc LOUDER the commercials were when we were visiting with him.
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Oh yes I noticed and they are recorded louder than the regular programing too. My Dad is a little hard of hearing and he needs the TV a little louder than most and I noticed how muc LOUDER the commercials were when we were visiting with him.
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I love all the little cartoons you put in your posts Dottie! They're so cute! :D
My Father is hard of hearing too, and sometimes his TV will turn up so loud it almost sounds like an explosion. But I don't dare touch the volume though when I'm visiting him. He gets mad when I do that!
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Thanks to TiVO, I am nearly unaware of commercials.
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I have basically stopped watching TV because of commercials. And Dot is right. they are LOUD!!!!!!!
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From an Australian perspective, there has been an increase in ads on television here lately.
I very rarely watch commercial television. I watch the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp), which is ad-free and SBS, which shows all the foreign programs, such as continental movies and the like. SBS has always been ad-free in the past, until just recently. They are now showing ads on SBS.
I restrict myself to only watching television for a couple of hours at night (never during the day) and never as background noise. I'm not fond of noise.
On the rare occasions when I watch commercial television (Law & Order SVU, for instance), I use the mute button on the remote control, so I can't hear the ads.
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From a British perspective, I've noticed a huge increase in adverts since we've had satellite TV. Normal network television hasn't changed much, but the Disney Channel and Cartoon Network and the like drive me absolutely mental .... the opening credits come up and then it immediately breaks for a commercial ... what's that all about???
Susie (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_1_201.gif)
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Watch some commercials, FINALLY get to the start of the show (opening credits) and then watch some more commercials!
Yep! It's like that over here too Susie!
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I get a kick out of watching the "Mac versus PC" commercials..lol.
But seriously, there seem to be more these days..
Like Susie mentioned, it sucks when a show starts and they cut to commercial right away. wth is that about? lol.
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I always record whatever shows I want to watch... or download them (they're always commercial free then, even though that's "illegal"). It's easy to fastforward through the commercials on recorded shows.
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I get a kick out of watching the "Mac versus PC" commercials..lol.
But seriously, there seem to be more these days..
Like Susie mentioned, it sucks when a show starts and they cut to commercial right away. wth is that about? lol.
are the mac versus pc in the US these two brilliant guys!?
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTImxLnffY[/youtube]
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_FnaajCtLg[/youtube]
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in former times, TV commercials were better and more entertaining, I think, and didn't seem so much an intrusion...since TV was free, the commercials seemed a small price to pay for free TV that was generally GOOD.
now that we have to pay for the use of it, having the commercials too doesn't seem fair, now.
But, in actuallity, the number of miniutes per houre remains about the same.
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Those commercials are adorable. If ours were like that. I wouldnt mind watching them. But they do seem a bit long...sheesh. they are
almost as long as half our shows...but they are funny and sweet.
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They mostly show the full versions at the cinema and have an abridged one for the telly .... still very nice and sexy though! Sometimes I think the English commercials are better than the TV programs themselves! (Except the Insurance Company ones ... they're just plain awful)
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Do you get those Geico commercials over there, Susie? Geico is an insurance company featuring a cute little gecko; The Geico Gecko. He has a Cockney accent too! He's cute! :D
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I must admit, I do like those Geico commercials, but other than that, I'm in complete agreement with you Susie. Insurance commercials are the WORST!!
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Now he does look like a cute little fella! No David, we don't get him here in the UK, just boring old farts in suits, trying to be young and hip! Now does he have a proper Cockney accent ... or a really bad whatshisname's accent from Mary Poppins??
Susie (http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/11/11_1_201.gif)
Well, my English boyfriend rolls his eyes when he hears the gecko talk, so this tells me he must have a "Mary Poppins" Cockney accent. I'll ask though to make sure.
But he's a cute little guy. We love him! :D
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Talking of tev commercials..... ::)
[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=CX4U1u7EZF8[/youtube]
Hey! This is an advert - that I'm in! at 1.25 - 1.28. I know where I am - but noone else does!!!I'm just about to cross the road on the right hand side at the second corner.
I still can't find mt tunnocks one on line! which you can see me veryt clearly for 90% of the advert!
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KELDA!!! I watched it! TWICE!!! :D
The people down on the second street were very small, but I looked at all of them, so I'm sure I saw you!!!
You were in a Vodafone commercial!!! We don't have Vodafone here; at least not in Indiana, but I've heard of it before!
Hey everyone!! Our Kelda was in a commercial!! :D
[[[Kelda]]]]
:D :D