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Dec 24, 2009

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infernal machines posted:

yeah, it's weird. sorta like people pathologically hate advertising

i know a guy that works for the local cable company that claims that little over half the viewers that watch recorded shows still watch the ads even though they could FFWD through them, lmbo

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Dec 24, 2009

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i dont think ive used my tv for anything else than appletv in the past year. may have watched a dvd and i think i saw some natgeo once bc my tv is old and always picks analog cable input by default when i start it up

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Dec 24, 2009

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there was an article a while ago about a hypothetical ad free internet that claimed it would be $230/year on average

if that was an option and ablock didnt exist i could see myself paying for that. then again the demographic "idiots that pay for a thing that is free" would prolly be incredibly interesting to advertisers

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Dec 24, 2009

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i hope the EU passes a rule making it so that any smart TV has to have a hardware switch that turns all the "smart" poo poo off and makes it a monitor with some inputs and a DVB tuner at most

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Dec 24, 2009

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Blackula69 posted:

rip pioneer plasma tvs

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Dec 24, 2009

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Displeased Moo Cow posted:

nah it's fine it's actually really good if you trick it into thinking you are in USA USA USA *rhythmic chant* it owns cos you get access to other apps most which you can't use because AMERICAN CABLE COMPANIES :woop:

im in the EU and mine has all those bullshit american sports apps that idgaf about. the only apps i ever use on it are the store and music apps, and netflix before i canceled my subscription

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Dec 24, 2009

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it also has a dedicated anime app somehow

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Dec 24, 2009

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pagancow posted:

Yeah but you watching the ads indirectly funds a show. Show Popularity commands a higher price.

Viewers of a show only matters if you think you can Milk a movie out of it since people still go pay for movies every once and a while

not just popularity, also it's target audience. wasnt star trek almost canceled until they found out that it was the only show that targeted the coveted single male engineer demographic?

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Dec 24, 2009

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and pedophiles, obv

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Dec 24, 2009

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TV advertisers over here seem to buy up the best slots for ads for "embarassing" products. like every single ad break during the most popular quiz show starts off with "ADULT FEMALE URINE LOSS????"

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Dec 24, 2009

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i wish i had the foresight to hoard pioneer kuros back in the day, those things are worth more now than they ever were

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Dec 24, 2009

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lifehack: pay money for electronics that belon g in the trash

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Dec 24, 2009

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jfc i hope my tv never breaks bc all these tv janitoring posts had me scoff up a lung

apart from digital signage things what is the best 37" to 42" a man can go and buy in a store today? my panasonic lcd has suited my needs extremely well for the past 9 years and isnt butt ugly so basically i want that but new

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Dec 24, 2009

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all the unscripted shows, that went on hiatus during the writers strike

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Dec 24, 2009

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Forums Terrorist posted:

the vibe i'm getting is colour calibration is pointless sperg poo poo since it's all so subjective anyway

a designer delivered me a design last week and the pdf looked great on a computer display but literally hurt my eyes + was entirely unreadable on an iphone display so u may be wrong

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Dec 24, 2009

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angry_keebler posted:

hmm reading on this telephone seems like a stupid idea why do i keep doing it

haha yeah rofl who would want to look at a design proposal for an iphone app, on an iphone

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