smart tvs are bullshit

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H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

maybe advertisers should be better at not pissing off their viewers with their lovely ads featuring alarm clock sounds and police sirens and hoovering up 1/3 of the runtime of any block of programming

maybe marketing would be more effective if they spent that cash sending out free product to random/selected potential customers instead of bombarding our eyeballs and earballs with motion color garbage

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 18:01

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H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Enderzero posted:

the cherry on a poo poo sundae of bad posts. when it aired broadband penetration was 12%, bit torrent was barely a year old, and fox showed the show out of order

but yeah pirating was the issue

(ive never seen firefly. i dont even own a firefly)

fox slotted it on friday nights aka the death spot

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 18:40

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

lol forever at whiteknighting ISPs and multinational advertisers

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 19:11

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

FMguru posted:

it's ok to creep on her 18 year old character because the actress was like 25

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 19:16

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

PuTTY riot posted:

also that thing where the actuall programming is quieter than the ads so you can hear it when you get it up to make a sandwich during the commercials

my dad who produces tv advertising absolutely lost his poo poo when cable tv started airing ads

that was the thing i remember him screaming about a lot b/c it's supposed to be illegal or something

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 19:47

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

pagancow posted:

lol you guys still dont get it

if you aren't part of the revenue stream, why should anybody cater to you?

b/c viewers are the product not the customer

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 20:11

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

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

sounds to me like advertisers need to get a whole lot better at providing their product b/c they been coastin

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 20:16

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

pagancow posted:

but no RARR MARKETING BAD!!! it just RUINS OUR CULTURE

unironically this

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 20:24

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

BANME.sh posted:

when in reality it's much easier for your average game of thrones watcher to stream it legally vs. deal with sketchy public torrent sites and emails from their ISP.

wait when did this become possible without an hbo subscription

# ¿ Nov 13, 2014 20:28

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

how well do you think people would pay for a football broadcast without any commentary or advertising whatsoever

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 00:07

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

i listened to the "sound of sport" docu recently

at one point this old british dude is discussing tennis coverage and how they get some of the difficult effects and whatnot and he mentions how relatively new the idea of having broadcast commentary is

apparently up until recently there was a vocal minority that was totally against having commentary at all and would write in to the various stations and tell them that their poo poo was garbage and to knock it off p often

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 00:14

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

PuTTY riot posted:

before nipplegate my dad would mute the tv and turn on the radio when he watched the cowboys games

my dad would do this if the commentary was pro-the other team because it pisses him off real bad

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 00:18

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

hey man pagancow won an emmy _{_{for a golfclub commercial}} so please stick to disparaging his field instead of his career ok

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 02:10

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

SO DEMANDING posted:

the big companies arent researching new antibiotics because it isnt profitable

even though increasing antibiotics resistance is, you know, kind of a thing

bring on the airborne mrsa-ebola-turbo-flu!!

the government even requires the pharma corps to manufacture a minimum amount of the various antibiotics because otherwise they wouldn't even produce the ones we know about due to lack of profitability

Fabricated posted:

boomers are going to be dragged into oblivion by the grim reaper kicking and screaming the whole way

lol if you've never called one of your parents old and watched how mad they get

PuTTY riot posted:

still dont want to know what transvaginal mesh is thanks

prolapsed vagina

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 17:21

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

crusader_complex posted:

this is how hosed up weve watched 'normal' become

tbf it's also the best day(s) to steal poo poo from your employer

# ¿ Nov 14, 2014 23:12

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

sacrificing tv and movies in order to kill advertising is a p good deal imo

# ¿ Nov 17, 2014 01:43

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

adblock is awesome because it improves the navigability of streaming porn sites and torrent sites

# ¿ Nov 17, 2014 02:33

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

isn't top gear the most pirated television show ever or something

or did game of thrones supplant it

# ¿ Nov 17, 2014 17:04

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

PuTTY riot posted:

demonoid is back???

they came back in september iirc

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Displeased Moo Cow posted:

montage makes them better spoiler alert

i'm the lucky egg

# ¿ Nov 18, 2014 16:52

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