[rant-mode]Some people argue that the 'big brother' type tracking of your every move online and the subsequent personalization of ads, content etc. is a bad thing but god... I wish the television did just that! How sick are you about boring, repetitive, stupid ads on homeowner loans, car insurance etc. PLEASE dump a cookie on my TV and I'm happy to mention I don't own a car and that I am not a homeowner. Please don't show me irrelevant ads anymore! Even on a serious note, Telewest, my cable television provider has my address so it can at least geotarget the ads. They are also my broadband provider so you'd reckon they've got some data on my browsing habits. Please match my browsing with TV ads coz I'm bored with it! Further they can link our shopping discount point safer shite supermarket card data with my account to show relevant ads. Or at least monitor the channels I watch and deduct some conclusions from that. TV has a lot to learn from the internet IMO. We can pause live TV nowadays but advertising is WAY behind. I'm sure Uncle Bill has some plans to cover all this. How bored are you with homeowner loan offers and other BS?[/rant-mode] ...and I don't even watch that much telly! Most of it is crap anyway!
Amen Brother!!! Same thing goes for radio. I hate the ads on tv and radio so much, I'll just turn the dang things off rather than have to listen to that crap. Thank goodness I watch less than an hour of tv a day.
I look forward to the Minoriy Report type of advertising. Well, I'd allow them to know trivial things such as colour and nutrition preferences but of course there are limits to what they get to know from me.
Too right. And whilst we're blasting TV, what about those ads that are louder than the programs? The volume of the guns & bombs in the "Battle for Iwo Jima" have *nothing* on the ads for "sad git finance"...
Lever is right. It's an old advertising trick. They are bound to certain Decibel limits and they make damn sure they gettheir money's worth by cranking up the volume to the max. Pisses me off too. DO YOU WANT A LOW APR LOAN! NO!
LOL - The ones where the poor couple have maxed out on ALL their credit cards and can't afford £500/month for the next 2 years, so they end up with just one easy-to-manage monthly payment of just £50/month for the next 25 years - BARGAIN LOL Wow, now that financial problem's dealt with, that's a great weight off my mind...
Stop it now... They make me sick! (Shall I start about ING/The AA whisteling ads?) The sound effect crap is done on the internet as well though. Sucks too where you hear some weird noise and can't figure out where it comes from. Turns out the be some flash/active x type banner on one of the 20 windows you have open. I'd rather have the in-ur-face Bravo style ads... ( This is how she looked after 10 pints... ) How much would you pay for ad-free TV?
LOL. Or the Michael Weeener ad... "Calm down, dear, it's just a commercial" "Hello Mum, I'm on the telly" *Puuuuke* Must admit I don't recall hearing an online ad for ages... If I only watched the BBC and Channel4 I'd still be happy
ITV is crap... I now watch less than 2 hors of TV a week... I hae the ads. I hate the shows... There is absoutley nothing to watch nowadays... SKY+ is good bcause it means you can plan the whole week in advance, record it then fastforward te ads... That's the way to do it...
*gasp* wait for it. I do....not....watch...TV! there, i said it. news=cbsnews.com entertainment=southparkdvdset cablebill=$0
Good for you dude, I'm sure you're much better off without it. Any chance you got your username from watching South Park ?
What drives me crazy is the different volume level for different channels. Get it set just right for what your watching and switch to a different one and the volume goes up or down 4x. Makes it hard to tell if my hearing is getting better or worse.