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Anonymous Coward User ID: 527834 United Kingdom 12/05/2012 02:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not much good for those who don't watch the crap they pump out. If a person buys a DVR I'm sure they'll sit through adverts. Commercial TV is on it's last gasps when it's air time is dedicated to to adverts. As the quality of TV reduces, so the advert time increases. Lose, lose! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 527834 United Kingdom 12/05/2012 03:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wonder what kinda ad they will show me if they see me eatin' me boogers ? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17385372 Fella, you'll be bombarded! Your just the sort of person they'll target. Dress up in a Tux and bow tie and they'll leave you well alone. Only the poor and gullible people are taken in by adverts. |
deanoZXT User ID: 1287631 United States 12/05/2012 03:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't have a DVR. It's not a money issue. I have that huge (40ish channels) all the movie channels package. So I can find about anything I want on live TV or on demand. I also don't have HDTV box. Even though my TV is HDTV capable. Granted I have a monster of a LCD, but I find HDTV and a DVR box just a waste. I also have netflix through my dumb Wii. That's the only reason I have it hooked up, lol. You should see when people come over and see I DON'T have a DVR box or and HDTV capable box. They almost freak the fuck out. Especially when they see that my TV is HDTV. Some up to date technology and gadgets is cool. But why do we seem to have the NEED to have the new, best and top item ASAP??? Like people with Apple products. I have the iPad, oh the mini just came out, I need that. Oh, I don't care if its smaller and not much "inside" is better, IT IS NEW! YEAH! Last Edited by deanoZXT on 12/05/2012 03:12 AM -Everything's more awesome when you lean into it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 527834 United Kingdom 12/05/2012 03:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm going to get one of those so I can moon it and yell send this to Obama. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24230148 O/P, you've heard about about Larry Sinclair right? Obama may be calling on you personally. [link to www.wnd.com] |
Generation Doom User ID: 18851138 United States 12/05/2012 03:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Open the box and cut the wires going to the mic and camera. Better yet, just ditch tv/dvr alltogether. Pray this prayer to blind Satan: [link to flameoflove.us (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17385372 United States 12/05/2012 03:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I wonder what kinda ad they will show me if they see me eatin' me boogers ? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17385372 Fella, you'll be bombarded! Your just the sort of person they'll target. Dress up in a Tux and bow tie and they'll leave you well alone. Only the poor and gullible people are taken in by adverts. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 29073453 United States 12/05/2012 03:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It won't be long before our televisions are watching us. Quoting: Randrmn You don't have to be paranoid or even a privacy expert to find this development a little creepy. Verizon has filed a patent on a new DVR technology that works by filming and recording viewers in order to send them targeted ads through their TV's. "If detection facility detects one or more words spoken by a user (e.g., while talking to another user within the same room or on the telephone), advertising facility may utilize the one or more words spoken by the user to search for and/or select an advertisement associated with the one or more words," Verizon states in its application,which was first reported by Fierce Cable. [link to news.yahoo.com] wow and so it continues... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7122996 United States 12/05/2012 03:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't have a DVR. It's not a money issue. I have that huge (40ish channels) all the movie channels package. So I can find about anything I want on live TV or on demand. I also don't have HDTV box. Even though my TV is HDTV capable. Granted I have a monster of a LCD, but I find HDTV and a DVR box just a waste. I also have netflix through my dumb Wii. That's the only reason I have it hooked up, lol. Quoting: deanoZXT You should see when people come over and see I DON'T have a DVR box or and HDTV capable box. They almost freak the fuck out. Especially when they see that my TV is HDTV. Some up to date technology and gadgets is cool. But why do we seem to have the NEED to have the new, best and top item ASAP??? Like people with Apple products. I have the iPad, oh the mini just came out, I need that. Oh, I don't care if its smaller and not much "inside" is better, IT IS NEW! YEAH! i mean,i hear what you're saying...but a hd cable box really makes a huge difference |
Manu-Koelbren User ID: 28993937 Spain 12/05/2012 03:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Only lazy sheeple who want their info spoonfed watch tv anymore, for the rest there is the interwebz. Banned as usual. “It is far easier to be a weakling than to be a Real Man. Were the Earth less harsh or the circumstances of life less austere, man would destroy himself before the shrine of the languid goddess. Only Real Men can with safety destroy the tangled forests and wilderness of Earth and make from them gardens, but will those who inherit the gardens be Real Men? The law decrees that they must be, or the wilderness will reclaim its own.” |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 28980318 United States 12/05/2012 05:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I bet that if, in the future, the government makes it mandatory that each DVR box comes with it's own federal agent to sit on the couch and monitor you, people would still do it. Why voluntarily tighten the noose? For entertainment? Go outside! Read! Pick up a hobby. TURN OFF THE GODDAMN TELEVISION! |
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deanoZXT User ID: 1287631 United States 12/05/2012 05:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It completely amazes me how people still willingly bring this type of shit into their homes. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28980318 I bet that if, in the future, the government makes it mandatory that each DVR box comes with it's own federal agent to sit on the couch and monitor you, people would still do it. Why voluntarily tighten the noose? For entertainment? Go outside! Read! Pick up a hobby. TURN OFF THE GODDAMN TELEVISION! Now that would be a kick ass government job. just sit there in a room and get salary with benefits. Oh, that's right, they do that already. -Everything's more awesome when you lean into it. |
deanoZXT User ID: 1287631 United States 12/05/2012 06:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't have a DVR. It's not a money issue. I have that huge (40ish channels) all the movie channels package. So I can find about anything I want on live TV or on demand. I also don't have HDTV box. Even though my TV is HDTV capable. Granted I have a monster of a LCD, but I find HDTV and a DVR box just a waste. I also have netflix through my dumb Wii. That's the only reason I have it hooked up, lol. Quoting: deanoZXT You should see when people come over and see I DON'T have a DVR box or and HDTV capable box. They almost freak the fuck out. Especially when they see that my TV is HDTV. Some up to date technology and gadgets is cool. But why do we seem to have the NEED to have the new, best and top item ASAP??? Like people with Apple products. I have the iPad, oh the mini just came out, I need that. Oh, I don't care if its smaller and not much "inside" is better, IT IS NEW! YEAH! i mean,i hear what you're saying...but a hd cable box really makes a huge difference I have a nice TV for video games, and I have a Blueray player. Although when I play my SNES or Sega gen the 60 inch screen really just makes the blocks bigger. lol -Everything's more awesome when you lean into it. |