Thread: When oh when

Originally Posted by trog

Let the advertisers know you wont buy their goods if the ads are annoying.

I have a good video recorder that skips from the start to finish of the ads. I don't watch the shows as they happen, I record them then edit out the ads and start and finish credits and watch latter at my convenience. A one hour commercial show is actually about 40 mins long. As a rule I've found it takes about 5 mins to edit out the 20 mins of ads and start/finish credits giving me 15 mins more time for myself.

It does pay to let the recording run way overtime so as to not miss the ending.

We also record so we can skip through the ads. Channel 9 is the worst for starting programs late. Most commercial TV is just rubbish now, maybe the best shows have been bought by pay-tv. If it wasn't for the ABC and SBS free TV would be a wasteland. It's no wonder Youtube is now the world's most popular TV channel.

When there's a half hour show on another side (QI and Mock the Week are two favourites on ABC) the choice is abandon one show or miss the other.

IView for channel two on the net and also SBS on demand is another site. As I of course don`t know your telly, but most can be used as a monitor.
Cheers Hall

We usually only watched stuff we've recorded but so many times commercial programs have not added on the time a show is lengthened by all the ads. and self promotion.
And this crap which is constantly in yer face across the bottom of the screen advertising some forthcoming garbage while you're watching what you've recorded makes me mad. I am mad anyway but that's different......
AlanH.

Unfortunately gave up on FTA ages ago - with the exception of ABC. Pretty much only watch pay now, which I suppose is what they would like everyone to do...

Seems all the good shows I like are on pay, they have the money to buy the decent stuff and leave the scraps to FTA...

Originally Posted by ugu80

I have a good video recorder that skips from the start to finish of the ads. I don't watch the shows as they happen, I record them then edit out the ads and start and finish credits and watch latter at my convenience. A one hour commercial show is actually about 40 mins long. As a rule I've found it takes about 5 mins to edit out the 20 mins of ads and start/finish credits giving me 15 mins more time for myself.

It does pay to let the recording run way overtime so as to not miss the ending.

I do the same although I don't watch much telly anymore. Full of crap

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

I do the same although I don't watch much telly anymore. Full of crap

Still some good ones out there; anyone else loving 'Vikings' on SBS?
(Vikings - the original Klingons)