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06/01/2007 06:59:06 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?
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The average 1 hour show has 22 minutes of advertising.
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06/01/2007 07:00:15 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?
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The average 1 hour show has 22 minutes of advertising. |
Thank God for DVR!!! :-D |
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06/01/2007 07:17:55 PM · #28 |
I checked my last months cable bill ( internet and tv ) and its $140
something's wrong. I don't watch that much tv, I need to get rid of most of the stuff |
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06/01/2007 07:18:47 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Haven't had cable in ... ummm ... more years than I have fingers to count on.
Haven't watched a TV show regularly in about 3 years. I do enjoy watching movies on DVD. Having young kids makes it tough to be there for an 8 pm show, and I have other things I want to do besides taping and watching anyway.
This state of being is quite relaxing, but it wasn't a conscious choice. Just kind of stopped watching.
Every night after the kids are in bed (9-10 pm), it's a choice between shooting/editing pix, goofing off on DPC, and watching a movie. |
I have cable again now after about 3 years of no cable because the local cable internet provider forces me too!! lol. I have maybe watched 5 hours of actual TV programing in like the last 8 months...I do like the occational Discovery Ch. or History Ch. show but they repeat them so often I normally don't bother. Not really any reason for this other than I just got tired of everything on TV, I would flip through the shows a few times and find nothing of interest to me, after a while I just kinda quit flipping...
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06/01/2007 08:24:30 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Brad:
Cable internet - right?
Hardly anything worth turning the TV on for anymore, as I think the janitor is in charge of programming. |
ROFLMAO!! Whats SOOO funny is this is just about the truth!!!
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06/02/2007 09:41:51 AM · #31 |
| We haven't had tv for a few years now, no less cable! When we stay at hotels..I'm glued to the remote! LOL.. I do mute the commercials though. They are irritating. |
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07/06/2007 11:57:51 PM · #32 |
... well, congrats on getting your cable back, but if I could have DSL or Wi-Fi instead of dial-up, I would give up cable in a second! I rarely watch TV, anyway.
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07/07/2007 12:39:41 AM · #33 |
Cable...???? Ummm...is that for a tv or something. I know we have 5 channels...I think. I rarely watch tv....that thing is just an excuse to occupy my family while I get some peace and quiet on here..lmao!!
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07/07/2007 01:28:14 AM · #34 |
| cable? i don't own a tv! (by choice!) |
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07/07/2007 01:35:36 AM · #35 |
Originally posted by Mr Bubbles:
I am finally about to get cable turned on. I have been in my new apartment for about a week without cable and it is killing me. |
Dropped cable in December. Saving 70 bucks a month. I guess in '09 when they drop analog broadcasting I'll go no TV at all. But...... I've been watching a fair amount of TV over the net. Not bad quality either. I miss the Discovery channel and a few others. I'd love to get true al acarte (sic).
At 5 bucks a channel I could get by with 4 channels!
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07/07/2007 01:39:57 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Brad:
Billy Mays |
One of the few people I'd consider murdering. I'd be shouting the whole time I was killing the a**hole. When I hear that voice, URGE TO KILL! Course I seldom hear that any more after dropping cable. ;)
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07/07/2007 01:42:04 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?
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Some times as low as 35 minutes of program content per hour depending on time of day/night. It's so bad that following a story line is almost impossible.
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07/07/2007 01:44:42 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by gaurawa:
I checked my last months cable bill ( internet and tv ) and its $140
something's wrong. I don't watch that much tv, I need to get rid of most of the stuff |
That's a nice piece of L-glass a year, or a 5d in a couple of years. Kinda puts it into perspective, doesn't it?
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07/07/2007 01:52:03 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Originally posted by CoinCounter:
How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?
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Some times as low as 35 minutes of program content per hour depending on time of day/night. It's so bad that following a story line is almost impossible. |
I hadn't realised it was that much - I'm curious, how long is there between advert breaks, and how long are the breaks? |
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09/28/2007 10:07:29 PM · #40 |
Heh. I just had my first encounter with American programming in quite a few years.
We had to watch a 'cliffhanger' episode of Grey's Anatomy in a short Spanish Media class that sits in a one hour class slot on Fridays.
Wow. After the first 15 seconds, I turned to the classmate next to me and said 'and this is why I didn't have a TV in Canada'. Wow. What the "heck"?
Sure it was good to discuss afterwards, but *OUCH*. Setting new standards in predictability, overblown emotionality relabeled as "drama" and nonsensical sexual content.
I think if I had paid to watch that, I'd probably want to go and take a shower afterwards to try and get rid of that 'violated' feeling... |
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09/28/2007 11:31:49 PM · #41 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
No cable, no satellite, no over-the-air stations in range --- total bliss!!! |
Do you live on reservation land? I see stations in range but the antennas I think would not be trivial. How far do you live from the intersection of State and Superior? Man that looks like a neat place to live. I'd freeze to death in the winter. ;)
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