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A TV that forces you to watch ads? It's possible
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| April 20,2006
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Posted on 04/21/2006 5:42:38 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne
Philips technology could let broadcasters freeze channel during commercial
SAN JOSE, Calif. - In this era of easy ad skipping with TiVo-like video recorders, could television viewers one day be forced to watch commercials with a system that prevents channel switching?
Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn't be able to avoid it.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ads; commercials; tivo; tv
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To: ClearCase_guy
I imagine they have this covered, but what if you're channel hopping? It's covered. You would be locked out of changing the channel during a commercial (I'm not kidding).
To: Izzy Dunne
If the TVs are free, I can see them selling. Maybe.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:00:36 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:01:33 AM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: Izzy Dunne
Oh wonderful!
Does this mean that if we accidental tune in to the local PBS indoctrina... errr station we might never be able again to switch to another channel?
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:02:04 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Izzy Dunne
Only members of the Inner Party are permitted to turn off the telescreen.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
To: Tanniker Smith
If the TVs are free, I can see them selling. Never misunderestimate the power of media lobbyists in Congress. They might get a law passed, making it mandatory to include the channel-freeze chip in all TVs. All existing TVs must be retrofitted.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:03:54 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Oh yea, I'm gonna run right out and buy one of THOSE!?!
Right.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:04:23 AM PDT
by
houeto
(Report Illegals. http://www.ice.gov/partners/employers/worksite/index.htm)
To: Izzy Dunne
Is Philips nuts?
How many TV sets do TV stations and producers buy?
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:06:07 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Izzy Dunne
Yeah...I didn't know people still, uh, WATCHED television...
To: LIConFem
I think it's time to fill my TV with dirt and plant some flowers.
I got rid of mine long ago and have never missed it. Pure guano in my opinion.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:16:03 AM PDT
by
P-40
(http://www.590klbj.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=1854)
To: ClearCase_guy
Channel hopping is near-extinct in my house since we got our Dish. The first problem was that you had to wait when you hopped for the receiver to acquire the new signal, it wasn't instanteous like the set in the kitchen (which isn't wired, but doesn't have any decent reception to speak of). Then we got a hard drive and you could pause and rewind shows -- but you lose all that if you change channels. So if someone leaves the room, you can't sneak a peek and the other channels because they might want to rewind if they missed something.
(Then again, we also can't tape a channel that we aren't looking at because all the channels are Ch. 3 now.)
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:17:57 AM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: PBRSTREETGANG
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:25:43 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Just as fast as they can develop this thing; someone else will develop a tool to hack it.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:27:02 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: Izzy Dunne
It's also possible that someone over the mental age of six will find Adam Sandler funny, but doubtful.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:31:54 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
To: Izzy Dunne
I guess the death of broadcast TV isn't moving along fast enough for some.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:32:18 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(That new ring around Uranus is courtesy of the IRS)
To: John Jorsett
hrm.. i need to photochop a still of bambi into that picture for the next time some tree hugger whines about me shooting "bambi" next deer season :)
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:40:55 AM PDT
by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: Izzy Dunne
Well what if channel 5 is showing a stupid di-tech ad and I want to watch the Bud ad with the bikini babes on channel 10? Can I sue di-tech and channel 5 for blocking me from watching bikini babes on channel 10?
This will be a lawyers feast.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:42:29 AM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Communism is 3 people voting on what's for dinner but you still get the same old rice)
To: ClearCase_guy
Drat! It's Levitra! Now I'm stuck here for 2 minutes! Commercials lasting longer than four hours, though rare, will require immediate destruction of the TV... ; )
To: Izzy Dunne
Can they stop you from turning it off during the commercials? How about for good? By the way, who owns the TV, the network pukes who are trying to sell you to the advertiser, or the consumer?
I would think that you could build a strong legal argument against such intrusive technology, on the grounds that an outside party has no right to manipulate the products you have -- against your will -- in order to continue to profit from them.
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posted on
04/21/2006 6:52:19 AM PDT
by
IronJack
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