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How much would you pay per month to not have commercials?

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If cable shows didn't have commercials then they would be massively craptastic because their budget would be like $50 per show. There's no way any FX show would be even remotely good. It would be like dogville. Amateur actors standing on chalk outlines on an empty stage talking about plastic surgery and firefighting.
 
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
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😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
 
I just want to know why there are so many damn commercials at theaters these days. I remember when you just had the previews and then the feature presentation. Then a while back commercials started appearing. First it was just one or two commercials... usually Coke and/or a car commercial. Now you go to a theater and have to watch 6 or 7 of them. WTF!? I went to a movie last week and saw about 6 commercials and 2 previews! Fvck that! I want the owners of Fanta to go bankrupt.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
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😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
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No it isn't. The main point is being able to pause TV and record things in a massively superior manner to a VCR. If I had to choose those features or "fast forwarding", I would gladly give up fast forwarding through commercials.
 
BeyondTV is the solution here or TIVO if you don't want a computer solution. I can't stand watching tv without my BeyondTV box, it's just not the same.
 
nothing at all. i dont mind commercials at all. it helps me see new movies coming out, previews for new upcoming shows, new food to try at taco bell, and half of them are just downright funny.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
If cable shows didn't have commercials then they would be massively craptastic because their budget would be like $50 per show. There's no way any FX show would be even remotely good. It would be like dogville. Amateur actors standing on chalk outlines on an empty stage talking about plastic surgery and firefighting.
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What about HBO? Do they have commercials?
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
Click to expand...

😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
Click to expand...

No it isn't. The main point is being able to pause TV and record things in a massively superior manner to a VCR. If I had to choose those features or "fast forwarding", I would gladly give up fast forwarding through commercials.
Click to expand...

I agree, recording and pausing are huge features of a DVR, but still, commercial skipping is also a VERY big feature, at least for me.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
Click to expand...

😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
Click to expand...

No it isn't. The main point is being able to pause TV and record things in a massively superior manner to a VCR. If I had to choose those features or "fast forwarding", I would gladly give up fast forwarding through commercials.
Click to expand...

I agree, recording and pausing are huge features of a DVR, but still, commercial skipping is also a VERY big feature, at least for me.
Click to expand...

Alright so let's say your question is really would you pay for getting rid of commercials if dvrs couldn't skip them (possibly due to some FCC ban)? I guess that depends on how the money was distributed. If the money I pay goes directly to the networks whose shows I watch, then yes, I guess so. If it just went to a big pool like cable does now, no.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
Click to expand...

😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
Click to expand...

No it isn't. The main point is being able to pause TV and record things in a massively superior manner to a VCR. If I had to choose those features or "fast forwarding", I would gladly give up fast forwarding through commercials.
Click to expand...

I agree, recording and pausing are huge features of a DVR, but still, commercial skipping is also a VERY big feature, at least for me.
Click to expand...

Alright so let's say your question is really would you pay for getting rid of commercials if dvrs couldn't skip them (possibly due to some FCC ban)? I guess that depends on how the money was distributed. If the money I pay goes directly to the networks whose shows I watch, then yes, I guess so. If it just went to a big pool like cable does now, no.
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Okay, I'd agree, that's a better question. And the money would go to the networks in order to produce higher-quality shows.

I'd probably pay $10 a month, but no more.
 
I pay $0 for my cable TV and that include the "no commercials" option. It also includes the "no channels" option, but that doesn't bother me.
 
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: SLCentral
Originally posted by: torpid
Why not say surround sound and color tvs don't exist while you are at it? Totally stupid, pointless question if you exclude DVRs.
Click to expand...

😕. It's not the same thing as surround sound and color TV's, considering the main point of having a DVR is to skip commercials.
Click to expand...

No it isn't. The main point is being able to pause TV and record things in a massively superior manner to a VCR. If I had to choose those features or "fast forwarding", I would gladly give up fast forwarding through commercials.
Click to expand...

I agree, recording and pausing are huge features of a DVR, but still, commercial skipping is also a VERY big feature, at least for me.
Click to expand...

Alright so let's say your question is really would you pay for getting rid of commercials if dvrs couldn't skip them (possibly due to some FCC ban)? I guess that depends on how the money was distributed. If the money I pay goes directly to the networks whose shows I watch, then yes, I guess so. If it just went to a big pool like cable does now, no.
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Okay, I'd agree, that's a better question. And the money would go to the networks in order to produce higher-quality shows.

I'd probably pay $10 a month, but no more.
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Not just "the networks". If I pay $10/mo then it would need to be distributed precisely in the ratio of what I watch. I don't want $1 going to the golf network because I never watch it. Using this model, if I paid $10, it would go largely to FX with a splash for Sci Fi and Bravo. That is the only way to keep the system honest.
 
$15 - that's what my newsgroup subscription costs. All the shows and some nice person has already stripped the commercials!
 
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