DeanS
Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
I am almost totally off TV. I recenly timed one prime time 30 min pgm: 19 min pgm, 11 min comercials, by stop watch on my iPhone.
FL Streetrodder wrote:
I have become quite adept at mentally ignoring and screening out the never ending stream of commercials. I am totally amazed and disgusted over the absolute stupidity portrayed by most of them, in particular those aired by Insurance companies. The majority of all commercials really tell you nothing or very little about the product or service and are seemingly produced to "entertain" the viewer. The advertising firms who are paid exorbitant fees to produce these commercials have completely mislead their clients about the effect on potential customers! Thank goodness for DVR's and the ability to buzz through these endless annoyances! My rant for the day!
I have become quite adept at mentally ignoring and... (
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Insurance companies who spend a zillion dollars on advertising and claim the lowest rates - huh?
Other than recording-then-fast forwarding through commercials (a working solution), maybe it is time to start posting direct-feedback to companies?
A few thousand comments/e-mails sent to a company stating something like: “Your commercials commercials are crap and after viewing I am never going to purchase your product(s) — Oh, and I am telling all my family and friends to do the same” — might get advertisers attention . . . .
I record any and al programs or events that we watch. I the fast forward through all commercials. Takes only a few seconds for each break.
Jack
Wyantry wrote:
Other than recording-then-fast forwarding through commercials (a working solution), maybe it is time to start posting direct-feedback to companies?
A few thousand comments/e-mails sent to a company stating something like: “Your commercials commercials are crap and after viewing I am never going to purchase your product(s) — Oh, and I am telling all my family and friends to do the same” — might get advertisers attention . . . .
I think that's exactly where we need to go with this and I'm doing my part. However, it's literally going to take 10's or even 100's of thousands of us to really get their attention. I think maybe we can get their attention with enough response, but it's going to take some real effort and a whole lot of complaints to even get them to listen. I wonder if starting a petition to request that the FCC limit advertising time would be a good idea? Any comments?
boberic wrote:
Don't watch them "live". Record everything and watch them and FF through the commercials
I have been doing this for a few years and have gotten so used to it that I dislike watching something that is not recorded.
Hal81
Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
I use that time to go to the john and the kitchen for a snack. It's just getting over by the time I get back. If I had to wait till the show was over I would wet my pants.
One of my peeves with current TV ads is that they flit the product name so quickly or with such bad lighting, size, etc. that it's impossible to even know what it is they are advertising. (I want to know so I can NOT buy it.) One of the worst is that ad for some sort of crisps that just shows 2 plastic bags, one blue and one red, with no logo or writing. How is one supposed to know what it is?
Bison Bud wrote:
“I think that's exactly where we need to go with this . . .
However, it's literally going to take 10's or even 100's of thousands of us to really get their attention. . . I wonder if starting a petition to request that the FCC limit advertising time would be a good idea?”
Several years ago in Germany, commercials were limited to an hour (+-) in the morning, and another hour (+-) in the evening. All the commercials at one time. No program interruptions!
The real upside was that in order to make a product really stand out and be memorable, the commercial had to be REALLY GOOD (or so bad that it was remembered also).
This created competition between/among advertisers and dissuaded the inane and stupid ads.
The great advantage was that folks that WANTED to see ads knew when they would be available, and those persons who did NOT want adverts could schedule their uninterrupted-viewing.
That's why I watch so much Netflix
I agree with you with that goofy music. Its like me inviting you into my house to have a conversation and then turn on the radio so we can't hear each other. Very stupid.
2Dragons wrote:
I find that the background music interferes with conversations in newer programs. Somehow the film editors forgot that the important thing is the dialogue, not the music. I don't have that problem with old movies as the actors spoke clearly and didn't mumble into their beer and background music was just that.
I agree with you with that goofy music. Its like me inviting you into my house to have a conversation and then turn on the radio so we can't hear each other. Very stupid.
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