maplesyrup Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Are there too many ads on TV? If we get to the point where 1/4 of prime time is taken up with commercials, more viewers will revolt, many in much more substantial numbers, than have already done so. Also it is not effective for a company advetising if all their commercials becomes is a blur on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slavik44 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Are there too many ads on TV? If we get to the point where 1/4 of prime time is taken up with commercials, more viewers will revolt, many in much more substantial numbers, than have already done so. Also it is not effective for a company advetising if all their commercials becomes is a blur on the screen. The ads don't normally bother me, there are some annoying ones, corona is bad because you can see the same add twice in a commercial break, soemtimes. But aslong as what I am watching is good I can't say I mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 The ads don't normally bother me, there are some annoying ones, corona is bad because you can see the same add twice in a commercial break, soemtimes. But aslong as what I am watching is good I can't say I mind. I feel the same way........infact, there are a few adds that I fund rather funny........that one for DQ where the guy gets his tounge stuck in the egg beaters or the ones for AFLAK (sp?) with the Duck or Alexander Keiths beer (spilly talker). Then on the other end of the spectrum, even though i don't mind their food, I'll never eat at Subway because of their adds........to each his or her own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I seldom do watch tv because of the ads. I only watch the movie channels that have no commercials and occasionally the news. Too many ads makes everything lose interest and boring. Easier to find news etc on my computer. I wish the newspapers were better at printing news instead of editorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I wish the newspapers were better at printing news instead of editorials. I agree 100%.........I want the facts.....I'll make up my own mind thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udawg Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I find occasionally that editorials introduce me to a new point of view that hadn't occured to me. Maybe that's because I'm sometimes too lazy to think of it myself Anyway, on the ads, I do enjoy some of them, some of them I ignore, but I think I would mind them even less if more ads meant lower costs for viewers, rather than simply higher profits for the networks. Of course, ads are why we get any TV over the airwaves, but hardly anyone actually limits themselves to bunny-ears at this point. Ads are just a way to increase profits yet again, but I don't mind them that much. They give me time to grab more beer and chips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeanumber Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I've simply stopped watching. I can't wait to get a TIVO once they're available in Canada. Mrouahahahahhaha. I'm finding the commercials and the chatter that the CBC forces on us during the Olympics to be especially brutal. The dumb kid with the Tim Hortons cup every four seconds. ENOUGH WITH THE ROTATION! I can't watch Global anymore, it's gotten so bad. I just watch my programs on the American stations two or three hours earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maplesyrup Posted August 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 udawg......bunny ears. Haven't heard that term for a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 but I don't mind them that much. They give me time to grab more beer and chips Maybe, but I don't need THAT much beer or chips nor even bathroom breaks. We tape a lot of the programs we watch and have the ads edited out automatically. I can always push stop if I need a short break or rewind if I missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 The television programs interrupt the commericials, not the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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