This will probably effect us too.

[jlhugh]

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=35492

I posted this in another forum, but I thought some of you might not go over there so here is the link.

This has to do with TIVO using pop-up ads during commerical skips.

 

[Foxbat]

Yeah, I heard that on NPR tonight. Yahoo! had a link about it as well.

 

[Stargazer]

Makes you wonder if all DVR's will eventually put an ad at the beginning of each DVR Event that you choose to watch and you cannot use any DVR functionality during that ad (perhaps 15 seconds in length just like they do before you watch a movie at a movie theatre). This should generate some great revenue for companies and perhaps reduce the cost of DVR and/or DVR fees and may make DVR's more mainstream.

 

[gredneck]

I don't know if this will be good, it all depends if the ad will linger after you have skipped through the commercials or it goes away immediately.

It would kind of suck if it lingered 5-10 seconds after you stopped skipping through the commercials, I thought that was one of there biggest selling points- skipping commercials

 

[DishSatUser]

Except us older DishPlayer 7200 users

 

[MustangLX89]

I think it would definatly suck. I for one have never seen a commercial on tv and said whooaaa I need to go buy that and actually do it. I usually ignore the damn things myself so it's wasted money on advertising to me. I usually see stuff in the store or whatnot and then decide if to buy or not to buy. I can't stand commercials, hate the damn forever on station identifier at the bottom of the screen, and if they start putting pop up ads ont he tv I'll flip.