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Originally Posted by Mr Wizard
Most of us that live here have been watching TV commercials all our lives. In that time we've sent people to the moon, conquered some diseases, developed nuclear power, personal computers, the Internet and the list goes on. Can't somebody develop a device to eliminate TV commercials WHILE YOU WATCH that does not depend on time shifting methods (DVR)? I've seen many devices that mute the sound and I seem to remember one that substituted music during the commercials. Using your smartphone during the commercials is only a distraction and not a real solution. I notice some sports bars have a service called TAIV that apparently replaces commercials with something else. Please make some comments!
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We watch a lot of things on YouTube and with the free "Brave" browser, you see no commercials.
As for TV, which we use a Roku TV, as I will not pay cable and give my money for junk like CNN. With Roku, I simply mute when commercials play and do other things. If I forgot to unmute on-time, I can rewind and see what I missed.
As for commercials: Dear advertisers, showing the same commercials 5,000 times in every commercial break, about women pads (I am a man) is a total waste of your time and your effort. I miss the days when commercials were very varied about many common day-to-day items and services, from different foods, fashion, to vacation places, etc. It was actually informative and interesting. Today, commercials, over and over and over and over are for 5 things: cars, gambling, some medicine I do not need, diapers and 1-2 other things I do not need.