[Michael G.]

I know businesses have to profit with sponsors supporting their product, BUT......

Ever notice lately everything video we watch on Fire Stick, Ruko, any streaming service,
and paid cable tv, there's more and more commercials sneaking into our lives every year?

Even half hour of news weather and sports, it comes down 15 minutes of commercials.

I heard once if you took the station breaks out of a 3 1/2 hour NFL game, we could watch the
whole game from snaps to finish in less then one hour.

Your Thoughts

[Michael G.]

Microsoft just announced they will be adding ads to our computer start-up menus soon.

[dtennent]

When I traveled to Japan back 25 years ago, the TV would replay a football game in less than an hour. Of course, they didn’t show any plays where a team didn’t make any yardage. So on occasion, you would just see alternating punts/returns.

On the other hand, they would show the entire playoff baseball game. The American announcers would do the play by play. During the commercial breaks, the Japanese announcers would come on to talk about the game.

[Stu from NYC]

My son taught me how to watch a football game.

DVR it and start watching an hour or more after game starts.

Catch up early 4th qtr and than decide if worth watching it with commercials.

[Blueblaze]

We almost escaped, during the age of the DVR, when the problem was having enough DVR space to record all of your programs so you could skip the commercials. But they cleverly stopped that by removing all watchable programming from live Tv. All it took to ween you off all those engaging comedy and drama shows you used to record was to substitute endless fake reality TV and game shows, and about 15 ever-more-ridiculous versions of NCIS .

Then they forced us to buy a dozen steaming platforms so we could surf endlessly though mountains of garbage in order to locate one program worth watching per day. And even then, every other word is the "F" word.

About once a week, I start surfing at 7:00, and call the wife at 8:00 if I find something. But most nights we usually just wind up watching 20-year-old reruns of some old show we used to watch but now no longer remember.

The great part about that strategy is that they can't find advertisers for the old shows. So you only get hit with a couple of minutes of self-promotion every half hour, instead of 5 minutes of inscrutable drug commercials for every 10 minutes of verbal abuse they inflict on you.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Blueblaze

We almost escaped, during the age of the DVR, when the problem was having enough DVR space to record all of your programs so you could skip the commercials. But they cleverly stopped that by removing all watchable programming from live Tv. All it took to ween you off all those engaging comedy and drama shows you used to record was to substitute endless fake reality TV and game shows, and about 15 ever-more-ridiculous versions of NCIS .

Then they forced us to buy a dozen steaming platforms so we could surf endlessly though mountains of garbage in order to locate one program worth watching per day. And even then, every other word is the "F" word.

About once a week, I start surfing at 7:00, and call the wife at 8:00 if I find something. But most nights we usually just wind up watching 20-year-old reruns of some old show we used to watch but now no longer remember.

The great part about that strategy is that they can't find advertisers for the old shows. So you only get hit with a couple of minutes of self-promotion every half hour, instead of 5 minutes of inscrutable drug commercials for every 10 minutes of verbal abuse they inflict on you.

Now that they heard they cannot find advertisers they will approach the networks asking for low cost commercial time. The end is near

[fdpaq0580]

Even TOTV. Ads between post, in the posts. It's all about the money. It always has been.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Even TOTV. Ads between post, in the posts. It's all about the money. It always has been.

If they do not make money why would they continue?

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

If they do not make money why would they continue?

Some of my favorite videos are ads. Creative, funny. Most folks have a favorite or two. My favorite is for fresh seafood. A guy fights a grizzly bear for the salmon the bear just caught. Poor bear!

[Two Bills]

Many sporting events shown on tv seem more about the commentators and talking heads, rather than the game.
The time wasted with the inane questions, expert opinions, and the advertising, has made me give up watching most sporting events.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I...

I heard once if you took the station breaks out of a 3 1/2 hour NFL game, we could watch the
whole game from snaps to finish in less then one hour.

Your Thoughts

What you heard is ridiculous on its face.

There are 60 minutes of playing time in an NFL game so it is absolutely impossible to watch the whole game from snaps to finish in less than 60 minutes. Add in clock stoppage for timeouts, ball hang time on kickoffs, clock stoppage for incomplete passes or runs out of bounds, and clock stoppage on change of possession and the time increases beyond 60 minutes.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

What you heard is ridiculous on its face.

There are 60 minutes of playing time in an NFL game so it is absolutely impossible to watch the whole game from snaps to finish in less than 60 minutes. Add in clock stoppage for timeouts, ball hang time on kickoffs, clock stoppage for incomplete passes or runs out of bounds, and clock stoppage on change of possession and the time increases beyond 60 minutes.

You can. Often takes 40 or so seconds between plays. If you skip the huddle and lining up save lots of time

[Michael G.]

Didn't the NFL one year try broadcasting a game without commentators ?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Didn't the NFL one year try broadcasting a game without commentators ?

Yes. Watched it but did miss some of the analysis.

[dhdallas]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I know businesses have to profit with sponsors supporting their product, BUT......

Ever notice lately everything video we watch on Fire Stick, Ruko, any streaming service,
and paid cable tv, there's more and more commercials sneaking into our lives every year?

Even half hour of news weather and sports, it comes down 15 minutes of commercials.

I heard once if you took the station breaks out of a 3 1/2 hour NFL game, we could watch the
whole game from snaps to finish in less then one hour.

Your Thoughts

You don't HAVE to watch TV with commercials. Quit being a tightwad and pay for the premium streaming services without ads. I don't have to suffer through any commercials on YouTube, Prime, Hulu, etc. because I pay for commercial-free shows and movies. I ditched cable years ago. Pay up or stop complaining.