Do you PVR?
We've formed an unnatural connection to ours. We'll watch the News live and then generally eTalk and the repeat of the Big Bang, by 8 PM we're watching nothing but PVRed shows. Which is just as well because generally we've got so many things taping that we have no choice but to watch something taped.
It all started with particular shows being on late and never managing to stay up to watch. Once we discovered the joys of skipping the commercials, we.. were.. hooked.
But it's not just skipping the commercials, it's the fact that you can watch more shows in an evening. Most hour long shows are really only 40 - 42 minutes. So we end up watching 3-4 "hours" worth of shows in an evening... COMMERCIAL FREE!!!
The only issue that has developed is that now we compete for who is the more skilled at fast-forwarding through the commercials, without going too far and skipping over the actual show. And we get a little worked up about it.
The only issue that has developed is that now we compete for who is the more skilled at fast-forwarding through the commercials, without going too far and skipping over the actual show. And we get a little worked up about it.
Sure you say, "How hard can it be?", but from channel to channel, standard network to speciality station, just how many commercials are aired during the break, and what is the length of those ads varies. Causing the most experienced fast-forwarder to become an amateur remote controller in the click of a button, and the other an armchair coach to become a bitter jaded critic. Such was our dilemma last night watching the series première of Helix. The first half of the episode was commercial-free, and then once the ads started they were coming every 5 minutes, with varying number and length.
Modern day convenience to world problems at the click of a button.
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