Television and Commercials
@jahernandezrivas (11288)
United States
January 8, 2011 10:28am CST
Every time I watch a television program I have noticed for a long long time that there are so many commericials during the program and if you have a d.v.r. where you can record programs when you are not home you can fast forward or cut out all the comercials and if it was a program that lasted one hour you will notice that that program without all the comercials will last about 29 minutes or less!!Have you ever noticed that?
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@dorthakay08 (68)
• United States
8 Jan 11
Yes I have noticed this. I used to have d.v.r and loved it because I was able to skip the commercials. I am glad to see some commercials such as for new games or new products or even funny ones but after seeing them 8 times while watching a tv show they become boring and old. It is because a lot of commercials can become or are not entertaining which I do not understand. I find them pointless and tend to lose interest in some shows because of the commercials.
@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
8 Jan 11
I agree and I only like the well some comercials during the Super Bowl because they are some of the best!! I do like some but after a while they tend to get so old played over and over it is like they can't think of anything new!!
@CynergyDiva (805)
• Canada
31 Jan 11
We have satellite and with our pvr we can fast forward through the commercials on live t.v. so we don't even have to record it. I love that feature, but sometimes the commercials can be a welcome break to do other stuff
xoxo
Cyne
@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
10 Jan 11
Yes it happens everyday!Urrgggg..........We can't do anything though I wish we could!
Have a good day!
Have a good day!
@CynergyDiva (805)
• Canada
31 Jan 11
Yes, I've been aware of that for years. I used to watch a lot of PBS too and you can see the difference there, as at the end of a half hour programme, they'd have almost 15 minutes to fill in.
I don't really get annoyed at commercials though, as I find it a great opportunity to run to the fridge, the bathroom or whatever. And sometimes the commercials themselves can be quite entertaining.
xoxo
Cyne
@fpsninja (874)
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8 Jan 11
In the uk, you normally get around 40 mins of program for 20mins commercial.But what annoys me, partically on a channel here called dave, is when you watch a progra, like top gear for example that lasts an hour. They give it a 1 hr slot. So you actually miss out bits of the program. So say if its a proram u saw before, you will be like, whats going on, its missed out the bit i wanted to see again! It can get a bit annoying at times, but oh well
@jahernandezrivas (11288)
• United States
10 Jan 11
That sounds really annoying!I would be a bit annoyed too. That doesn't happen here in the U.S. But there are so many commercials it is awful and I hate when they repeat the same one twice in a row that is really annoying!! And it's like we sit there for an hour and maybe see 20 minutes of the program and the rest are commercials!! Have a good day!
@joystick (1675)
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8 Jan 11
I tend to record alot of things off the tv that are the sides that have the adverts on, as that way i can then forward past all the advertys rather than sitting watching them all the time.I have noticed that there are getting more and more adverts on the tv as well.
