Buzz Out Loud Lounge: On Philips...
On Philips...
by RedDogRER - 4/19/06 6:32 PMIf you can't fast forward, or change the channel, what about parents that want to skip over racy, scary, or inappropriate stuff on TV (especially commercials)? Someone think of the children!
This is bad..
by scott_wilder - 4/19/06 10:09 PM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRER...in so many ways. Was there really no one at phillips that had the guts to stand up and say "People, I know that this SEEMS like a good idea. But it's really gonna tick a lot of people off. It doesn't matter if TV and advertisers love it if consumers don't actually buy it"
Once again, the almighty dollar trumps common sense.
Scott
Why is everyone freaking out?
by ddubb - 4/21/06 1:21 AM In reply to: This is bad.. by scott_wilderI'm not a strict political libertarian but the libertarian streak in me thinks that any tinkering and experimenting in a free market democracy could lead to unexpected and welcome innovations. Its Philips' money let them do whatever they want.
If I don't like any eventual outcome of this patent application I'll just boycott anyone involved. Its not like this is 1984 and the inter-web is still formulating in Al Gore's mind. What's the worst that could happen? Basically that our TV experience would be utterly destroyed. Who cares? Its just TV... do we suffer from a lack of content distribution? Is there anything on TV that you really, really just can't live without?
If the worst case scenario played out I would so much have no problem cancelling my satellite subscription and never watching another second of TV until they fixed it.
If you don't like being forced to watch commercials you can't fast forward through, I wouldn't advise watching any videos on cnet.com.
Forget the Children!
by Dirty Pirate - 4/19/06 10:35 PM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERThey don't buy TV's.
JUST KIDDING!!
Philips
by mattmoris - 4/20/06 1:40 AM In reply to: Forget the Children! by Dirty PirateWhat's next? They're going to stop me from going to the bathroom during commercials? Or why not stop me from surfing the internet during commercials.
that's what...
by backfrog - 4/20/06 11:16 AM In reply to: Philips by mattmorisi thought it was about. i read in the headlines something about flags and commercials and thought that it must be a little flag on the side of the tv so you can goto the bathroom and come back when the flag is going down.
Don't buy TV's
by cocos2000 - 4/20/06 6:20 AM In reply to: Forget the Children! by Dirty PirateWell, this is what I did.
I went to college in upstate Vermont and got a BS in Video Production & Videography. My professors lectured me on the evils of money and how it corrupted the media - it was our job to bring integrity back to television advertising.
Soon after, I got a job at a TV station and discovered the horrible truth. Evil beings called salesmen called all the shots and didn't care about anything besides their wallet. They didn't care how corruptive or bad TV ads were as long as it made them money.
After two and a half years - I ran like hell for the door, got a different job and stopped watching TV.
But now (11 years later) I have iTunes and can download commercial FREE Lost episodes. What a blessing, and YES, paying two bucks not to see stupid/non-entertaining/unimaginative ads is worth it to me.
I kind of fear seeing blatant product placements in the shows I download from iTunes - but so far I haven't seen any Dharma Initiative Mac & Cheese at the grocery store.
Wasn't the article about a Patent?
by alpabarot - 4/20/06 4:34 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERGood or bad idea I'm sure they grabbed the patent so if anyone else wanted to be so bold they'd get their share.
Content companies are getting way too agressive and greedy.
you have got to be joking
by firestarter - 4/20/06 6:07 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERi would like to know who was the genius who thought that this is something worth patining. come on how much anti consumer can you get at this point and the fact that we arent supprise that some conpany actually did this is also a sign of the times.
just as in "A Clockwork Orange"...
by cardsbb9 - 4/20/06 6:59 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERJust like in "A Clockwork Orange" choice is the answer... the exercise of free-will.
Until and unless they strap us down in a chair and tape open our eyelids we will always have a choice.
I say let Phillips get their patent and even make such a device. It will be their loss as consumers will not buy it. The more time, effort, and money Phillips spends in pursuing this the better.... because that will be their punishment.... spending time, effort, and money on something no one will buy.
What if?
by rtemp - 4/20/06 9:33 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERWhat if Philips just patents the idea and sits on it? They could be looking out for the concern of the consumer. Then nobody else could do it, and we could all be happy.
Of course, this is more than unlikely, but I wanted to share it anyways.
-Ryan
but who would buy this?
by beelissa - 4/20/06 9:40 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRERI have a question -- unless suddenly all TV manufacturers adopted this technology, no one would buy a TV that had this feature on it, so I think maybe we're safe. Unless they can sneak it in and the consumer wouldn't know it was there till they bought it.
But, then again, if I bought a TV that did this, I'd take it back as soon as I found out it did that.
Right?
There's a little more to it than that...
by radiationman - 4/20/06 9:49 AM In reply to: but who would buy this? by beelissaWhat happens if Phillips licenses the technology to other manufacturers? If the broadcasters want it and implement it as a standard, Philips will license it, and then it ends up on every set on the market... Now getting a TV without this would become impossible.
I thought of that, but . . .
by beelissa - 4/20/06 4:44 PM In reply to: There's a little more to it than that... by radiationman. . . I really still don't think people would buy it. I mean, it's partly about getting people to adopt new technology. Sometimes people buy TVs because the one they have breaks, but they also buy them because of new technology. If they don't like the new technology and don't buy it in volume, won't that cause the manufacturers a problem?
Well, I went to Philip's web site and emailed them a letter complaining and saying that I would not buy a TV with technology that wouldn't let me change channels, and if I bought it without knowing it did that, I'd return it once I found out.
(NT) BTW, great rant, Molly! :-)
by beelissa - 4/20/06 9:40 AM In reply to: On Philips... by RedDogRER
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