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Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by totalZero »

alistproducer2 wrote: post #369

My kids are netflix babies and when I gave them a toys r us catalog to look through to pick Christmas gifts out of they looked at it for 2 minutes, threw it aside and didn't ask for anything. Without commercials, they have no sense that they should even want the crap in a toy catalog. Big difference from when I was growing up.

Do they cry when you tell them spoilers?

On a serious note, I'm not sure how you managed to pull this off as a parent. Two weeks ago I saw a young child of Asian tourist parents in the streets of Manhattan, standing in front of a major chain drugstore and excitedly flagging down the parents to bring attention to a prominently displayed colorful plastic dump truck placed in the window display, precisely at baby level.

I want to figure out how to keep my future kids from doing that.

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by krylon »

TulliusCicero wrote: post #233
neals wrote: post #5

I accidentally watched some TV the other day. Having not seen any regular programming for at least a year, I was amazed at how much ... dumber it has become. Also, why did we sit through so many commercials for so long? It feel a little like a twilight zone episode, where we sit there watching a box telling us what to buy.

We're actually in a golden age of good TV now...but it's also true that there's plenty of garbage on.

Sturgeon's law at work...

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by goblins »

jjeaff wrote: post #117
nostrademons wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect regular programming isn't getting dumber, the alternatives are just getting smarter. When I look at the crap I watched as a kid in the 80s (which included a good amount of 70s reruns), basically all broadcast TV today is far superior. But the competition for broadcast TV isn't "no competition" now, it's the Internet, and computer games, and Netflix. The entertainment industry has been blown wide open by the…

One thing that is certain is that there are more commercials now. If you watch an episode of The Big Bang Theory sans commercials, you will notice that it is only 17 minutes long! And that includes the 60 second intro. So 13 minutes of commercials for 16 minutes of actual content. No chance I'll be going back to regular TV.

Certainly US TV has way more adverts than TV in the UK, but even UK TV has more adverts.

I stopped watching normal TV 2 years ago and before that used to record all my shows so I could fast forward through the adverts. Stuck at the in-laws for Christmas and I actually can't watch their TV due to the adverts now.

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by Nicholas7900 »

neals wrote: post #5

I accidentally watched some TV the other day. Having not seen any regular programming for at least a year, I was amazed at how much ... dumber it has become. Also, why did we sit through so many commercials for so long? It feel a little like a twilight zone episode, where we sit there watching a box telling us what to buy.

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Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by devdad »

specialist wrote: post #254
labster wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, the commercials are the best part of watching The Big Bang Theory . Much better to spend a few minutes imagining how cool I would be if I just owned Product X rather than see a nerd minstrel show with an annoying laugh track.

Tried it. Hated it. The same way I hated South Park. Cheap laughs. Punching down vs punching up. Mean spirited.

This is not the image I have of SP. Okay with cheap laughs, but I believe they (mostly) punch up.

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by Skye »

Meanwhile in the UK... there tends to be a lot less advertisements on TV, and when shows from the US are played, there are points where they left room for an ad-break, which isn't used. For the ultimate in no-advertising, you just watch a BBC channel. Apparently there is a limit of 9 minutes of advertising per hour according to this document from the regulator... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-co...

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by mbid »

alistproducer2 wrote: post #369

My kids are netflix babies and when I gave them a toys r us catalog to look through to pick Christmas gifts out of they looked at it for 2 minutes, threw it aside and didn't ask for anything. Without commercials, they have no sense that they should even want the crap in a toy catalog. Big difference from when I was growing up.

> My kids are netflix babies

The times we live in...

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by timthorn »

Skye wrote: post #396

Meanwhile in the UK... there tends to be a lot less advertisements on TV, and when shows from the US are played, there are points where they left room for an ad-break, which isn't used. For the ultimate in no-advertising, you just watch a BBC channel. Apparently there is a limit of 9 minutes of advertising per hour according to this document from the regulator... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadc…

And on the main channels, the limit is 7 mins/hour - these are averages across the day, but there are further restrictions for children's programming, including that programmes of 30 mins or less cannot be interrupted by adverts.

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Post by flohofwoe »

neals wrote: post #5

I accidentally watched some TV the other day. Having not seen any regular programming for at least a year, I was amazed at how much ... dumber it has become. Also, why did we sit through so many commercials for so long? It feel a little like a twilight zone episode, where we sit there watching a box telling us what to buy.

TV is not getting dumber, it's just your brain recovering from the abuse ;)

Re: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ Homes Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

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Post by pizzapill »

Skye wrote: post #396

Meanwhile in the UK... there tends to be a lot less advertisements on TV, and when shows from the US are played, there are points where they left room for an ad-break, which isn't used. For the ultimate in no-advertising, you just watch a BBC channel. Apparently there is a limit of 9 minutes of advertising per hour according to this document from the regulator... https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadc…

Afaik most countries in Europe have at least a couple of TV stations that are really restricted when it comes to commercials. Usually supported by the government and/or citizens.

I remember that we could receive government funded Austrian ORF 1 in Germany. They usually showed the same movie as other German commercial TV stations at the same time but without ads. Saving around 1 hour per movie.

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