Now the ads are p***ing me off

I b'lieve the company just posted a loss a few days ago... it shouldn't surprise anybody that they're whoring themselves for revenue.

 

What exactly is the problem?

In what way did the ad affect your ability to watch and then delete the show?

 

Exactly-just don't click it. boom done!

 

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these ads first appeared about 6 months or more ago. they are not new.
Also as others asked can you please describe exactly what you had to do differently to use your DVR. Exactly how intrusive was this ad?

I find them easy to ignore, myself, since the current crop of ads have no interest for me. If it was for some new Movie I would click through to see the extended trailer

 

I was wondering the same thing. So they added an extra line on the page when you are asked what you want to do at the end of watching a show, i don't get it.

You don't have to click past the add, or move through an extra step to delete it...

I'll complain about the adds when they force you to watch them before deleting, starting or even during a previously recorded show.

 

I have a hard time understanding the outrage. It'd be different if you had to watch the ad before using the menu. But putting a link to an ad at the bottom of the menu... meh.

 

I reflexively up-select anyway when I'm done with a show, so I don't even parse the ads most of the time. <shrug>

 

and you would not be alone if we were forced to deal with clearing the ad in some way. This fact is what defeats the slippery slope argument as it is a cliff for TiVo, no slope about it.

 

Well, I for one give a big KUDOS to Tivo for finding a way to promote clickable advertising (which helps them stay in business) and yet not have it be intrusive in any way whatsoever. Its not an ad you have to watch, skip over, or even click past. Its just there if you want to see it.

I can imagine 1000's of more intrusive advertising techniques (that Tivo has even used in the past) and are especially visible on the networks (popups) and all over the internet.

 

Mod - please delete the aforementioned post / We don't need the Network Executives to get their 'brainless storms' on our forum.....

 

Yeah these ads are as unobtrusive as they get - no different action is needed than if they were not there.

And yes, they have been around a while. Actually, for almost exactly a year now - I started this thread last year when I first saw them: Advertisement at end of "Rudolph" - never seen this kind before

 

When that happens, let us know. Until then, do exactly what you've done before, and you won't have to see any ads, OK?

 

- fredct, 11/22/2007

 

If I promise to click on a few of these links, can they add guide data mapping for clear QAM channels?

 

OoOo.... that would be nice. I'll do the same if they can give us some data on those channels

 

Why?

These have been around for quite a few months already. It can't have been that bad if it took you months to even notice it was there.