[techie714]

Does anyone know if there is a way to stop these dumb Tivo ad's. Apparently paying $300.00 for the unit PLUS $300.00 for service is just not enough money to not get ads. This just really bothers me. Does anyone else hate these ads? Next Tivo will have you pay another $25.00 per year to continue to use your fast forward button.

 

[Lazlo123]

I'm on board!! Along those same lines, Cox Cable keeps allowing commercials to be aired on my TV, EVEN THOUGH i am already PAYING for the cable service. They also keep allowing banner ads and whatnot to show up on seemingly RANDOM websites I visit. Likewise, I have to have billboards thrown in my face driving down the highway even though i am paying taxes that built the road i am driving on! And I already own my Mazda, i don't need to have more Mazda logos on my car! You already got me Mr. Mazda! And what about these magazines!! I purchase them with my hard earned money and they are STUFFED with ads for Axe, sony, shampoos, the list goes on and on. I AM PAYING GOOD MONEY FOR THESE SERVICES. Why am i getting bombarded with these ads!!!

The horror! I suppose next I'll have to keep putting more gas, oil etc into my car JUST to keep it running, even though I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.

 

[matt314159]

I'm on board!! Along those same lines, Cox Cable keeps allowing commercials to be aired on my TV, EVEN THOUGH i am already PAYING for the cable service. They also keep allowing banner ads and whatnot to show up on seemingly RANDOM websites I visit. Likewise, I have to have billboards thrown in my face driving down the highway even though i am paying taxes that built the road i am driving on! And I already own my Mazda, i don't need to have more Mazda logos on my car! You already got me Mr. Mazda! And what about these magazines!! I purchase them with my hard earned money and they are STUFFED with ads for Axe, sony, shampoos, the list goes on and on. I AM PAYING GOOD MONEY FOR THESE SERVICES. Why am i getting bombarded with these ads!!!

The horror! I suppose next I'll have to keep putting more gas, oil etc into my car JUST to keep it running, even though I'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.

Lazlo, that's not a fair comparison at all. With a premium priced service such as tivo, I think it is a VERY REASONABLE expectation to not want to have extra advertisements.

 

[jfh3]

Does anyone know if there is a way to stop these dumb Tivo ad's.

Sure - don't use your Tivo.

(You agreed to them as part of the service agreement).

Apparently paying $300.00 for the unit PLUS $300.00 for service is just not enough money to not get ads.

Correct. Read the financials. Tivo generally loses money on the hardware.

This just really bothers me.

Sorry to hear that. At least Tivo doesn't force you to watch them, unlike some other advertising options.

Does anyone else hate these ads?

No, I've been a TCF member for years. Never seen a thread like this before from a new user.

 

[bicker]

Hehe... yeah never seen one of these before.

Seriously, this is one of those "get over it" issues. It isn't that how much you paid doesn't matter, but rather that how much you paid is not so much as to justify your expectations that there won't be any advertisements.

 

[RoyK]

Does anyone know if there is a way to stop these dumb Tivo ad's. Apparently paying $300.00 for the unit PLUS $300.00 for service is just not enough money to not get ads. This just really bothers me. Does anyone else hate these ads? Next Tivo will have you pay another $25.00 per year to continue to use your fast forward button.

You are by no means alone.

BTW from what I've been reading you'll also soon be seeing ads on your cellphone and your ipod video. And I expect there will be those who will tell you that they are also good things.

 

[jrm01]

After seeing this post and a similar one on the S3 forum I had to take a look at the menus to see what they were talking about. Oh yeah, i found the menu option to view some ads. Never noticed them before. Boy is that obtrusive!!

Tivo doesn't force you to watch any ads. It merely gives you the option (in a very unobtrusive way) to view them.

Compared to cable menu ads that take up half the real estate on the guides this is absolutely no problem.

 

[ZeoTiVo]

Hehe... yeah never seen one of these before.

Seriously, this is one of those "get over it" issues. It isn't that how much you paid doesn't matter, but rather that how much you paid is not so much as to justify your expectations that there won't be any advertisements.

yah, it is just as easy as ignoring threads that start with "I hate ads" ... oh wait a minute... now I replied...Doh!

 

[RoyK]

Compared to cable menu ads that take up half the real estate on the guides this is absolutely no problem.

And compared to being attacked by a swarm of hornets a single bee sting is no problem.....

 

[techie714]

I still think that the majority of Tivo subscribers cant stand these intrusive ads. I'm sure eventually someone will figure out how to stop them via a hack or something.

 

[MaryT]

How are they intrusive? You have to ask to see them.

 

[techie714]

How are they intrusive? You have to ask to see them.

There in the main menu & that bothers me. I like a clean looking Tivo interface. Not one with a bunch "Watch this great infomercial about soap" or "Click here to see how cheese is made".

BTW: I didnt mean to come off rude. =)

 

[JimSpence]

I very rarely see the main menu as I quickly use the shortcuts to move around.

 

[jmoak]

There in the main menu & that bothers me. I like a clean looking Tivo interface. Not one with a bunch "Watch this great infomercial about soap" or "Click here to see how cheese is made".

If mine had a bunch of stuff like that I'd be right there with you.

Seeing how I've never had more than one on the main menu and it's always been pretty easy to avoid, it's just never really bothered me.

How come I've never had more than one and you've got a bunch?

 

[Langree]

intrusive? wow, I don't even notice what it says most of the time.

 

[bicker]

I still think that the majority of Tivo subscribers cant stand these intrusive ads.

On the contrary, I think that the majority of TiVo subscribers can stand these ads. Very few, if any, have said that they were such that it caused them to abandon their subscription.

 

[mike3775]

I usually hit my Tivo button twice, taking me right to now playing, I rarely ever see Tivo Central unless I want to change something in settings.

The ads don't bother me at all.

 

[atmuscarella]

The adds don't bother me - heck I even look at them from time to time. My bottom line is I want TiVo to stay in business - if these adds help I am all for it.

Thanks,

 

[TiVotion]

I don't care for them either.

However, you have to ask yourself if using the product and the benefit you gain from it is more important than glancing at those ad selections. That's the real question. Is it worth not using TiVo because of it?

 

[ZeoTiVo]

On the contrary, I think that the majority of TiVo subscribers can stand these ads. Very few, if any, have said that they were such that it caused them to abandon their subscription.

in a long past thread on this topic - I challenged people posting that they did not like the ads to call TiVo and cancel while giving them an explicit reason to register their complete dislike of ads.
No one took me up on that challenge back then. I would make it again but I no longer feel like providing content for TCF by engaging in long debates