End of Channel Surfing ?

[Quantos]

Patent given to Philips prevents changing of channel during commercials.

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...95".PGNR.&OS=DN/20060070095&RS=DN/20060070095

http://techdirt.com/article.php?sid=20060418/1651225

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9011&feedId=online-news_rss20

 

[Blackguard_]

End of Phillips TV sales.

 

[* kittie *]

End of Phillips TV sales.

lol yup...

 

[meebs]

thats dumb ... and i liked philips!

Well if it happens they'll remove it when, like you say, sales just plummet!

Personaly i just hate adverts.

 

[InTheGarden]

I have no idea why anyone would buy one... the only thing I can think of is if a broadcasting company or DVD store or something gave you one free to join their club or something... This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Anyway you could still leave the room or read or something during the commercials--unless they are going to start sending someone to your house to make sure you are watching them?

 

[InnerPhyre]

And Phllips immediately filed for bankruptcy

 

[Missing]

I have no idea why anyone would buy one...

The problem comes if eventually all new TVs have the technology...or if cable boxes eventually have the technology installed by default. Just because Phillips is patenting it, doesn't mean they can't sell the use of the technology to other companies for a pretty penny if broadcasting companies start pushing TV makers/cable providers to do it for various incentives.

 

[Blackguard_]

^^^^^

Another reason to miss our old console TV.

And if you can't change channels during a comerical it means you have to miss the begining or end of your show if you want to change channels.

And another stupid thing is that you can't skip commercials on DVD recordings of shows either.
If VHS had that technology we would still be forced to sit through commericals for places that went out of business in 1996 and for sales that ended in 1989.

 

[LovesToRead]

Someone else will come out with the technology to over-ride it, just like they do with radar detectors.

This is just plain silly - Why in the world would anyone buy one?

 

[Quantos]

Someone else will come out with the technology to over-ride it, just like they do with radar detectors.

This is just plain silly - Why in the world would anyone buy one?

If you have a choice of having it / not having it, true most wouldn't buy it, but if they licnse the teck, the advertising agencies puss for ALL TVs to have support for it, then you may not have a choice of buying / not buying it.

But wait can't I just keep my current TV ?

Not for long, When every station is brodcasting HDTV, you'll either need a New TV, or TV Tuner, and that may support the new feture. And Cable / Sattalite will just stop supporting the Older boxes (Due to security / pirac worries), and you'll have to upgrade them also.


My $0.02

 

[SteelDisciple]

This is why if you don't have Tivo or DVR...you are missing out.

Who the heck even WATCHES commercials anymore?

 

[InTheGarden]

^^^^^



And if you can't change channels during a comerical it means you have to miss the begining or end of your show if you want to change channels.

I didn't even think of that! I often watch two shows at once by flipping during commercials! Remind me to never buy another Philips product ever again!

 

[eaglex]

NOt many classic type commercials to watch today anyway. Give me the days of he 50s and 60s when commercials were fun to watch.

 

[bill'swife]

It's the opposite for me when the Superbowl is on...I record the superbowl and fast forward the game to watch the commercials