<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Pamela Jaye Ashworth</b> <<a href="mailto:pashworth@mindspring.com">pashworth@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 17 Sep 2007 at 23:15, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:<br><br>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:42:15PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:<br>> > Jay R. Ashworth wrote:<br>> > > There's a bunch of good shooting and writing on commercials these days,
<br>> > > believe it or not, guys.<br>> ><br>> > Agreed. In some ways I find them more entertaining than the programs.<br>> > They certainly waste less time to watch.<br>> ><br>> > Most are schlock, especially the local ones with the slide show and the
<br>> > radio announcer, but some of the network and big-sponsor syndicated ones<br>> > are actually worth watching.<br>><br>> In fairness to local TV: how the hell do they compete?<br>><br>> How is "Gator's on the Pass" gonna do that Toyota commercial where the
<br>> alien monster ensnares passers by with the standup of a Toyota?<br><br>well, the Badcock "Need New Furniture" ones were really good...<br><br>the box is set to FF 28 seconds once I decide the commercial isn't
<br>worth it. If I'm in a hurry, I can always hit 3, right arrow...<br></blockquote></div><br>Why not hit the commercial skip button? I know it's not perfect, but I set a max skip of 5 minutes and that gets rid of most of the big problems, if it still goes too far I can hit skip back which takes me back to where I was.
<br><br>It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than a straight 3 minute skip.<br><br>But, I often do watch the first one or two commercials before skipping the rest.<br>