[mythtv-users] MythPopupBlocker?

[Sasha Z]

On 6/27/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
> > As if detecting commercials wasn't hard enough.  Soon, the recorder
> > may
> > have to detect "pop-up" ads and send the right keystroke to dismiss
> > them...
> >
> > http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGBST3SOQOE.html?imw=Y
> >
> > "For now, the new pop-up features are subtle and voluntary for viewers
> > holding the remote control."
> >
> > Which says to me, "But wreaks havoc on PVR's."
> >
>
> Pretty scary.
>
> And perhaps another reason to look into the non-traditional on-demand
> services like ITVN and Akimbo.
>
> I know Dish Network came up with the "feature" of on-screen caller-ID
> in order to get  subscribers to connect their receivers to a
> telephone line, which many had resisted doing.
>
> Of course a cable STB can "call home" via the internet, unlike
> present satellite receivers which rely on a landline telephone for
> the return path.

I don't watch TV through any STB capable of phoning home. There *is* a
reason! I have a cable box plugged in but never used. It's my digital
clock.