[mythtv-users] Sorry, but I don't want to pay much

[david]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:01:34 -0500 (CDT), jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>>
>> On Jul 1, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Kevin Hulse wrote:
>>> 	Madison avenue seems to think they have a right to our time or
>>> something
>>> and it simply isn't so. They need this fact beaten into them so
>>> they change their
>>> practices.
>>
>> It sort of cuts both ways.  They don't have a right to our time, but
>> by the same token we don't have a right to free TV programming.  It
>> gets paid for one way or another.
> 
>     Ever watched TV land? Ever seen the retro-mercials?
> 
>     Those are commercials "as content". Compared to their modern
> counterparts
> they downright pleasant. It really puts things into perspective just how
> much
> contempt the advertisers have for us.
> 
>     Like anything else digital, you've got to make it worth the
consumer's
> time. You can't force payment or attention.
> 
>     There's no reason madison avenue can't produce stuff that's not going
> to send America fleeing for the bathroom.
> 


I agree totally.  They can make commercials that we want to see.  When ever
I am fast forwarding through commercials and my girlfriend sees an Apple
"Mac vs. PC" ad she makes me stop and rewind.  I got to admit I like them
to.  There aren't a lot of various ad's I want to see, but there are some,
think superbowl(tm).  The ad agency's could do a better job if they want us
to watch there commercials.

David