TiVo/DirecTV Advertising

Some time ago, I think it was after DirecTV took TiVo over, DTV
started downloading advertising to the main TiVo screen. The
advertising is marked with a gold star. It's obnoxious. Sometimes,
it's programming advertising. Other times, it's blatant product
advertising (like ads for Acuras and BMWs).

How can I get this to stop? Haven't there been complaints about this?

Bob

in article , Bob Stock at
wrote on 10/22/03 3:34 PM:

Some time ago, I think it was after DirecTV took TiVo over, DTV
started downloading advertising to the main TiVo screen. The
advertising is marked with a gold star. It's obnoxious. Sometimes,
it's programming advertising. Other times, it's blatant product
advertising (like ads for Acuras and BMWs).

How can I get this to stop? Haven't there been complaints about this?

Bob

You can't get it to stop. The Gold star items come from TiVo and not
DirecTV. If you don't want to watch the ads you don't have to do so.
Pretend the Gold star isn't on DirecTV Central. The stand alone TiVo
recorders get the same Gold star items. The revenue from these ads
help TiVo provide a product that you enjoy without forcing you to watch
the Gold star items.

Jack Ak wrote in
:

in article , Bob Stock at
wrote on 10/22/03 3:34 PM:

Some time ago, I think it was after DirecTV took TiVo over, DTV
started downloading advertising to the main TiVo screen. The
advertising is marked with a gold star. It's obnoxious. Sometimes,
it's programming advertising. Other times, it's blatant product
advertising (like ads for Acuras and BMWs).

How can I get this to stop? Haven't there been complaints about
this?

Bob

You can't get it to stop. The Gold star items come from TiVo and not
DirecTV. If you don't want to watch the ads you don't have to do so.
Pretend the Gold star isn't on DirecTV Central. The stand alone TiVo
recorders get the same Gold star items. The revenue from these ads
help TiVo provide a product that you enjoy without forcing you to
watch the Gold star items.



Hmmmm I thought that's what you paid the FEE. If they want to get money
from advertising, they should drop the fee, not make us suffer through
both.

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:43:01 -0000, Tyralak wrote:
Hmmmm I thought that's what you paid the FEE. If they want to get money
from advertising, they should drop the fee, not make us suffer through
both.

how is having a menu item appear "suffering"? you don't have to watch the content.

-rs-

"Ralph Snart" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:43:01 -0000, Tyralak
wrote:
Hmmmm I thought that's what you paid the FEE. If they want to get money
from advertising, they should drop the fee, not make us suffer through
both.

how is having a menu item appear "suffering"? you don't have to watch the
content.

Some people are just sensitive. Girlish and delicate, if you will.

I look at it this way: I'm more than happy to deal with a couple menu
items, in return for a device that virtually wipes advertising out of my
television viewing experience.

(Ralph Snart) wrote in
:

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:43:01 -0000, Tyralak
wrote:
Hmmmm I thought that's what you paid the FEE. If they want to get
money from advertising, they should drop the fee, not make us suffer
through both.

how is having a menu item appear "suffering"? you don't have to watch
the content.

-rs-


My point was that if we are paying for the service, we should not have to
deal with ads.

--
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java that the thoughts aquire speed.
The hands aquire shakes, the shakes serve as a warning.
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.

Tyralak,
Supreme Commander Of The Imperial Romulan Warbird, Psionax

Official ASVS Token Trekkie

"El Magoo" wrote in
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"Ralph Snart" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:43:01 -0000, Tyralak
wrote:
Hmmmm I thought that's what you paid the FEE. If they want to get
money from advertising, they should drop the fee, not make us suffer
through both.

how is having a menu item appear "suffering"? you don't have to
watch the
content.

Some people are just sensitive. Girlish and delicate, if you will.

I look at it this way: I'm more than happy to deal with a couple menu
items, in return for a device that virtually wipes advertising out of
my television viewing experience.




But that's just it. You aren't getting the device in exchange for a few
ads. You are getting the device in exchange for a subscription fee. If
there was no fee, the ads would be more than justified. As a matter of
fact, I would prefer having Tivo funded by ads if it meant an end to the
monthly fee.

--
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java that the thoughts aquire speed.
The hands aquire shakes, the shakes serve as a warning.
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.

Tyralak,
Supreme Commander Of The Imperial Romulan Warbird, Psionax

Official ASVS Token Trekkie

In article ,
Tyralak writes:

My point was that if we are paying for the service, we should not have to
deal with ads.

Do you subscribe to (or buy over the counter) any magazines? Newspapers?
These media all use both subscription revenues and ad revenues to stay
afloat. TiVo's no different in this respect. If you complain about the
"star items" on TiVos, you should be incensed over the ads in magazines
and newspapers, given how much more obtrusive they are.

--
Rod Smith,
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

Tyralak wrote:
But that's just it. You aren't getting the device in exchange for a few
ads. You are getting the device in exchange for a subscription fee. If
there was no fee, the ads would be more than justified. As a matter of
fact, I would prefer having Tivo funded by ads if it meant an end to the
monthly fee.

Would you be willing to give TiVo more money every month to get rid of
the ads?

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(Rod Smith) wrote in
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In article ,
Tyralak writes:

My point was that if we are paying for the service, we should not
have to deal with ads.

Do you subscribe to (or buy over the counter) any magazines?
Newspapers? These media all use both subscription revenues and ad
revenues to stay afloat. TiVo's no different in this respect. If you
complain about the "star items" on TiVos, you should be incensed over
the ads in magazines and newspapers, given how much more obtrusive
they are.


That's hardly the same thing, given that those have always been part of the
deal. This never was.

--
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the beans of Java that the thoughts aquire speed.
The hands aquire shakes, the shakes serve as a warning.
It is by Caffine alone I set my mind in motion.

Tyralak,
Supreme Commander Of The Imperial Romulan Warbird, Psionax

Official ASVS Token Trekkie