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Califbill

KC wrote:
On 11/13/2014 11:43 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:49:23 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Gfre says....
"That is the great thing about watching recorded TV.
You can blast through the stuff you are not interested in.
I seldom watch anything live.
My wive likes the singing on the Voice but all of the yacking is too
much for her. A 2 hour show lasts about 25-30 minutes. "

Yup.
This time of year we spend a bit too much time avoiding a cool damp
climate watching the boob tube, especially at night.
Wife and I both have what the cable company call a POV cable recorder box on our TVs.
We record what we want for later viewing. The main reason for this is
the insufferable commercials.
At one time they were somewhat regulated in frequency and duration but
that seems to have eroded over the years.

Typically a network show is 22 minutes of content per half hour but
some cable shows are less than that. To compensate they will roll
credits at the end of the show in a box under the lead in for the next
show and the show itself may be time compressed some too.
They can also just run the show a little long. If you set the timer
for 1/2 hr, you may miss a minute or two.
I started time shifting back in the mid 70s with a Beta SL7200 and
never stopped. The DVR really makes it easy now.

I just mute commercials, don't even want to hear it. What ****es me off
now is they break the commercials with what looks like they are coming
back from commercial only to go straight back to another couple commercials...

But some of the commercials are better than the shows.