Kyle McKnight
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I was reading a Zap2it.com article about how networks might start adding an advertisement bug to the screed during a programs broadcast, just like the one that identifies which station you're watching.
The article menitoned something along the following lines..."with devices like TiVO that allow viewers to record programs withough commercials..." Does TiVO have an option that cuts them out, or do you think they're just meaning you can fast forward?
One idea that I've had for a long time, concerns having Networks broadcast a begin signal when a show starts, and an end/begin signal when the following program starts. All new VCR's, PDR's, and future DVDR's would be able to read the signal. If you've told it to record that program, it will. It records from the start of it, to the start of the following program so that all commercials are recorded, and advertisers won't be getting cut out. This way, if a program had a delayed start, you wouldn't miss the end of it as you would on a TiVO. As I understand it, TiVO records from the scheduled start time.
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The article menitoned something along the following lines..."with devices like TiVO that allow viewers to record programs withough commercials..." Does TiVO have an option that cuts them out, or do you think they're just meaning you can fast forward?
One idea that I've had for a long time, concerns having Networks broadcast a begin signal when a show starts, and an end/begin signal when the following program starts. All new VCR's, PDR's, and future DVDR's would be able to read the signal. If you've told it to record that program, it will. It records from the start of it, to the start of the following program so that all commercials are recorded, and advertisers won't be getting cut out. This way, if a program had a delayed start, you wouldn't miss the end of it as you would on a TiVO. As I understand it, TiVO records from the scheduled start time.
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Kyle³
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