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TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service (cordcuttersnews.com)
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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

My mom watched Coronation Street. She wasn't home when it was on because she had a job like so many other people.

We got this VCR that would record the show then erase the commercials because networks couldn't resist playing ads louder so it would detects the volume increase and tag those as ad starts and finishes. When you went back to watch the show the ads would fast forward.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Ironically, it's those ephemeral local ads you were erasing that were worth saving and not the shows that are still available.

Edit: If someone says they have a VHS copies of the X-Files, I wouldn't take them UNLESS they had all the advertisements. I can get the X-Files streamed or on DVD or Blueway or MK4. What I can't get is a 1:1 recording of the experience of watching the show as it was watched at the time in Dubuque, Iowa. Now, yes, commercials do suck, but it's a little different when they're a peek into a lost world.

*(I'd also need to get a VCR player and a CRT, too.)

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I still remember the local ads. We still had to watch ads on live tv. Just a few shows that were recorded got to be ad free.

The Captain made "famous" ads back in the 90s. https://youtu.be/-vEXqG54hCw

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Yessss!!! This is what I'm talking about!