DV
Gracenote which provides extended EPG info to some smart tvs hasn't been updated and still refers to the BBC Cast listing.
VM
Well lots of us had VHS machines with FF buttons from the early 80s... From then on we watched BBC shows live and commercial shows were more likely to be timeshifted...
That's quite the dedication but evidently I am one of a minority on TV Forum who doesn't find television adverts to be a form of torture, avoided at all costs. If you're watching on All 4 you'll have to watch the adverts anyway.
The bigger question is how those viewers have coped with commercial television for the last sixty years.
Well lots of us had VHS machines with FF buttons from the early 80s... From then on we watched BBC shows live and commercial shows were more likely to be timeshifted...
That's quite the dedication but evidently I am one of a minority on TV Forum who doesn't find television adverts to be a form of torture, avoided at all costs. If you're watching on All 4 you'll have to watch the adverts anyway.
LL
Well lots of us had VHS machines with FF buttons from the early 80s... From then on we watched BBC shows live and commercial shows were more likely to be timeshifted...
That's quite the dedication but evidently I am one of a minority on TV Forum who doesn't find television adverts to be a form of torture, avoided at all costs. If you're watching on All 4 you'll have to watch the adverts anyway.
Indeed and what is a great icebreaker? Talking about retro adverts we watched on ITV and C4. Radio ads on the other hand largely annoy me.
London Lite
Founding member
The bigger question is how those viewers have coped with commercial television for the last sixty years.
Well lots of us had VHS machines with FF buttons from the early 80s... From then on we watched BBC shows live and commercial shows were more likely to be timeshifted...
That's quite the dedication but evidently I am one of a minority on TV Forum who doesn't find television adverts to be a form of torture, avoided at all costs. If you're watching on All 4 you'll have to watch the adverts anyway.
Indeed and what is a great icebreaker? Talking about retro adverts we watched on ITV and C4. Radio ads on the other hand largely annoy me.
AN
Andrew
Founding member
If people think the vast majority of viewers are back timing their viewing they are very much mistaken. They will either watch live or record the whole thing and watch at a later date. Nobody will kill time for 12 mins and then start watching the 9pm drama at 9:12pm. Many people welcome the the breaks to have a breather.
JJ
Juicy Joe
Founding member
What is wrong with adverts?? Personally, I find it easier to watch a drama where there are a few pauses during the show rather than having to watch intensely for 1-2 hours. All this timeshifting business, pausing live TV and Sky+ing it and then skipping the ad-breaks - is totally unnecessary.
MA
We don't kill time as such, but we have plenty of things other than watch TV to do most evenings, so if it is
a prog on a commercial channel, we do indeed 'chase play' from 15 or so minutes after the start.
As for needing a break in a one hour drama, come on, surely modern attention spans haven't been depleted to that level !?
. Nobody will kill time for 12 mins and then start watching the 9pm drama at 9:12pm.
We don't kill time as such, but we have plenty of things other than watch TV to do most evenings, so if it is
a prog on a commercial channel, we do indeed 'chase play' from 15 or so minutes after the start.
As for needing a break in a one hour drama, come on, surely modern attention spans haven't been depleted to that level !?
RJ
My wife and I do that a lot with both one hour and two hour dramas on ITV. Vera, for instance, works out about right if you start playback at around twenty five minutes past the starting time. Midsomer Murders likewise. And for one hour productions 12-15 minutes is about right.
If people think the vast majority of viewers are back timing their viewing they are very much mistaken. They will either watch live or record the whole thing and watch at a later date. Nobody will kill time for 12 mins and then start watching the 9pm drama at 9:12pm. Many people welcome the the breaks to have a breather.
My wife and I do that a lot with both one hour and two hour dramas on ITV. Vera, for instance, works out about right if you start playback at around twenty five minutes past the starting time. Midsomer Murders likewise. And for one hour productions 12-15 minutes is about right.
NJ
Neil Jones
Founding member
On some platforms, Sky at least, the ITV Player catch-up is totally advert free, as is All4 save for a trailer or two.
JJ
My wife and I do that a lot with both one hour and two hour dramas on ITV. Vera, for instance, works out about right if you start playback at around twenty five minutes past the starting time. Midsomer Murders likewise. And for one hour productions 12-15 minutes is about right.
I can't see the point of that...
Juicy Joe
Founding member
If people think the vast majority of viewers are back timing their viewing they are very much mistaken. They will either watch live or record the whole thing and watch at a later date. Nobody will kill time for 12 mins and then start watching the 9pm drama at 9:12pm. Many people welcome the the breaks to have a breather.
My wife and I do that a lot with both one hour and two hour dramas on ITV. Vera, for instance, works out about right if you start playback at around twenty five minutes past the starting time. Midsomer Murders likewise. And for one hour productions 12-15 minutes is about right.
I can't see the point of that...
DV
Some people have strong bladders, no need for intra programme refreshment and a decent attention span. A two hour plus continuous drama or other programme not interrupted is perfect and should be the norm. Any avoidance of what's mostly intrusive and demeaning advertising is to be congratulated.