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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Couldn't agree with the last line more.  Things like VW's "Fast" adverts, the V-Dub dorky techno/ricer adverts, that is the kind of stuff that I stop fast forwarding and go back to watch.  There are a small group of advertisers who are putting out good ads, that I want to see, but the rest continue to put out horrible ads like the Lincoln and GM crap I saw during the UT/OSU game on Saturday (minus the one where the dude gives away his navigator to his childhood coach, it was heart warming, if not entertaining).<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TexRob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 12:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[DRINK COLA <br>THE BEST JUICE]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 12:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[something makes me want some cola juice]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spookthehamster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 12:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mmmm yes, cola is the juice I want!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 12:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Soda..... the best juice?.... what the hell man?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[burlap]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Agreed, make good ads.  Just like last night during Sunday night football.  I was at a friends house and we were FF through the commercials.  The Coors ads with the fake interviews with coaches was getting skipped and I asked by buddy if he'd seen them.  He hadn't, we RW and watched them from there on out.  Make good adds and we'll watch them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 12th 2006 10:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can't wait to see how HEAD ON creates an even stupider ad thanks to this technology.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Drew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 4:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[I never watch football games live because of the incessant ads. I always record them, then watch an hour or so delayed, so as to skip all the commercials.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reality Check]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can't start my day without a nice Cola Juice!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RickDom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[That image is obviously a photoshop. The lighting is all off, the perspective is all out of whack, and what's worse is that they left the layer numbers all over the image. FAKE!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[this still isn't going to work. 30second skip is too powerful. i don't really get television advertising. i watch TV because of the show that's on. commercials are an annoyance similar to web ads, which i have trained myself to completely block out. honestly, i didn't know endgadget even had ads for about 3 months until it was mentioned by a poster in a comment.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[So you start fast forwarding through the ads, and you're presented with a different ad, obviously with a limited showing time... So what when fast forwarding is the norm? Showing only one or two short messages isn’t going to pay the bills, will advertising 'breaks' get longer to make room for more ads?<br>Will there competition for the fastest-ad-beating-fast-forward?<br><br>Or alternatively, can't we just skip the pre-determined time allocated for ads? a skip forward 10minutes button!<br><br>And here's another idea, how about a clever device that’ll detect when your program begins again?<br><br>All this will undoubtedly lead to more subliminal advertising embedded in the programming.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 1:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[How can they ensure that the correct frames are encoded as key frames? A television broadcast can be re-encoded and converted between analog and digital multiple times before it reaches the consumer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[I support the idea of allowing marketers to specially encode their commercials for PVRs.<br><br>Now, I'll know exactly what content to look for and skip.  There will be a flurry of open source players designed to detect and skip the commercial entirely.<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 3:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[If the ads were a little more compelling I wouldn't want to fast forward.  This 90 second gem is a prime example of advertising done right: <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=J6mGfqJAt0s" rel="nofollow">http://youtube.com/watch?v=J6mGfqJAt0s</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nigel Ballard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 2:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[The problem is not only are the ads really bad but you have to sit through a bunch of them during the course of a show. <br><br>So instead of giving up and trying to fight the DVR craze the adverts need to get more creative and cut down on the number during a show. Do I really need to see whats on your fall lineup 10 times during a half hour show. Another solution might be "this show is brought to you by x" If its a show you like and a product you could you and they sponsered your favorite show then the product might gain some loyalty out of you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 2:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Indeed, most commercials that air these days are quite lame, and are better enjoyed at 60x speed so that they don't waste your time. The last line in your post holds true for me, however. I can recall a certain instance when I actually passed a commercial for Burger King (the first time I saw the "I am Man" ad) and then rewound to see what that giant burger I saw for a tenth of a second was all about...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ripismoney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 3:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought that maybe the people who drew this were just retarded.  Thats what im thinking.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Battary Acid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 4:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[How about making adds that are actually relevant to me and how about not making me watch it more than once.  <br><br>Until then skip...skip...skip...skip...opps, backup.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[thesawzall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 4:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[I invented this over a year ago.  And I talked about it in this blog post.<br><br><a href="http://greedoneverfired.blogspot.com/2005/07/2-ways-to-beat-tivo.html" rel="nofollow">http://greedoneverfired.blogspot.com/2005/07/2-ways-to-beat-tivo.html</a><br><br>No worries for me.  I am on ReplayTV.  The Linux of DVRs :).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DaveHimself]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 11th 2006 9:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on New DVR patent helps advertisers get their pitch across during fast-forwarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/new-dvr-patent-helps-advertisers-get-their-pitch-across-during-f/</guid><description><![CDATA[Whoa! We are there! The future is now! Does anyone remember 'Blipverts' from the Max Headroom TV Series? Blipverts were commercials that ran so fast they would make your head explode. We ase so '20 minutes into the future' now. Next, they'll implant something in our eyes to watch the damn things.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ciscokidinsf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 12th 2006 11:28AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
