Couch potatoes rejoice as HSN partners with DISH for 'Shop by Remote'
posted May 24th 2007 5:52PM
The long-promised day that die-hard sofa jockeys have been yearning for is almost upon us, friends, with a partnership between Echostar and the Home Shopping Network promising to finally bring the first large-scale shop by remote project to the US. Rather uninspiringly called, um, "Shop by Remote," the service will allow DISH customers to simply click a button on their remote (plus 15 other buttons corresponding to their phone numbers and zip codes) when they want to buy the current item being shown on HSN -- a process that is supposedly "three to four times faster" than ordering by phone, but only slightly lazier (especially if you've got all these shopping channels on speed dial like certain people we know, Mom). If the current product isn't doing it for you, you can also select from the two previous items or the deal of the day, all of which allow you to further customize your choice (color, size, etc.) through a series of contextual menus. Sure we're not yet able to one-click Rachel's pants while watching Friends like the futurists predicted oh so long ago, but this is still an important step on the path towards the completely-impulsive, thought-triggered shopping experience that will finally enable us to accumulate crap at an even faster clip than we've managed to already.
I give my thanks for reminding me of that horribly hilarious video of the man breaking a sword into his shoulder.
Kudos.
http://www.flicklife.com/f574c740fb4c26cc6dce/Worlds_Dumbest_Invention_on_QVC.html
Yes it looks silly, but I know some clarinetists that use this to improve their mouth muscles.
Yer!
I don't know if any one cares but the picture is from the Shop-at-Home network and the article is about the Home Shopping Network.
Same shit
Don't forget the guy on QVC that misses the step coming down the ladder... a true classic!
Caller doing testimonial: "...And that has never happened..."
http://pics.kuonji.com/Knives.gif
:D
uh cablevision had this for a while now
cause, y'know, the phone really slowed people down, this new speed will revolutionize the business...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5243836417224631021&q=katana
eh? you've been able to buy through your remote in the UK for about 4.9 million years*
*actual number may be exaggerated
This is really cool. Do they send you an e-mail receipt or how does that work? If they do, I recommend hooking up to the internet (wireless from your couch of course) and putting your new stuff on Shoeboxed.com to see what people thinkof what you bought. Don't buy uncool stuff just because it's easy to do so.