ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] ] Wolzien has a plan: Regulate the DVR so consumers have to
] ] watch the commercials. It's the only way to prevent the
] ] technology from destroying a $60 billion business. The
] ] government mandates all sorts of things in TV sets, after
] ] all--from UHF tuners to closed-captioning to HDTV. He sees
] ]networks feeding their signals with codes that tell DVRs
] whether ]the commercial can be skipped, giving "control of
] playback ]parameters to the content provider who sells the
] bulk of the ]revenue-producing advertising that funds that
] content."
]
] That's just fantastic thinking. As one commentator put it,
] why not just ban switching channels during the commercials as
] well?

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Keep in mind that there are two very large, very old, and very powerful industries that work in this very fucked up cycle:

Broadcasting and Health care.

Both are on the cusp of a revolution.

ryan is the supernicety wrote:
] ] Wolzien has a plan: Regulate the DVR so consumers have to
] ] watch the commercials. It's the only way to prevent the
] ] technology from destroying a $60 billion business. The
] ] government mandates all sorts of things in TV sets, after
] ] all--from UHF tuners to closed-captioning to HDTV. He sees
] ]networks feeding their signals with codes that tell DVRs
] whether ]the commercial can be skipped, giving "control of
] playback ]parameters to the content provider who sells the
] bulk of the ]revenue-producing advertising that funds that
] content."
]
] That's just fantastic thinking. As one commentator put it,
] why not just ban switching channels during the commercials as
] well?

They could at least build a real max headroom. Everything else is pretty much there.

terratogen wrote:
] They could at least build a real max headroom. Everything
] else is pretty much there.

Hahah! Thats the best comment I've heard on the subject yet.