http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/ Engadget Comments for Are DVRs actually going to save the network TV model? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/TV," Look at these small hands [whopper commercial]
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It is just pathetic how bad the universe level writing for that show is, given the blank slate they had to work with.

Then they set most of the characters up in a no growth through relationships scenario, which let's face it, is what makes the long haul in a series worth it and keeps people watching.

Oh, and the final straw, they killed off pretty much every hot brunette that was on the show... Eden(Nora Zehetner), Heidi Petrelli(Rena Sofer), Candy(Missy Peregrym), and there's probably more that were small characters I can't remember that were hot brunettes that some female blonde writer on the show had killed, and probably tortured too.]]>Nov 2nd 2009 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/
If I were an advertiser, I would design my commercials to be as visual as possible, making sure the logo/wordmark is easily seen at the very end, like Target does. That way, the viewer still sees the logo when fast-forwarding. Better yet, frame the commercial with a recognizable beginning and ending set of frames, with the end containing the logo/wordmark.

Example for the upcoming season: First frames are of people walking into a store at Christmas time, with the ending frames being the logo/wordmark. Who wouldn't understand that even at so many more frames per second?
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I just pretend that seasons 2 and 3 never existed. If we had jumped straight from season 1 (which most people liked) to this season 4, I don't think people would be hating on the show so much.

As for the DVR commercials thing - I tend to catch the last ad that's shown before the show starts up again after the commercial break so that I don't miss the beginning of the segment. Broadcasters should just charge a whole lot more for that position.]]>Nov 2nd 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/
One third of what came before got a thumbs up from you it sounds like, and this season, personally I'm not even watching it.

I do know that someone came back and did a lot of work the last 5-6 episodes of season 3 to sew up the continuity of the Universe. That being said it means that instead of having a show, you had a patch up job for the last 5+ episodes last season( And yeah, I did watch that).

Given the popularity of the show and the likely profits of season 1, you'd think they could get some writers in that could craft a timeline and make a to do list for relationships that would grow the show.

Hell, I could get 5 college students that don't even like the genre and still come away with a decent timeline with a "Where will this character be" for every character in like 15 hours.

They failed. They may not be failing as much, and the memory of when they didn't fail may be strong, but they still failed.

Do what you want, but I am not so forgiving, and there are many shows out there more worthy of time than Heroes.

P.S. Did I mention they killed a bunch of Hot Brunettes? Wrong I tell you, it's just Wrong!]]>Nov 2nd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 2nd 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 2nd 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 2nd 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/
The best example of this is the 160GB hard drive. I mean you'd have to watch something in three days or it would get deleted to make more room for something else. Then there is the lack of 30 second skip and the relatively slow fast forward, you end up watching most of the commercials anyways so it appears many users figure why bother fast forwarding at all.

But with the cable offered DVRs so cheap, I wonder if "real" DVRs will ever break into the mainstream. It is just really hard for companies like TiVo to convey the value of a new way to watch TV when people are so used to the way they've done it for so many years and the cable companies undercut the costs to go 3rd party -- while at the same time making some features (VOD etc) only work on 1st party DVRs.

No, it seems like the DVR revolution where people stop watching linear TV is far from here.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 4th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 3rd 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 3rd 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 3rd 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/are-dvrs-actually-going-to-save-the-network-tv-model/Nov 4th 2009 1:33PM