Tydda Jon - Slough
jon.tydda at lonza.com
Mon May 21 08:31:27 CDT 2012
IIRC there was a VCR that came out with this feature (in the UK at least), and it never made it to market, because all the commercial TV stations went a bit nuts about lost revenue. Jon -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: 21 May 2012 14:23 To: 'Off Topic'; List Subject: [dba-Tech] A DVR that skips over the ads Dish Network announced their new DVR with 'Auto Hop' - a DVR that skips the commercials. NO more fast forward. It also can record all the prime-time programming on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC simultaneously. I thought about this years ago - was there some way to tell from the TV signal when they were playing a commercial and mute the sound or, in the case of a recording, skip over the ads. Any idea how this works? How does it know when the ads are on? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networks-hopper-cuts-a ds-and-causes-tremors-at-tv-upfronts.html?pagewanted=1 <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/business/media/dish-networks-hopper-cuts- ads-and-causes-tremors-at-tv-upfronts.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1> &_r=1 Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com This communication and its attachments, if any, may contain confidential and privileged information the use of which by other persons or entities than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your system.