Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon May 21 08:22:37 CDT 2012
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