[dba-Tech] A DVR that skips over the ads

Hi Rocky,

We hardly watch live TV any more.

Since I started using my laptop with a HDMI connection connected to the
TV's HDMI, we mostly download material using bittorrent, and watch whole
box sets.  It is amazing, on Sunday evening my son wanted to watch a movie,
I kicked off a download and less than 45 mins later, it was fully
downloaded and he watched it.

We have watched a bunch of Danish crime thrillers with english subtitles
that are taking the world by storm.  Really good stuff.

It is so weird now when we watch something live, the ads are quite a
surprise :)

It takes a bit of getting used to, but worth the experiment.

Mark



On 21 May 2012 14:22, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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