SueFinanceManager Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 Short rant to follow so take cover..... Why do TV programmes come back from the adverts and then spend 5 minuted recapping what happened before the advert.....I am not a goldfish....I do not suffer from short term memory loss and it drives me insane!!!!! Thank you for listening....rant over and am going to go off now and swim around my bowl in blissful contentment.....now what was I talking about Quote
mundia Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 Oh Sue, you made me laugh! Yes its that old adage isn't it tell them you're gonna tell them tell them tell them you've told them It annoys me too, programmes would be two thirds shorted wouldn't they if they didn't do this and had no ads either Quote
Guest Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 I was just talking about this today to Mr Carrots - it's SO annoying! However I was watching The Cube today, that I'd recorded, sad I know, and was able to watch it in about 10 minutes - fastforwarding Phil Scho waffling on about the rules and explaining the game every two minutes. Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 Because it's cheaper than shooting new footage. I am even more annoyed by programmes which follow several storylines, flitting between them randomly and recapping every time they switch. That's even more gratuitous time filling. Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted October 27, 2010 Author Posted October 27, 2010 I was just talking about this today to Mr Carrots - it's SO annoying! However I was watching The Cube today, that I'd recorded, sad I know, and was able to watch it in about 10 minutes - fastforwarding Phil Scho waffling on about the rules and explaining the game every two minutes. I watch so little in real time....that I like you can watch an hour long programme in 10 mins.....best way if you ask me! Quote
Inge Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 oh yes.. know that one.. I too have recently resorted to recording programmes that I know will do that to watch later and skip through the rubbish... all new to me, just got a sky plus box.. but wonderful.. can record skip though and actually only watch the stuff I want.. we did have Vision for a while until they started messing around with our broadband...but that was even better.. choose what and when I wanted.. skipping the repeated bits really easily... preferred it to Sky.. but because our BBand went to pot can no longer get it.. Its not just tv though some books.. no many books do it when there are more than one in a sequence.. would love to edit them too so that those who have read them all need not have all the waffle... Inge Quote
SueFinanceManager Posted October 27, 2010 Author Posted October 27, 2010 all new to me, just got a sky plus box.. but wonderful.. can record skip though and actually only watch the stuff I want.. Inge could not survive without sky plus...pathetic as that sounds I love being able to watch what I want when I want and skip through the dross! Quote
Rea Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 You've all ranted for me!! Dont know what I'd do without fast forward now, especailly since that darn insurance advert!! Quote
Upsy Daisy Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 Oh you can't fast forward the insurance adverts in our house. Not when you've got two daughters who seem driven to imitate them repeatedly for hours on end Quote
hali Posted October 27, 2010 Posted October 27, 2010 im with you sue - record everything then fast forwrd the boring bits Quote
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