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sinrakin
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 Posted: 12/02/04 - 12:39 Post subject: I thought this was my imagination
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But it turns out the bastards are doing it on purpose:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=494&ncid=763&e=4&u=/ap/20041202/ap_en_tv/tv_time_shifting
| Quote: | TV Networks Shift Times, Run Longer Shows
Wed Dec 1,10:12 PM ET
Add to My Yahoo! Television - AP
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Television networks are lending new meaning to time-shifting: TV shows don't necessarily start or end right on the hour or half-hour anymore, screwing up some viewers' video recordings.
More programs are running an extra minute or two longer to keep viewers from switching channels. Shows recently padded include CBS's "Without a Trace," Fox's "Renovate My Family," ABC's "The Bachelor" and NBC's "ER," according to Nielsen Media Research.
The tactic has been used on and off for a few years but has grown more popular as competition in network television stiffens.
As a result of the overruns, people who use VCRs and digital video recorders like TiVos end up clipping the beginning or ending of a show. For some, the time conflict could also prevent a later show from being recorded.
TiVo (news - web sites) Inc. officials say they have fielded a small number of complaints about the network time-shifting. This season, the company began advising its 2 million subscribers to watch out for such time conflicts and to adjust their recording settings manually.
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Celestra
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 12:43 Post subject:
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One more invention designed to make your life just that bit more miserable. I swear.
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Frashii
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 16:02 Post subject:
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I've noticed it.
I've stopped watching those channels as much as possible and download the shows off bit torrents and such.. and I told them so.
Time shifting to f**k with TiVO/VCR owners is akin to buying a song off Itunes and then being told 'no you can't burn it to cd!'
f**k DRM.
I know its the law... I know its 'their' content.... I don't care 
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Jakanden
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 16:05 Post subject:
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Good thing I dont have even basic TV lol
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Xieroth
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 16:11 Post subject:
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Good thing I DON'T have a tv.
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principessa
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 16:14 Post subject:
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"Lost" also does this...it ends at 8:01 central...but, I think that BBC America does it as well..I know that when my timer is keyed to my cable box and I tape a show to start on the hour, I am missing the first two minutes, I think, of the programs..most annoying when watching a mystery 
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goatface
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:12 Post subject:
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i have not recorded anything in so long. 
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ATM Banana
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:22 Post subject:
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| Xieroth wrote: | | Good thing I DON'T have a tv. |
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gotissues68
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:26 Post subject:
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I thought it was me to sin. I'd see really weird start/end times when I'd look at the preview info on the cable guide or whatever. I don't watch too much tv though other then the discovery channel so its all cool I guess... s****y of the networks to f**k with people's recordings though.
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killswitch
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:26 Post subject:
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| ATM Banana wrote: | | Xieroth wrote: | | Good thing I DON'T have a tv. |
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Must suck not being able to afford a TV.
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Ishmobbin
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:30 Post subject:
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dvr for the win, record a timeframe not just by title...
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Jakanden
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:37 Post subject:
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| principessa wrote: | | "Lost" also does this...it ends at 8:01 central...but, I think that BBC America does it as well..I know that when my timer is keyed to my cable box and I tape a show to start on the hour, I am missing the first two minutes, I think, of the programs..most annoying when watching a mystery |
This is the only show that is still aired that I watch and I simply download it each week heh
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Scrabler
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 17:56 Post subject:
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I see it all the time on many channels. Comcast will show a 6-7 show running 6-7:05 or :15 or sometimes just a minute over.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:09 Post subject:
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Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls 
The dialog pwns though.
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Celestra
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:16 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone! 
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it?
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gotissues68
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:17 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
I think you're just being overly bitchy lately .. 
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Celestra
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:19 Post subject:
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| gotissues68 wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
I think you're just being overly bitchy lately .. |
Stay out of it, kid!
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:21 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
Well, don't take it too hard. You only being wrong once in two years is a pretty good record
I can't help it though; I'm a sucker for funny dialog. Sometimes I rewind it and listen to the same sentences over and over till I'm done laughing at them. Or until my wife tells me to cut it the hell out.
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gotissues68
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:22 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | gotissues68 wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
I think you're just being overly bitchy lately .. |
Stay out of it, kid! |
I so want to have **** with yer hat....
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Devook
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:23 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
Well, don't take it too hard. You only being wrong once in two years is a pretty good record
I can't help it though; I'm a sucker for funny dialog. Sometimes I rewind it and listen to the same sentences over and over till I'm done laughing at them. Or until my wife tells me to cut it the hell out. |
I stretched the tape on my Star Wars episode 1 VHS from rewinding it so many times at the spot where the droid thing kicks Jar Jar in the penis.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:27 Post subject:
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| Devook wrote: | | I stretched the tape on my Star Wars episode 1 VHS from rewinding it so many times at the spot where the droid thing kicks Jar Jar in the penis. |
I know; thank god for DVRs/DVDs!
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Celestra
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:28 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | | Celestra wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
omg NO. I hate that show.
The script is witty but the delivery is just pure shit. It's too fake and way too studied. Sometimes I feel they're choking on the sentences.
I guess it had to happen sometime, but you finally posted something I cannot condone!
One time in 2 years isn't a bad record though, is it? |
Well, don't take it too hard. You only being wrong once in two years is a pretty good record
I can't help it though; I'm a sucker for funny dialog. Sometimes I rewind it and listen to the same sentences over and over till I'm done laughing at them. Or until my wife tells me to cut it the hell out. |
Haha, that's great, I do that to with movie lines =)
It's ok, you're still my favorite. 
Night =)
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Nictathan
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:29 Post subject:
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I just watch stuff off BT instead... keeps me happy 
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ashwynd
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 18:36 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | Haha, I'm a wuss; I watch The Gilmore Girls
The dialog pwns though. |
That show is complete shit. The only reason worth watching it is for the milf My friend's girlfriend and her roommate watch that show religiously. I shudder at the fact that the main girl looks like she's 12 and won't look like she's legal until she's 40 or older.
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principessa
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 19:05 Post subject:
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Being technically challenged, I have not a clue how to: rip apart a DVD, download a bt file and somehow watch it or burn it to disk, etc
So, I settle for TV and VCR taping right now.
Lost is great...I am so happy to watch something on regular tv for a change. I also am watching House but I haven't decided if I like it or not. Dr. House's persona comes off as WAY too contrived, a little too often for me. Not to mention that he crosses way too many lines in his profession--I wouldn't want him diagnosing me with his bloodstream full of Vicodin
On BBCAmerica, tho, I am blissfully happy watching the mysteries on Monday nights and the mysteries on Biography channel on Saturdays and Sundays
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ATM Banana
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Posted: 12/02/04 - 19:24 Post subject:
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| killswitch wrote: | | ATM Banana wrote: | | Xieroth wrote: | | Good thing I DON'T have a tv. |
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Must suck not being able to afford a TV. |
poor college student life
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Frashii
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 23:58 Post subject:
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I am such a dork...
I hacked my TiVO to sync its timesource from my network -5 minutes and not from the Tivo company.
Now, I miss the first 2-3 minutes of 95% of the shows... but I get the ending of all of them.
wtg geek!
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Fattguyy
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Posted: 12/04/04 - 00:11 Post subject:
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Good thing I only use my TV to watch porn at night
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