Aussie TV is sh$t
Aug 26th 2014 | 9:56 pm
#16
Gutter Gob!!
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 13,098
From: Perth
Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
daytime uktv is crap too. Jeremy Kyle, This Morning and Loose Women. How high brow!!
Aug 26th 2014 | 10:30 pm
#20
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Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
Reckon I might be on my own here, but aside from the odd DVD and sport when I'm about , I don't bother with any TV.
Aug 26th 2014 | 10:33 pm
#23
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Posts: 9,910
From: The REAL Utopia.
Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
Unfortunately another of the Americanised aspects of Australia, endless banal ads interupted by endless banal American 'comedies'. There are fortunately many options nowadays.
Aug 27th 2014 | 12:02 pm
#26
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Sydney, NSW
Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
I always record any programme that I want to watch on terrestrial/foxtel channels, then at least I can zap through the ads. What I find irritating is the fact that often there is no warning that the programme is restarting so you then have to wind back and try and find the second the ad stops and the programme begins.
Also annoying is the assumption that you have no short or long term memory, so there will be a trailer for the programme that is about to start, then just before the ad break a "coming up next" slot, then after the ad a recap of what happened. This is particularly true of a lot of US lifestyle programmes. (I have to admit that I watch a lot of the renovation programmes when having my rest breaks through the day- if I'm not on the computer.)
Also annoying is the assumption that you have no short or long term memory, so there will be a trailer for the programme that is about to start, then just before the ad break a "coming up next" slot, then after the ad a recap of what happened. This is particularly true of a lot of US lifestyle programmes. (I have to admit that I watch a lot of the renovation programmes when having my rest breaks through the day- if I'm not on the computer.)
Aug 27th 2014 | 12:34 pm
#27
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Aug 27th 2014 | 12:37 pm
#28
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Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
I always record any programme that I want to watch on terrestrial/foxtel channels, then at least I can zap through the ads. What I find irritating is the fact that often there is no warning that the programme is restarting so you then have to wind back and try and find the second the ad stops and the programme begins.
Also annoying is the assumption that you have no short or long term memory, so there will be a trailer for the programme that is about to start, then just before the ad break a "coming up next" slot, then after the ad a recap of what happened. This is particularly true of a lot of US lifestyle programmes. (I have to admit that I watch a lot of the renovation programmes when having my rest breaks through the day- if I'm not on the computer.)
Also annoying is the assumption that you have no short or long term memory, so there will be a trailer for the programme that is about to start, then just before the ad break a "coming up next" slot, then after the ad a recap of what happened. This is particularly true of a lot of US lifestyle programmes. (I have to admit that I watch a lot of the renovation programmes when having my rest breaks through the day- if I'm not on the computer.)
And they are UK and US ads, so ads for shit that you can't buy and most are just as crap as Aussie TV
Aug 27th 2014 | 1:08 pm
#29
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 7,580
From: Sydney, NSW
Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
I don't stream, as I am technically "challenged"!!
Aug 27th 2014 | 2:18 pm
#30
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,735
From: Chippendale, Sydney
Re: Aussie TV is sh$t
Long ad breaks that are very very regular - in some movies as often as every 6 minutes.
Just ridiculous. Utterly destroys the enjoyment of whatever it was you were trying to watch.
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