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Shoot the inventor!
The invention gives viewers a choice to watch an entire movie with or without ads. You need both options in order to make that happen.

No, we already have both options, without any coercion. The invention that enables that: free will.

What this does is make you pay for something that should never be charged: the right to change the channel and not watch commercials. The first major cable company that pushes this ill-conceived tech will be sued six ways till Sunday, guaranteed.
Posted by: Tony Agudo   Posted on: 04/19/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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No way, No how  Ludovit | 04/19/06
Shut off the TV!  archerjoe | 04/19/06
Well, maybe FOX shouldn'tve canceld Firefly!!!  olePigeon | 04/19/06
I think I've figured out who you are ..  Ludovit | 04/19/06
Won't happen  voska | 04/19/06
You do know they did?  LazLong | 04/19/06
Firefly & SciFi  Wolfie2K3 | 04/20/06
Bad Idea, poorly executed  panzrwagn | 04/19/06
that's worse than M$ behavior!  Linux Geek | 04/19/06
First Channel to implement this...  el1jones | 04/19/06
What are you talking about, there's 10 min of Ads in paid DVDs  georgeou | 04/20/06
George, you have options.  Letophoro | 04/20/06
I've never had a proble skipping them  voska | 04/20/06
George, you finally did it!  linux_for_me | 04/20/06
hardly eloquent, but...  shraven | 04/20/06
Na.. I just FF them... (nt)  el1jones | 04/20/06
Well that's mean no Cable TV for me  voska | 04/19/06
Who needs TV?  Issobell | 04/19/06
Obsolete!?  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
Time to go for a break.  osreinstall | 04/19/06
Shoot the inventor!  Tony Agudo | 04/19/06
What would you sue for?  voska | 04/20/06
Welcome to the world of the broadcast flag  tic swayback | 04/19/06
Just like DRM  DarthRidiculous | 04/20/06
Phillips encourages exercise  benram | 04/19/06
Hey benram ...  Ludovit | 04/19/06
how long until...  shraven | 04/20/06
Madison Ave. is determined to spam us to death! devil  Mr. Roboto | 04/19/06
Forced to watch ADs  LvMstr4@... | 04/19/06
Fie on Philips!  otokichi | 04/19/06
This isn't a rootkit at all...  Tony Agudo | 04/19/06
If everything that against the people is good - buy Philips & the like (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/19/06
Can they get it into their thick craniums?  CobraA1 | 04/19/06
And while we're at it . . .  CobraA1 | 04/19/06
Can I go to the bathroom ...  arbenius | 04/19/06
No, they'll install sensors in the bathroom  georgeou | 04/20/06
that wuz funny dude!  Spicoli's Avenger | 04/20/06
Suppository based DRM Digital Rectum Management (NT)  AMarking | 04/20/06
Media companies gone mad.  kraterz | 04/20/06
When were they ever sane?  Spicoli's Avenger | 04/20/06
A Plague on Phillips  jpr75_z | 04/20/06
"prevents a viewer of a direct broadcast from switching channels"????  James T. Kirk | 04/20/06
How come TV survives in France?  Roger Ramjet | 04/20/06
The future is NOT with broadcast  Roger Ramjet | 04/20/06
Devil's Advocate  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
Maybe the PBS way?  archerjoe | 04/20/06
Could work...  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
We do pay  voska | 04/20/06
Bad argument full of contradictions...  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
They already know  voska | 04/20/06
You don't get off that easy... happy  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
Nice try, but not quite....  Wolfie2K3 | 04/20/06
pay tv ?  jaxmemphis | 04/20/06
You're right...  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
Simple answer  Rick_K | 04/20/06
Because...  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
Wrong  magcomment | 04/20/06
Gotcha...  GuyAlanDye | 04/20/06
wrong  herb0580 | 05/18/06
Waiting for no_axe to chime in  DarthRidiculous | 04/20/06
Quit buying Philips products  billyfburnett@... | 04/20/06
Boycotting Phillips...  Wolfie2K3 | 04/20/06
double standard  shraven | 04/20/06
VHS to the rescue!  js4468 | 04/20/06
you know.. they have been doing something else  Been_Done_Before | 04/20/06
If Philips? worse spam ever is legal ? why email spam is illegal? (NT)  Vily Clay | 04/20/06
Automatically skip the ads!  steve@... | 04/20/06
Zones  TonyMcS | 04/20/06
Unless it sews you to the chair and forces eyes open  Boot_Agnostic | 04/21/06
consumers won't buy Philips TVs -- good  ChazzMatt | 04/21/06
After decades of commercials  Boot_Agnostic | 04/21/06

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