TiVo HD commercial airs in standard-def

Cory Bergman November 3rd, 2007

I was watching a game on ESPN HD today and an ad for TiVo’s new HD DVR appeared… in standard definition. Why would you need a TiVo HD DVR if you weren’t watching in HD in the first place? My wife Kate suggests that networks should charge more for advertisers to run standard-def spots, instead of the reverse.

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  • 1. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 6:39 pm

    she’s a keeper, cory.

    always charge more… for everything.

    it works at tiffany’s.

  • 2. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    I am not thedetroitchannel (or any other thesomethingchannel), but I’ve decided I’m going to stop clearing the name field when it’s automatically filled in for me.

    I think your wife’s idea makes sense. An SD ad on an HD channel is much more of a prompt for me to change the channel. Networks should try to discourage that.

  • 3. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 7:43 pm

    so, you’d rather type over 100 characters to bitch than simply delete and add your own id or leave it blank?

    are you on company time?

  • 4. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    I agree with thedetroitchannel.

  • 5. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 pm

    i agree

  • 6. thedetroitchannel  |  November 3rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    I hate detroit. and channels.

  • 7. Casey  |  November 4th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    It was probably a mistake/accident. I’ve seen it happen, quite often, where the pillar bars on the side of the screen are left up during HD commercials.

  • 8. thedetroitchannel  |  November 4th, 2007 at 10:52 am

    Still filled in for me. And to the tdc who yelled at me, I’ve deleted thousands of characters of this, so I merely announced my intention to stop doing it. Now everyone will be confused as to my identity until it’s fixed.

  • 9. beerdrinkingbicycleridingbears  |  November 4th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    ok, for those who lambasted tdc- a new id for you to enjoy.

    enjoy!

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