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Cable networks — like Time Warner Inc. properties TNT and TBS — have been found to be using compression technology on movies and TV shows to squeeze in more commercials, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Viewers say they have been able to notice the difference because voices sound noticeably higher.
This is nothing new and is to be expected especially with older shows. Average commercial time for a 30 minute show is anywhere from 6-8 minutes. It was 4(ish) minutes 20 years ago. To show a 30 minute Seinfeld episode (for example) today they have to trim off time somewhere or speed it up slighty to accommodate the extra ad time.
I love the c'est la vie attitude expressed by some of these posters (and the ones on the other thread about this subject), and it's typical of how so many simply shrug their shoulders at ridiculously downsized products.
The missed point is that scenes are being cut from TV shows and movies to accommodate more and more ads.
And BTW, do share with us how that "fancy invention," the DVR replaces those scenes.
This isn't news; speeding up the film has been going on for years, and cutting scenes to fit in more commercials has been going on for even longer than that.
I love the c'est la vie attitude expressed by some of these posters (and the ones on the other thread about this subject), and it's typical of how so many simply shrug their shoulders at ridiculously downsized products.
The missed point is that scenes are being cut from TV shows and movies to accommodate more and more ads.
And BTW, do share with us how that "fancy invention," the DVR replaces those scenes.
That only occurs in reruns. Otherwise, how else would you know if a scene is cut? Is it really that important to see every second of a half-baked rerun sitcom.
I shrug my shoulders because it really doesn't matter to me in the grand scheme of things. If the worst thing you have going on in your life is a couple of missing moments of Law and Order or Two and a Half Douchebags, then you are pretty lucky.
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replaces those scenes.
