A class advert

The ones that disappear when I press "Fast Forward" ! 

dirtydean:

What adverts do you like?
Dean

None.

Hovis (I think it's Hovis anyway...?!) where a little boy runs through the streets and passes through different eras from the Blitz to a coronation street-party and then into the sixties, seventies etc. Nice blend of imagination and nostalgia.

At the moment I am loving the Yeo Valley Rap.

i wouldnt call it classy, but its funky

Messiah:

At the moment I am loving the Yeo Valley Rap.

I like it....

chebby:

dirtydean:

What adverts do you like?
Dean

None.

Dont understand that.  Theres some brilliant ads.  The Sony Bravia ads for example.

Here it is..
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=VRonRGEVyT8

I like the Honda ad,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo

the Skoda Fabia cake car ad,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfEGKc7PLQ

and the specsavers ad as i have 2 border collies,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq3H1QZlct0&NR=1

I hate adverts, I will record something on the commercial channels and fast forward through them.

However, of the adverts I have no choice in watching, the advert about advertising with Harvey the dog does make me smile.

JamesOK:

chebby:

dirtydean:

What adverts do you like?
Dean

None.

Dont understand that.  Theres some brilliant ads.  The Sony Bravia ads for example.

I rarely watch ITV/C4 and find ads an uninvited intrusion.

My wife enjoys some ITV programmes (Sunday afternoon murder mystery stuff like Poirot and Midsomer Murders etc.) and when the ads come on we kill the volume and make a cup of tea or coffee.

The point of commercial TV programming and ads is that you are the product. The agencies and the TV company are selling you (that is an audience of x millions of a certain type of demographic) to their commercial clients. The programmes are merely a vehicle that delivers you to the adverts.

That's all very well - and the programmes are occasionally worth watching - but I really don't want to join in the feast of face-creams, insurance, cheap loans, 118, household cleaners etc. that punctuates them.

chebby:

That's all very well - and the programmes are occasionally worth watching - but I really don't want to join in the feast of face-creams, insurance, cheap loans, 118, household cleaners etc. that punctuates them.

I would agree, the vast majority of ITVs output is rubbish.  But CH4 has some great innovative programming, documentaries etc.  Are you saying you miss out on these purely because of 3 mins of adverts every 15 mins!

JamesOK:

Are you saying you miss out on these purely because of 3 mins of adverts every 15 mins!

No. When there is something worth watching we just kill the volume on the ads and make a cuppa, take a 'natural break' or whatever.

Or in the case of C4, I would watch it on 4oD (without ads) or record it to the HDD on my Panasonic DMR-EX78 to watch later so I can skip ads just like Big Chris described. (Case in point being the excellent C4 series..."Engineering Britain's Superweapons".)

 

 

chebby:

JamesOK:

Are you saying you miss out on these purely because of 3 mins of adverts every 15 mins!

No. When there is something worth watching we just kill the volume on the ads and make a cuppa, take a 'natural break' or whatever.

Or in the case of C4, I would watch it on 4oD (without ads) or record it to the HDD on my Panasonic DMR-EX78 to watch later so I can skip ads just like Big Chris described. (Case in point being the excellent C4 series..."Engineering Britain's Superweapons".)

 

 

I'm with Chebby on this, I skip through Ads if possible. And the situation is even worse if you're watching US import on a Cable channel. US programs are 42mins / hour - so you get 18 minutes of Ads and interminable promos for Sky HD, other programs, etc. 30% of the slot is crud. If you watch on FX, say, every ad break has the same promo at the start...

scene:

If you watch on FX, say, every ad break has the same promo at the start...

Joop! Pour Homme.

Dexter's worth it though...