OMG, this is TEH EVIL!

[Adagio]

I don't mind them making it impossible to change the channel, but if they also make it impossible to mute the tv I'm going to get pissed

Nothing that they do, will ever get me to watch stupid commercials. When ads are running I just walk over to my computer, turning off the sound of the tv. If I can't turn off the sound, I'll just have to turn off the tv, which will cause me to miss at least 5 minutes of the show, because I forget to turn it on again

But I guess if they actually make tv's like this, then they're going to shoot themselfes in the foot, as nobody would be stupid enough to buy them... I hope

[Hot Mustard]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
Of course there is a choice. Don't watch TV.

[Dis]

I admit, I haven't watched a tv program in ages. Though I regret missing the entire new season of the sopranos.

I've been too busy posting here, working, and playing Civ4 and Oblivion. Who can possibly have time to watch tv?

I have watched a couple movies on the DVD player, but that doesn't count as tv.

[Dinner]

Who'd buy a tv which forces you to watch one channel? I know broadcasters collectively crapped their pants when Tivo allowed people to record programs without recording the commercials and some networks even sued. Of course they lost because their law suits didn't have any merit. "WHAAAAAAAAA! People don't want to watch our commercials! WHAAAAAAA!"

[Dis]

how could you channel surf with this feature?

if the channel you happen to land on is running a commercial, you'd be stuck until after the commercials are over.

[Cort Haus]

Philips are just inventing a way to insure that no sane person buys their product. More fool them.

[Cort Haus]

What they gonna call it anyway, the Ad-o-fascist?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
@MrFun: I was recently told by a fundy that gays invented irony. The inescapable conclusion is that you're straight.

Tell me where this guy lives so I can bash his head in with a Bible.

[Asher]

Europeans.

[Ecthy]

Idiots

[Tattila the Hun]

Originally posted by Adagio
If I can't turn off the sound, I'll just have to turn off the tv, which will cause me to miss at least 5 minutes of the show, because I forget to turn it on again

You are assuming that you can turn off your new Philips tv. Where do you base this assumption?

[Ecthy]

I managed to dig out a picture of this new kind of TV set

[Shi Huangdi]

What's next, advertisements that cause your TV to shoot an immobilizing laser at you so you can't go to the bathroom during commercials?

[Dr Strangelove]

The only way I can think of that a laser could immobilise them is to either sever their spinal cord or their legs. The problem is that such a tool would severely reduces that person's ability to consume most products.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Kaak
I saw that...I'm pretty sure consumer outrage would kill this quickly...

What's going to happen, a boycott of television?