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TV Shows What are you currently watching?

Discussion in 'General' started by Zinfandel, 13 Jun 2012.

  1. MadGinga

    MadGinga oooh whats this do?

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    Ads, on amazon prime.
    First time they've appeared. Had 3+mins worth of ads in a single episode of Invincible, yet none during Expend4bles. Why am i paying foir ads?
     
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  2. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Because they want you to pay more for no ads. But no ads was the default, so they added ads so they could remove the ads they added in exchange for you paying more.

    Progress.

    I haven't watched a thing on Amazon Prime Video since they introduced 'em. It's only three quid a month more or so, but it's the principle of the matter.
     
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  3. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    I suppose Jeff didn't like the idea of putting prices up first, then introducing a cheaper (at the original price!) ad-supported tier a few months later. <shrug>
     
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  4. MadGinga

    MadGinga oooh whats this do?

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    Weirdly, the only option to get rid of adds is monthly, there isnt a annual rate...

    EDIT - i think what annoyed me most about the ads, is not that they exist, but that they were just thrown randomly into the episode. If it was 2 or 3 adds prior to the episode/film then fine, but dont break the flow...
     
  5. ModSquid

    ModSquid Multimodder

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    I get a popup for 15s every half hour or so. Not a problem at all. Maybe it depends what you're watching?
     
  6. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    They're not even placed at points designed for ad breaks (on US shows)!
     
  7. mrlongbeard

    mrlongbeard Multimodder

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    Yaka Multimodder

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    Uncanny Counter, started auto playing other day netflix and i am enjoying its similar to the anime bleach
     
  9. walle

    walle Modder

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  10. mzx1976

    mzx1976 What's a Dremel?

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    New Amsterdam has had my eye for a bit now on Netflix recommendations, I started last week, now I'm mid season 2
     
  11. yuusou

    yuusou Multimodder

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    We've been watching Killing Eve. Season 3 onward has been a slog, 2 more episodes and we're done though.
     
  12. SuperHans123

    SuperHans123 Multimodder

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  13. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Rev. for the first time, 14 years after it was first shown…

    A vicar that takes off his dog collar, then shouts “F*ck off” at a trio of repeatedly and very, annoying builders, deserves respect.
     
  14. stephen0205

    stephen0205 MrSteve

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    About to rewatch all the purge movies ..... missus suggested it. felt purgy lately so watch we must do lol
     
  15. Byron C

    Byron C asphinctersayswhat

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    Shogun S1 - 7/10

    ‘‘Twas good, I did enjoy it. The atmosphere and the visuals are fantastic. Felt a bit slow-moving at times though, did feel like it plodded its way through some episodes.
     
  16. Weekly_Estimate

    Weekly_Estimate Random bird noises.

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    We just watched the final destination movies 1,2,3,5 and was looking for something to watch next... think the purge movies will go down well! thanks for the reminder they exist lol.
     
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  17. stephen0205

    stephen0205 MrSteve

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    Yeah, 4 of them, onto no 3 tonight
     
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  18. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    I watched The Old Man season 1.

    I don't really know whether I liked it or not. It was.. I dunno. There was a big dramatic twist near/at the end of the season that a blind man should have seen coming, and like.. Some elements of the story seemed to actively conflict with what I was being told by my eye parts.

    It feels like the story was just left half finished, like the last scene before the credits was as far as the writers got before knocking off early on a Friday before a long weekend of drugs and alcohol and they just kinda forgot they didn't really finish, and no one else noticed either.


    Because streaming services are just the new US Cable companies. Nipple rubbing and all.
     

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