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Author Topic: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?  (Read 1005 times)

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In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« on: March 28, 2005, 02:46:57 am »
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-03-25-fox-blocker_x.htm

I mean, seriously, new TV's today, you have to auto-program the channels, and if you can do THAT, you certainly can figure out how to delete a certain channel from your list of availables, yes? 

Here's the funniest part of the whole thing....this dude is just a money-hound at heart, and I salute him for being a darn clever one - nice marketing ploy! 

"Kimery doesn't use the device himself; his remote is programmed to only a half-dozen channels. Plus he occasionally feels the need to tune into Fox News for something "especially heinous."

LOL
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2005, 06:37:17 am »
Actual tag-line used by fox news Chicago:

"can escalators kill your baby?--find out at 10:00"

I wouldn't miss that sort of fear mongering fluff journalism for anything ! :P
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2005, 10:00:49 am »
This device is for people whos VCR still flash 12:00
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2005, 10:37:45 am »
Quote from: GGKoul on March 28, 2005, 10:00:49 am
This device is for people whos VCR still flash 12:00
I can't help it, the tape fell off.
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2005, 11:09:25 am »
LOL     Now that is a dyi solution right there! 

Maybe it's for those people who still have a dial to turn in order to change the channels on their television :D
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2005, 01:37:14 pm »
Like my 13" B&W?
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2005, 03:20:17 pm »
Quote from: GGKoul on March 28, 2005, 10:00:49 am
This device is for people whos VCR still flash 12:00


lol ....my family allways gives me hell when they come over...

"sure you can fix my computer but you can't even set the time on your VCR"
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2005, 04:13:44 pm »
I lucked out and got one of those VCRs that doesn't display the time.  ;D
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2005, 05:27:37 pm »
What kind of luddite still uses a VCR?   :P

I don't want a FoxBlocker for myself.  I already don't watch it just fine (though is kinda cool that the company emails the names of all of it's customers to the companies who advertise on FoxNews). 

I want to buy like 10 of these and surreptitiously install them on the TVs of my conservative friends.  God that would be funny.  Nobody troubleshooting the problem would ever guess where to look to figure out why just that single station wasn't working.  Maybe they'd be forced to get their news fix from CNN in the meantime and would be cured.....
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Re: In an age of programmable TV's is this really needed?
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2005, 03:14:18 pm »
Quote from: shmokes on March 28, 2005, 05:27:37 pm
What kind of luddite still uses a VCR?
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