Posted by Dick Sidbury on 04/21/06 14:27

In article <vlog42pmjsng2lav1b37b0klaiffu0t1jb@4ax.com>,
Allan <Spamsuckhard@finallykantica22admitstobebrianlamb.org> wrote:

> Update 2: Royal Philips Electronics, ever mindful of their
> Engadget-reading customers, had this to say in a note to us:
> "(Philips) filed a patent application, as yet not granted, that
> enables watching a television movie without advertising. However, some
> people do want to see the ads. So, we developed a system where the
> viewer can choose, at the beginning of a movie, to either watch the
> movie without ads, or watch the movie with ads. It is up to the viewer
> to take this decision, and up to the broadcaster to offer the various
> services. Philips never had the intention to force viewers to watch
> ads against their will and does not use this technology in any current
> Philips products, nor do we have any plans to do so."

Now this I don't understand. If you opt to watch it without
commercials, and it's being broadcast, what shows up on your screen
during the time that commercials are being broadcast?

dick
-- or is this something that happens in Europe (or elsewhere) and that
we Americans don't understand?

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