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#1049811 20-May-2014 14:52

ubergeeknz:
WyleECoyoteNZ: ... PC gone mad.

I find your statement offensive. It would be preferable to use the term "non neurotypical".

We'll I've just lost my toucan - I've been avoiding tumblr for that very reason but alas it is gone.

In all seriousness though - who are these whiners, the same ones that whined about the 'bugger' ads years ago? I've got a good idea - lets give these folks something productive to do in their life so that they're not trying to fill up their spare time with whining.

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#1049863 20-May-2014 16:08

KiwiNZ:
old3eyes:
KiwiNZ: Thank goodness for this, every time an Advertisement is removed we win.

How do you work that out??

One less annoying Ad on TV 3,000 to go

But then there will be no TV..

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Old3eyes

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#1049871 20-May-2014 16:20

one of the purposes of advertising is to get people talking about it. Clearly the Giganaire ads are working

Personally I think they are quite amusing

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#1049895 20-May-2014 16:52

mattwnz:
KiwiNZ:
old3eyes:
KiwiNZ: Thank goodness for this, every time an Advertisement is removed we win.

How do you work that out??

One less annoying Ad on TV 3,000 to go

Tivo solves that :)

Good God, people still use that?

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#1049899 20-May-2014 16:55

steve98:
mattwnz:
KiwiNZ:
old3eyes:
KiwiNZ: Thank goodness for this, every time an Advertisement is removed we win.

How do you work that out??

One less annoying Ad on TV 3,000 to go

Tivo solves that :)

Good God, people still use that?

Is TiVo like Jetstar? As in the only people that complain about it aren't the ones that use it?

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#1049907 20-May-2014 17:02

steve98:
mattwnz:
KiwiNZ:
old3eyes:
KiwiNZ: Thank goodness for this, every time an Advertisement is removed we win.

How do you work that out??

One less annoying Ad on TV 3,000 to go

Tivo solves that :)

Good God, people still use that?

Yes, it is a very good PVR

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1050143 20-May-2014 21:51

Reminds me of the Toyota (?) "bugger" ad a few years ago. Something like six people complained so the ad got removed. Guess the 4 000 000 others who didn't complain don't count?

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#1050172 20-May-2014 23:02

KiwiNZ:
steve98:
Tivo solves that :)

Good God, people still use that?

Yes, it is a very good PVR

I think it is a fantastic PVR with the best remote control I've ever used. It makes all of the DishTV and similar devices I have seen so far look rather amateurish IMHO. Highly mature and functional platform. Went and bought a second one off TM. Upgraded the hard drive. :)

Just wish that getting recordings off them was cheaper (the software is a little pricey), and that you could stream the content to other devices in the home like I hear some of the newer Panasonic PVRs can.

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#1050244 21-May-2014 08:52

KiwiNZ:
steve98:
mattwnz:
KiwiNZ:
old3eyes:
KiwiNZ: Thank goodness for this, every time an Advertisement is removed we win.

How do you work that out??

One less annoying Ad on TV 3,000 to go

Tivo solves that :)

Good God, people still use that?

Yes, it is a very good PVR

Agreed. I just dread the day that mine s dies with the GSOD again. Hope that they can be fixed in NZ..

Hmm TiVo Dan never did reply when asked about new models down here ..

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#1050251 21-May-2014 09:05

old3eyes:

Agreed. I just dread the day that mine s dies with the GSOD again. Hope that they can be fixed in NZ..

Hmm TiVo Dan never did reply when asked about new models down here ..

I feel the same, I would really miss my TiVo. I doubt if Dan can say anything that would be commercially sensitive info

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1050403 21-May-2014 12:00

steve98:
Good God, people still use that?

Yep, so much better than most <$600 DVR's at the time, especially considering the price was $199.

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#1050405 21-May-2014 12:06

Is 'PC gone mad' the most over used term of the 2010's?

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#1050423 21-May-2014 12:49

macuser: Is 'PC gone mad' the most over used term of the 2010's?

I think swag, selfie and yolo would edge that out unfortunately.

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#1050451 21-May-2014 13:55

macuser: Is 'PC gone mad' the most over used term of the 2010's?

Tend to agree with you here - it's just a trite line that's easy to trot out in all manner of situations. The term 'PC' has been popular for the last couple of decades, but often it's lazy short-hand for 'I don't agree with this'.

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#1050737 21-May-2014 22:35

youtube link for those that don't watch normal TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUhW9M20mnw

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