Watermarks

[anonymez]

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17904323%255E421,00.html

this is why screensavers were invented, never thought it would happen when there is lots of motion on screen, and especially when watermarks on all aus channels are semi-transperant

as if removing watermarks during encoding isn't enough trouble, they can damage our screens. damn network executive bastards

[LT. Columbo]

good thing i don't have (and probably never will get) a plasma tv!

but you're right anon. i reckon the guillotine is still a very useful device!

[anonymez]

lol LT you will get one sooner or later, or an LCD

i imagine they've got watermarks in the US as well (i think worse than ours)?

[LT. Columbo]

they are everywhere. tbs superstation (atlanta) and spike tv now are going beyond watermarks and actually have little men walk across the bottom of your tv, or swing across the screen like tarzan to advertise a new show. at least it's moving but just as sickening. abc, nbc, cbs all have watermarks that are semi-transparent. most other channels i get too. nick at nite has a steady solid one, which i kind of like for some reason.

[vw56german]

So true Lt. and I love how, even though "transparent" the water mark covers up vital screen data like scores, time, temp, the critical part of a movie, etc. They drive me nuts!

[LT. Columbo]

yeah just the other day i was watching the news, and they had text on the bottom and the end was cut off from the watermark.

[drfsupercenter]

Ever see the TVs at bowling alleys? That's why they make them multicolored now (color changes every 10mins and those little animated pins when you knock them down )

[Zero G]

Those damn things are more than annoying! They really do block stuff on the screen.

[drfsupercenter]

*cough* Kids WB *cough* I watch Pokémon on WB every Saturday morning... blasted logo isn't transparent! Used to be, then they got mean and try to engrain it in people's TVs now

[LT. Columbo]

it's yet another reason i hate t.v and watch hardly anything. i watch NBC nightly news at 5:30, jay leno, conan, kimmel---that's pretty much it on cable.

[drfsupercenter]

I don't mind it, just get pissed off once in a while. But TV is still good though.

[LT. Columbo]

But TV is still good though.

you have nothing to compare it to!

with all do respect drf, tv bloody stinks like a dead horses ass.

[drfsupercenter]

Well, I don't mind... it's free (for me)

Beggars can't be choosers goes the expression

[blutach]

Can't say that I disagree with either of the last 2 comments.

Regards

[drfsupercenter]

Yeah, I can see why DVD is better than TV, but I don't know how many people would wait for a show to hit DVD before waching it. That can take a long time (in the case of Pokémon season 5, it took a couple of years to get it released... everyone thought they were never gonna release it, so they all cherished the VHS tapes they taped them on)