On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:32:22 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:36:26 -0800, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> 
>>Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> That's why we use our DVR and have programmed a button on it to skip
>>> 30 seconds.  We hardly ever see commercials any more.
>>
>>There's a program for Windows Media Center called "Lifextender" (note,
>>one "e") that automatically chops the commercials out of a program after
>>it's recorded. Very nice.
> 
> I read recently that because of that there is a scheme being trailed (in
> the UK) to place adverts in clear areas of the screen. Even more
> obtrusive to my mind.

Interesting....I had read a paper online about technology to 
realistically embed images in pre-recorded video (or in still photos) - 
the demo was quite impressive, replacing a picture with a video, for 
example.  It tracked camera movement as well, which was really impressive.

Jim

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