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New Patent on TV Forces You to Watch Ads
WebHostingGuy writes "A patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn't be able to avoid it. Philips acknowledged that this technology might not sit well with consumers and suggested in its patent filing that consumers be allowed to avoid the feature if they paid broadcasters a fee."
...I feel for you, I really do. My television has never received any kind of broadcast, and is used only for dvds and games. 15 years and counting, no broadcast tv in my house. I see it at the neighbors sometimes, and hear the echos of it in the way people talk...wtf is this "good times, good times" thing about anyhow? You folks really shouldn't do business with the broadcasters. I think they are trying to control your minds.