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Re: tv

Postby Apex » Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:11 am

I watch with the captions on. And a lot of times I'm doing something else besides, like practicing keyboards, so one dulls the pain of the other.

Yeah, lots of mumbling sometimes, so the captions help. And there's that mute button. That really helps. So the captions along with the mute button make watching less annoying sometimes. I haven't heard a TV commercial in years. And the commercials aren't captioned. How nice.

Now what we need is a mute button in shopping malls and food stores. I just can't figure out why in heck they feel obligated to play music of ANY kind in those places. I passed thru one well known store in a mall last week (it's in the middle of the mall, so you have to go thru it), more than one music source literally blasting away. How does anyone make buying decisions, let alone talk to a salesperson, under those conditions?

They could at least, at least, lower the volume. But noooooo, it's gotta be front row concert level.

Everyone likes different kinds of music, so why bombard us all with stuff we maybe don't like. And I don't like any of what I hear when out there. OK, so how about playing something in malls and food stores that I like. Like Black Sabbath. You can bet if they did that, they'd get a lot of complaints. And when was the last time you heard classical music in malls and food stores?

With TV, you can mute it or just turn it off. But for shopping out, well, I'd just like to shop in silence for a change.

OK, glad I finally got that out.
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Re: tv

Postby Bass » Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:09 am

Hehe...
You know, they really think you're buying more :violin:
Just like some believes, that cows produce more milk when hearing music :? :D
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Re: tv

Postby Fozzer » Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:16 am

The good-old "Mute Button"..... :dance: .....!

Its amazing just how much interesting detail one can observe in the background scenery, when one is not distracted by sound....

.....just a visual delight!

I watch a lot of old Cowboy films on the 'Tele, and it is sometimes a delight to switch off the sound, and just enjoy marvelling at all the magnificent scenery in the background, which I am so familiar with in my daily Flight Sim explorations...Owen's Valley, Lone Pine, etc, etc...!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owens_Valley.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Hills
(All handy locations for the Hollywood Film Studios in Los Angeles!).

...and what about all those "Dirty Harry" (Eastwood) films?....Switch the sound off, and just take a visual trip all around the streets of San Francisco!... :D ...!

Watching "Colombo" silently gives me lots of distant shots of down-town Los Angeles!

I enjoy watching the background more than the films!.... :lol: ...!

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Re: tv

Postby Bass » Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:45 am

Oh yes, there is really some funny stuff to observe in the background :lol:
http://nedhardy.com/2011/06/14/27-funny ... of-photos/
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Re: tv

Postby yancovitch » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:37 am

so sorry!.....one more pet peeve.....had to get it off my chest:).........murdock mysteries...a few episodes repeated over and over and over......day after day ...week after week....month after month...year after year......on many channels.......sheesh!....
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