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hollysmom

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1. I thought I was losing it.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 12:36 AM

Feb 2015

there ar some shows where I can't listen to them any more. I have to run closed captions because I can't hear the conversation - hear as in like follow, it moves too fast for me. Now some were first run shows that I was watching on request. still the sound seemed to fast so many words in so few minutes.

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Cable Channels Speed Up TV Shows To Cram In More Ads – Consumerist [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

I thought I was losing it. hollysmom Feb 2015 #1

ooooo! good! Howler Feb 2015 #2

Television is a dying medium. Advertisers will have to Lint Head Feb 2015 #3

their new business model will be to buy up and destroy the internet, like they did with music and Romeo.lima333 Feb 2015 #5

True. Lint Head Feb 2015 #8

For a 30 minute show there's usually 22-24 minutes of programming sakabatou Feb 2015 #4

BBC America has edited content Ilsa Feb 2015 #6

One nasty thing they do is fadedrose Feb 2015 #7

I noticed this!!! daredtowork Feb 2015 #9

This is why I record all my basic cable and network shows. Blue_In_AK Feb 2015 #10

The same channel that runs SD programs in stretch-o-vision, and ran colorized B&W movies pstokely Feb 2015 #11