Ideas. I have them sometimes. I don’t often talk about them because some of them are like that apple patent I recently read about that forces people to interact with an ad, or their shit will be locked up.<\/p>\n
This might be one of those, assuming it doesn’t already exist.<\/p>\n
So, I’ve got this DVR through Comcast, and I noticed a few things about it, and it’s given me an idea for a feature it could probably have with a little bit of extra work on…someone else’s part.
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\nIf you’ve got a DVR, you’ve probably noticed that show names show up, and change when you rewind past it to a different show. That’s coded somewhere, I’m sure, and sent to the box.<\/p>\n
That’s important to know, because that’s basically what my ‘idea’ involves, except potentially a little more complicated…because…lemme think how to word this….<\/p>\n
Ever seen an ad for a show and thought ‘yeah, I want to set up a recording for that<\/i>‘? If you’re like me, you don’t want to even bother going in to use the search function, because it’s tedious. And tracking it down in the onscreen guide can be a pain in the ass, too.<\/p>\n
So, here it is: let people set up a recording for the show through the ad for the show. A little extra code embedded in the ad that would let you easily set up a recording for that specific show.<\/p>\n
I can see the potential for an evil side to this, but…I kinda want this ease.<\/p>\n
Also, if I somehow managed to think of it first, I totally want paid. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ideas. I have them sometimes. I don’t often talk about them because some of them are like that apple patent I recently read about that forces people to interact with an ad, or their shit will be locked up. This … Continue reading