The Chase and television ratings

[MOEJOE]

I agree.

Taping up your TV or putting something there to block that section of the screen seems kinda silly. If you don't want to read it, don't look at it. It sounds like more of a problem of self control than anything else. For example, when I'm sitting at the dinner table and someone passes me the peas, I say no thank you. The peas continue to reside on the table during the entire dining process but I refuse to eat them at any point during dinner.

Im more like a cat, if it's info on a ticket, I have to read the damn thing. It's like an urge to fart, you reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally don't want to break wind in front of the wife, so you try not to and think it's safe. Then you cough and BAM it goes off like a gun.

 

[dpkimmel2001]

Im more like a cat, if it's info on a ticket, I have to read the damn thing. It's like an urge to fart, you reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally don't want to break wind in front of the wife, so you try not to and think it's safe. Then you cough and BAM it goes off like a gun.

Here's a tip for the television ticker tape placer..... Avoid the sticky mess that comes with placing tape across the bottom of you nice flat screen, increase the vertical size of the picture under your settings to push/stretch the ticker from the screen. The only drawback is that you lose the running order as well. The good thing, for Larry Mac fans anyway, is that he appears to lose 40 lbs and also gains about 7 inches in height.

 

[VaDirt]

I agree.

Taping up your TV or putting something there to block that section of the screen seems kinda silly. If you don't want to read it, don't look at it. It sounds like more of a problem of self control than anything else. For example, when I'm sitting at the dinner table and someone passes me the peas, I say no thank you. The peas continue to reside on the table during the entire dining process but I refuse to eat them at any point during dinner.

Yet they continue to sit there and taunt you.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

tickers are great, no need to waste time flipping through channels

I realize many people care about more than one sport, but I'm only into NASCAR and NFL. I only need a ticker for those 11 or so weeks when they overlap; the rest of the year I classify it somewhere between 'Waste of Time' and 'Annoying'. I could live with them if they only showed up for a couple of minutes at a time; say, every 15 or 30 minutes. What's annoying is that in order to have enough content to stream continuously, the network is forced to present the same stuff sorted in multiple categories. It's worst during college football and basketball seasons. There's an incredible amount of overlap between NCAA Top 25, the various conference listings, and ESPN's list of what's showing on its various networks. And what's the point of 'updates' on games that not only haven't started but won't start for several more hours?

Instead of blocking out the bottom of the screen, see if your remote control has a button labeled 'Aspect' or 'Ratio'. Try toggling through it's setting; one of them will usually enlarge the display enough that the ticker is no longer visible.

... when I'm sitting at the dinner table and someone passes me the peas, I say no thank you. The peas continue to reside on the table during the entire dining process but I refuse to eat them at any point during dinner.

Would you pass them down here, and can I have yours?