From: Alex Strasheim <alex@proust.suba.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-08-10 14:44:01 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 07:44:01 PDT
From: Alex Strasheim <alex@proust.suba.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 07:44:01 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: commercial advance vcrs
Message-ID: <199508101453.JAA01058@proust.suba.com>
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This isn't directly relevant to crypto, but it is a scheme to allow people
to filter out unwanted media content. Has anyone heard of it, and does
anyone know how it works?
This is from TV Guide:
CHEERS to commercial-free TV, or more exactly, Commercial Advance VCRs.
Check it out: this month, RCA will unveil a VCR that skips past
virtually all commercials during playback of a recorded show. Imagine:
three minutes of commercials will whiz by in 10 seconds. The downside?
This summer, commercials may be the most interesting things on network
tv.
--
Alex Strasheim, alex@proust.suba.com
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