(ignore the old TV)
an ESPN+ exclusive fight has literally nothing to do with the football
I actually struggled to identify what part of the screen was an ad, and I’m less able to be outraged about a TV channel displaying what content they will be broadcasting later than ads for unrelated products. Similar to how I’m okay with or even want to see movie previews before a movie, but I better not see a commercial for insurance or consumer electronics.
That TV looks killer for retro consoles…
Was never allowed to play games on ours because it could cause screen burn in.
Most of those rear-projection TV were 60 Hz, with the high-end ones often having 120 Hz.
This was already common practice to promote other shows during broadcasts way back when I last watched broadcast TV over a decade and a half ago.
This is a weird take. That ticker telling you about scores and schedules for a whole bunch of different sports has been on ESPN forever.
While I understand their point, it’s like going to the channel with the stock market banner on the bottom and complaining it is taking up part of the screen, where I would almost say the other 90% of the screen is the ads.
So many hours spent watching that as a child. It was either that channel or Bob Barker when I was on summer break
I hate to be the guy to tell you, man. But, they’ve been doing this shit for like, 30 years man.
