Comments on: New TiVo ads http://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/12/19/new-tivo-ads/ TiVo, Slingbox, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever tech I feel like blogging about... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: megazone http://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/12/19/new-tivo-ads/#comment-1849 megazone Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:00:45 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/12/19/new-tivo-ads/#comment-1849 (LJ accounts are free man, sign up. ;-)) I have seen another TiVo ad on TV at some point a few weeks back. But since I skip ads... ;-) I think the new ad bugs me because of the tone/attitude - the kind of smugness the singers have. That just bugs the hell out of me. I also absolutely loathed the 'Two for me, none for you' Twix campaign/slogan. I just don't find being selfish and nasty, or smugly superior, to be humorous or endearing, so it turns me right off when I hear it in an ad. It sounded like an asshole kid going "I have TiVo and you don't - nah nah nah-nah nah!" to me, which just makes me want to smack someone. ;-) (LJ accounts are free man, sign up. ;-))

I have seen another TiVo ad on TV at some point a few weeks back. But since I skip ads… ;-)
I think the new ad bugs me because of the tone/attitude - the kind of smugness the singers have. That just bugs the hell out of me. I also absolutely loathed the ‘Two for me, none for you’ Twix campaign/slogan. I just don’t find being selfish and nasty, or smugly superior, to be humorous or endearing, so it turns me right off when I hear it in an ad. It sounded like an asshole kid going “I have TiVo and you don’t - nah nah nah-nah nah!” to me, which just makes me want to smack someone. ;-)

]]> By: anonymous http://www.gizmolovers.com/2006/12/19/new-tivo-ads/#comment-1848 anonymous Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:47:14 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2006/12/19/new-tivo-ads/#comment-1848 I actually prefer the new radio ad over the Taco one. I think it's less annoying and actually kind of amusing. I am surprised they dropped the TiVo sound effect at the end of their new slogan though - it's memorable. Unless it's only memorable to current subscribers? Hm. After hearing that ad, I tried getting in touch with Taco Bell PR to see if they wanted to sponsor a contest on my site to create a better commercial - Any surprise they didn't write back? ;) Supposedly there is another television commercial floating around out there talking TiVoToGo, though I'm not sure if I've seen it. -Dave Zatz I actually prefer the new radio ad over the Taco one. I think it’s less annoying and actually kind of amusing. I am surprised they dropped the TiVo sound effect at the end of their new slogan though - it’s memorable. Unless it’s only memorable to current subscribers? Hm. After hearing that ad, I tried getting in touch with Taco Bell PR to see if they wanted to sponsor a contest on my site to create a better commercial - Any surprise they didn’t write back? ;) Supposedly there is another television commercial floating around out there talking TiVoToGo, though I’m not sure if I’ve seen it. -Dave Zatz

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