One Sony commercial on NBC HD Olympics

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In article <20040815211918.03961.00002375@mb-m19.aol.com>,
keybdwizrd@aol.comzzzzzz (KeybdWizrd) wrote:

> Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial at
> least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
> aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it was
> cool the first seven times or so.
>
> No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that Sony
> commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
>
> Ridiculous.
>
> Michael W.
> Chicago, IL, USA

Same here in Phoenix.


--
Jay Swartzfeger
Scottsdale, AZ

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"KeybdWizrd" <keybdwizrd@aol.comzzzzzz> wrote:
> Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial
at
> least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
> aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it
was
> cool the first seven times or so.
>
> No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that
Sony
> commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
>
> Ridiculous.

And I remarked to my wife, "Why are they even running this ad on the HD
version of the Olympics? The only people who will see the ad are people
*with* HDTV, so the chances of converting seem way smaller than just running
the same ad on USA, Bravo, MSNBC, etc...seems a stupid buy on Sony's part.

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"hey todd.. hey todd... whatca doin'? Watching the game.."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

Yes, It is the same everywhere. We saw it here in Dallas too.

I don't mind the beauty shots of Athens so much. They are pretty and you can
sit though that for a while until they come back to the competition.

What I do mind is the fact that this whole HDTV effort on NBC's part looks so
sloppy.
They had years to figure out how they were going to fill the time and *this* is
their solution?? I'm really surprised and disappointed.

Since they obviously sold only one sponsorship to the HDTV broadcast, one would
think they might want to run a ton of spots for their fall shows. They are
running just a few, but not nearly as many as they could.

Why not just run ads in standard definition like we usually see on ER or the
other NBC HD programs?

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"KeybdWizrd" <keybdwizrd@aol.comzzzzzz> wrote in message
news:20040815211918.03961.00002375@mb-m19.aol.com...
> Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial
at
> least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
> aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it
was
> cool the first seven times or so.
>
> No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that
Sony
> commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
>
> Ridiculous.
Same in Kansas City. I switched over to the SD broadcast because
the HD broadcast is so pathetic.

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But, "we brought chips........and salsa."

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:26:56 GMT, "D. Stussy"
<kd6lvw@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, KeybdWizrd wrote:
>> Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial at
>> least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
>> aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it was
>> cool the first seven times or so.
>>
>> No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that Sony
>> commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
>>
>> Ridiculous.
>>
>> Michael W.
>> Chicago, IL, USA
>
>Same in Los Angeles, the #2 market!

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A lot of stores will be showing the NBC HD channel, so Sony may want the
coverage for the looky-loos.

Bill

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Amen, but you would think as many times as I have seen the commercial,
I would be able to tell if they are saying "hey Todd, hey Tom, or hey
Shawn." What are they saying? Its driving me nuts!

"Eric" <none@nospam.not> wrote in message news:<10i1ttt5nu7aed5@corp.supernews.com>...
> > Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial
> at
> > least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
> > aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it
> was
> > cool the first seven times or so.
> >
> > No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that
> Sony
> > commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
> >
> > Ridiculous.
> >
>
> I'm sick of the Sony commercial too! Every single commercial break, its the
> same commercial!
>
> Likewise, everytime I see the Sony HDTV commercial I think the same thing as
> others that replied here: why broadcast a commercial for HDTV's on a HDTV
> broadcast!? Makes more sense to put it on a SDTV broadcast! Only thing I
> can think of is that maybe it's intended for an audience that is currently
> in a store and shopping for a TV. (Seems every electronics store has every
> single TV tuned to the olympics.)

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Krusty wrote:
> "KeybdWizrd" <keybdwizrd@aol.comzzzzzz> wrote:
>
>>Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial
>
> at
>
>>least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
>>aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it
>
> was
>
>>cool the first seven times or so.
>>
>>No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that
>
> Sony
>
>>commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
>>
>>Ridiculous.
>
>
> And I remarked to my wife, "Why are they even running this ad on the HD
> version of the Olympics? The only people who will see the ad are people
> *with* HDTV, so the chances of converting seem way smaller than just running
> the same ad on USA, Bravo, MSNBC, etc...seems a stupid buy on Sony's part.
>
>

You have to figure that just about every store that's selling HDTV's is
showing the Olympics. This way Sony gets their message out to everybody
that's in the store looking at maybe buying a Toshibia, Mitsubishi, or
some other brand.

ALv

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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:29:42 +0000, dg wrote:

> Isn't the commercial non HD? I have not seen it, but other people tell me
> its not even a high def commercial. Not a good advertisement for HD.
>
> --Dan
>
> "Bill Sharpe" <billsharpe@nsadelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:UdCdnSbeypgJgbzcRVn-tw@adelphia.com...
>> A lot of stores will be showing the NBC HD channel, so Sony may want the
>> coverage for the looky-loos.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>

It's high def and highly annoying.

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On 18 Aug 2004 23:12:50 GMT, hwknwolvesnbears@aol.com
(Hwknwolvesnbears) wrote:

>i've heard a new sony ad's coming btw

For the Winter Games in 2006.

Kal

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nope budweiser and bratwurst...lol

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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Dave wrote:
> But, "we brought chips........and salsa."
>
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:26:56 GMT, "D. Stussy" <kd6lvw@bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
> >On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, KeybdWizrd wrote:
> >> Here in Chicago, my family and I have seen that one Sony HDTV commercial at
> >> least 20 times. This is absurd. Also, there's that five-minute (approx)
> >> aerial film around Greece that they seem to show ad nauseum. I thought it was
> >> cool the first seven times or so.
> >>
> >> No one here wants to watch the Olympics any more for fear of seeing that Sony
> >> commercial and flyby video again. Is this the same everywhere?
> >>
> >> Ridiculous.
> >
> >Same in Los Angeles, the #2 market!

Having chips doesn't score points, and salsa actually takes some away.