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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)
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Subject: Re: VCR comercial eliminator
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Date: 29 Aug 88 14:07:01 GMT
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In article <257@ivucsb.UUCP> todd@ivucsb.UUCP (Todd Day <todd>) writes:
>...Ad Zapper uses the new SRT technology so you can enjoy virtually
>commercial-free recordings of your favorite TV shows and movies.
>When your VCR records, Ad Zapper eliminates 95% of comercial time...
>..Works with ... infra-red control...
>
>Anyway, does anybody know what is in the video signal that tips off
>this device that a commercial is coming up and when the commercial is
>over?

I had a box that claimed to have a "commercial alert" -- it looked for
the fade to black that usually begins and ends a commercial.  It
usually worked, but it had a large rate of false alerts -- seems that
real shows have fade to blacks in them, too.

Anyone know what "SRT technology" is?
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John Allred
BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
(jallred@bbn.com)

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