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TWRoO on 15 August 2012
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twesterm said:
thismeintiel said:
What they should do is ask eveyone who owns a cable box and/or sat. dish if they wish to participate in the nielsen ratings. If yes, then they allow them to collect their viewing data and maybe knock a couple bucks off of their bill.


There's a problem with that-- my DVR is always on.  It should obviously count anything I DVR but I don't DVR every show I watch.

So what do we do when I watch a show and then just leave?  Should it count all those shows on NBC or whatever because I happened to leave my DVR on that channel?

What about if I'm just watching TV?  I start watching on show on a channel and then continue on that channel?  Do those get counted or does it assume I'm away?  My wife does this all the time with channels like HGTV.  If you only counted shows that were DVR'd, that would make it much more innacurate than the Nielson rating system.

The only solution I can think of off the top of my head would be to have a button come up that you have to press and screw that.  It's not that simple of a solution.

They should just put cameras in all your TVs so they can know when you are watching.