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How to Get Your Own Personal Ad on the Super Bowl
The going rate for 30-seconds of advertising on the Super Bowl is about $3-million. That's a lot of clams, and far too much for most individuals out there to cough up if they wanted to put a joke spot in the commercial lineup. But what if a couple-thousand Internet denizens got together and all chipped in some money? That's the idea behind 30 Seconds of Nothing, which hopes to buy an ad during this years' game and play one lucky person's YouTube video national TV for half a minute.The site is asking for donations of any size from anyone willing to contribute, along with suggestions for YouTube videos eligible for selection as the clip shown 'round the world (assuming this whole thing isn't just a scam to get your money). Any clip that contains no advertising and is capable of passing FCC regulations is a potential selection, and while there are plenty of choices, we can't help but think a little Rick Astley might be appropriate. That clip's more than 15-million viewers is certainly impressive, but it pales in comparison to the nearly 100-million viewers who are liable to watch this years' game -- and commercials. [Source: 30 Seconds of Nothing, via Urlesque]
HDTV Now In 25% of US Households
by Tim Stevens, posted Apr 25th 2008 at 11:40AM
With electronics showrooms full of seemingly nothing but flat-panel displays, it'll probably come as no surprise to you that penetration of high definition televisions has finally reached 25-percent. A 5.5 million-set buying spree ahead of the Superbowl last year pushed sets over the quarter mark. A big flat-panel was definitely the thing to have for the big game (as well as beer and chips and etc.), but would you believe that, by some accounts, only half of those with high-def sets actually have high-def programming being piped into them?
That's according to one recent ABI Research study, which found only 56-percent of those with HDTVs are subscribing to high-def programming packages. However, another study, by Magid & Associates, puts the mark at 70-percent, so it's safe to say that these numbers are perhaps a bit unreliable. If you believe the latter study, it also says that 18-percent of HD owners are connecting their sets to high-definition consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, meaning for many high-def gaming is a strong selling point.
What about the rest, who are seemingly bereft of HD content? Surely some are pulling in signals over the airwaves, but others apparently don't care; they just like the "the sleek and contemporary appearance" of newer TVs. We can't help but think they don't know what they're missing. [Source: BetaNews]
HDTV Sales Surge In Super Bowl Lead-Up
Of course you want to watch the Super Bowl in HDTV. Who doesn't? It seems the lead up to the big game is the second biggest driver of high-definition LCD TV sales for Amazon.com, according to the e-tailer's latest numbers. (The biggest driver is, of course, holiday season gift giving.)
So which TV leads the pack? The mantle this time goes to Samsung and its $2,199 52-inch 1080p LNT5265F set.
Samsung also dominates this top 10 list, with four of the spots. Sharp has three, Sony two and Toshiba just one. All but one of these TV sets is 1080p and all but two are larger than 40-inches. (Do we see the continued trend here? Go big and get the highest resolution you can.)
We're going to watch the game on a 42-inch Toshiba, but maybe we'll listen to one quarter of it on the radio -- and imagine what the game action looks like, just as in the olden days.
From Gearlog.
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