[mythtv-users] Chris Isaak

[jarpublic at gmail.com]

> Their argument sounds to me like a load of old cobblers. Does that mean that
> the first few minutes of any feature film I watch are the most exciting?
> Should they stop the action every ten minutes to allow the audiences
> expectations to rise again? I suspect some attempt at self-justification
> here.
>
> I'm in the UK, and I watch things on the BBC channels (amogst others). No
> breaks in programs at all. I don't have any problem with that. Serials,
> films, sports events, no problem at all. If I have to get up, I accept I may
> miss a few seconds of action. Using Myth, I just hit pause and even that
> possibility is gone. Do people really have difficulty sitting and watching
> something without distractions for that long? Is it just what you get used
> to, perhaps?

They aren't just making arbitrary arguments. They did the studies with
separate groups. The groups that had interruptions of various kinds
consistently rated their overall enjoyment of the show they were
watching higher than the groups that watched the same shows straight
through. They are just trying to explain the results, which were quite
odd and surprising.