So I had this nice long explanation (...okay, rant) about why I was going to watch SYTYCD-C instead of Being Erica tonight since I thought they were both on at the same time. But apparently that's not the case. SYTYCD-C is over at 9 tonight and that's when Being Erica starts. So everything worked out nicely.
...Except I would still like a moment to rant. I, like most younger people these days, watch a hefty amount of my TV online. When I thought I was faced with choosing between Being Erica and SYTYCD-C to watch online, the choice was easy because of one simple detail: I absolutely HATE the CTV online player. With a passion of thousand fires.
Firstly, they break up the show into different sections. Not really a problem since shows are always broken up into acts anyways and there are commercial breaks on TV. So I could deal with that. Secondly, they then usually have a commercial in-between each segment. Okay, you have to deal with on regular TV and I know that they have to make money some how ... but still, it's the internet. But I'm willing to forgive them on that too. On top of all this, and the worst part of all, when watching in full screen and each segment ends, it goes back to regular screen (...I'm so high tech it hurts) and then the commercials play at a louder volume. What is up with that? There really has to be a better way. In fact, I know there is a better way. Even watching Corner Gas on youtube has proved to be a better experience. Start each show with a commercial, that's fine. And how hard to make them all the same volume? I'm seriously not impressed, CTV.
...but this doesn't really matter since I won't have to use it.
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I hear you. I've reconciled the fact that there will still be commercials (but at least less than 25% of the commercial time you'd see on TV), and segments are inconvenient but tolerable (even though caster websites like Gobal don't do that), but the volume and sizing issues are messed. There is no reason that should happen.
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