I'm think I'm having problems from the ad. Not just the fact that it's wicked loud compared to other sound programs that are running, but occasionally when I open a page here my speakers pop very loudly three times. This isn't when the ad pops up, just when I go to a page and the banner loads. Not cool...

just turn off the audio in the browser settings. personally, i'm not too fond of sound in websites anyways.

Put me down as one that finds the feardotcom ad extremely annoying.

I hate ads like that and have always appreciated (in the past) that dvdtalk did not use "rich media" ads on their website.

I agree that it will turn users off (like me).

I understand Geoff needs support to run the site, but not with ads like that...

Agreed completely... There is nothing on the internet that is more annoying than these ads. Nothing.

But do what you have to do to keep this site running...

As for Fear.bomb, any chance (and it was damn_slim) that I would have rented this stinker is long gone.

Unfortunately we all don't have the opportunity to work for Warner Bros. :D ;)

It's been far more than 10x for me. Ten times this morning, maybe.

I'm over the 10X and it's still every single page

:thmbsdwn:

Very annoying.

:grunt:

Watch and learn (just quoting for reference):

IE 6.0.x (should work for other versions)

Tools >> Internet Options >> Advanced Settings >> scroll to Multimedia >> uncheck Play sounds in web pages

These ads are a bit creepy. :)

Seven more days to go!

Well...helps pay for the site. Though it did confuse me for a few seconds at work, I had my speakers on listening to a streaming video (work -related) and then I had this sound...sure enough 15 min. minutes went by :)

-pedagogue

ps. At least you are getting Penitration in the industry. I always hear how people will do almost anything to get penitration into such a select group that is hollywood :)

Same here.

Can't we at least have popups for movies that DON'T suck? :yack:

Just to clarify:

You should get the pop-ups no more than 1x every 30 mins. If you're getting more than that, make sure your browser is accepting cookies.

In terms of the rich media ad, you should only get it at a max of 3 times in a day, no closer than 2 hours between them and a max of 7 times over the life of the campaign

We realize that not everyone loves these, and we do what we can to meter them so that people aren't completely inundated with the ads

[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Bus
[B]Watch and learn (just quoting for reference):

[b]IE 6.0.x (should work for other versions)



that method doesn't work on opera tho. :p

fear dot overload :p

http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~dpham00/feardot.jpg

Hey D.doom9.net what are you downloading there? :)

some Dolby clips from the link in this thread:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...ighlight=dolby

It's GONE!!!!

:D

-k
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My browser is set to accept cookies. It pops up every page

they're gone now :)

I DO NOT SEE ANY "commercials durring my favorite TV programs," GK... I only watch HBO and PBS. :blush:

What's gone? I just got a rich media one. They'll be here until Geoff said they'd be here (23rd).

:)

Yes! They ARE still here... -ptth-

DVDTalk == Pop-up hell!

It's really is getting a bit old. Maybe now that this 'horrible' movie is released to can pull the pop-ups.

Between this site and DVDFile I dont think I have ever seen a pop up more times than I've seen crapdotcom's....so damn anoying....but if it pays the bills.....

I meant I'm not getting them on every single page like before

i was surfing late at night with my speakers turned on and this ad popped out of nowhere! freaked me out!

haha :lol:

Its hilarious that the only thing scary about this film are the pop-ups promoting it!!

Oh come on! I really like this site but this is getting out of hand. I'm now running a pop-up stopper on my computers, primarily because of DVDTalk. I like this site, but object to all these pop-ups. I thought pop-ups weren't allowed? I posted a thread about this and was told that they weren't pop-ups, but pop-unders. This one clearly is a pop-up and should be removed, unless the rules have changed.

From the FAQ thread sticky at the top of this forum:

This thread announced the promotion, so it seems that the FAQ guidelines were followed. Luckily at least the rich media part of it should be over in a few days.

fear.dot.POW works well. :lol:

Damn_it... I lied. Sorry

Must have just been luck. :(

-k
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Sorry Geoff, but this site is following in the footsteps of every other site out there that I can't stand to go to anymore because of the g--damn pop-ups.

I'm all for making money and making the site better for the users but this is getting ridiculous, especially since the site really hasn't gone through too many changes/improvemnts since the two years I have been coming here. Or is it simply to keep it running at this point.

Aren't huge porn banners on every page enough?

If you must have pop-ups then why not limit them to the main page and leave the forum alone?

Devil's Advocate: The forum is what drains the bandwidth, not the main page.

palebluedot,

I think you are over reacting.

- The campaign is 11-12 days, and pop-ups are not the norm
- There aren't huge porn banners on every page and they only run at night
- We do things like impression capping so people don't get inundated with ads
- DVD Talk consumes an amazing amount of bandwith and the forum consumes a HUGE amount of this. Traffic has increased over the last year and so has expense. We continue to have to add servers to support the traffic.

To run a site like DVD Talk we have 3 options:
1) Charge A Membership Fee (like something awful)
2) Beg For Money from our members (like Home Theater Forum)
3) Run ads which pay for the site (like 90% of the major sites out there)

While I myself dislike intrusive advertising, I think it's the lesser of the above 3 evils and in the long run is the most reliable way to ensure we can continue to provide our members with the best service possiable at practicaly NO cost to them!

Same here. Didn't need that late at night while playing music.

The ad (like previous ones) aren't that bad. Atleast it doesn't pop up after every click.

I don't mind the popups as it helps the site. However I do mind having to listen to "do you like to watch".

A pop up blocker? :)

I dont mind pop-ups - I understand that maintaning a web page can get expensive. This I have no problem with. However its when they start to talk to me or start making noise and playing music is when I start getting pissed. And surfing with the speakers off isnt an option since I like to play MP3s and CDs while I do.

I do not like them. It is embarrasing when you are at home or school and it pops up. It looks like you are looking at porn.

Of course, over at the HTF, there are plenty of people who are more than willing to donate so they don't have to deal with the annoying advertising clutter over there. . .