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since when did the Lord of the Rings banner able be audible? it almost scared the bejesus out of me at 1 in the morn.

I havn't run into it yet.

I can understand the freakiness factor.

It was either that or 3 Fast 3 Furious samples. :D

I hate audible ads. I generally skip Zap2it now, since just about every page you click on has some kind of promo coming up with very loud volume (lately it was "SKin", but I guess it won't be there anymore...before that, it was the movie "Mystic River").

IBTMTF*

* In Before The Move To Feeback

Yeah, me too. :D

Seriously though, not a good think to have talkin' at ya when you're at work. -ohbfrank-

i don't have that problem...i disable sounds when surfing the net. some pr0n pages have annoying sounds (err...so somone told me)

Gotta say it weirded me out when I heard it. Forgot my speakers were turned on....at work!

The matrix add on Instant Messenger freaked me out the first time.

-pedagogue

is there any way to stop this type of ad? (with out turning speakers off?)

This is a small run ad for the lord of the rings. You shouldn't see it any more frequently than 1x per 24 hours. There should be a STOP button on the ad... and we're not making this ad type a regular thing here, it was part of this campaign

I use Pheonix, and the banner completely locks up my browser for like 2 minutes while it loads. Annoying, to say the least.

I remember seeing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre banner ad on the IMDB page. Complete with sound, lol. The first time I ran over that, I thought someone was talking to me from across the room :D

I'm also using Phoenix and while it doesn't lock up my browser the stop button doesn't seem to work. :(

THIS AD SUCKS ASS.

(my feedback rules)

i told you i wasn't crazy and hearing stuff...

Seriously, THIS AD SUCKS ASS!

More audible ads please.

Well, of course you want to see more of stuff like that... you're the reason we have this ad in the first place.

Not to be a dick, but isn't that you're answer for every annoying ad? So can we gather that DVDTalk's approach to ads is to avoid invasive ones when they're not part of campaigns, but when they are bundled in bigger deals (as they often are) you're going to go with them?

Worst. Ad. Ever.

Actually, I think the FearDotCom one was worse. But this one sucks too.

Rob

No, the worst banner ad of all time goes to Ford for that damn thing with all the flying birds.

:mad:

Thanks for the custom title ;)

Some of the ads on ESPN.com are REALLY annoying.

I don't mind the LOTR ad. I think I"ve seen it once. (It is pretty well done) It freaked me out because I wasn't expecting sound, but if it helps pay for the site, not a big deal.

Though the Fear.com ad got to me, but that is water under the bridge. :)

-pedagogue

Why can't you have ads where the default is sound off and you can turn it on if you so desire? :)

It is kind of annoying- this particular ad makes you scroll up to it and click the speaker icon to turn it off every time.

Of course they're counting on this, that you'ld click the ad wrong and go through to their page. Ads like this do not engender good feelings from the consumer. I realize they're supposed to be annoying to get your attention, too bad they can't find a more unobtrusive way to sell their product.

My company has a very strict policy about streaming audio and/or video, citing bandwidth as the concern, a concern I believe shared by some here. I’m not sure if this is “streaming,” but I am certain I would not be able to explain it as otherwise.

And it's definitely not 1 x per 24 hours.

I've gotten it 3 times in about the last 5 minutes. Once on the main page of this thread, once in the TV forum and once in Other.

I got it 2x in about 10 minutes on 2 different forums. I don't mind ads, just not ones with sounds. But, you gotta do what you gotta do to keep the site running.

FYI, it is running far far more than that. I've gotten it on 3 of the last five posts I looked at (including this one), with the sound all three times (even though I clicked it off.

more like 1 x per 24 seconds and for some it's like 1 x per 2.4 seconds.

I am getting this on almost every click.

same here! I bounced from Video Games -> Hotdeals -> Videogames and just got it twice in under five minutes.

Another vote for the ad sucks. I'm trying to listen to the Tony Kornheiser Show over the net, and that ad interferes with it - so far at least 5 times in the last couple hours.