[cough] premium membership [/cough]

:D

Using firefox and its ok when there is one banner but if there is 2 (like nemein pointed out) it shoots CPU usage straight to 99% and locks the browser. I have to do an end task in the task manager to get my computer back.

Same problems as everyone else.

Sorry guys. I know this SUCKS. I gave the feedback to the ad agency of all the issues and we've actually passed on a few upcoming campaigns which have this kind of advertising.

YES this means we're skipping out on making $$$ to improve your experience on the site!!!! So you're welcome :p

You should see the banner a lot less on the site starting Sunday.

Thanks Geoff!

Realize this means less money, but we are greatful.

I just had the Hostage banner ad. cpu usage went from the normal 5% to 35% and memory usage went up 10 megs. reloaded the page and the ad went away and everything dropped back to normal

I detest that ad. First time I got it on the main page of DVDTalk, I tried clicking onto a textfield to search for reviews, but I could not get the text cursor to appear in the textbox. A few seconds later, the Hostage ad appeared in front of my cursor, and I realized I had been clicking on an invisible ad. Even so, I could not get into the search textbox because that ad kept following my cursor. Nice.

When that banner was around there were a number of links I could not click. In the end I discovered that I could click on the furthest left link which brought me to a page that didn't have the ad. And then I went from there to wherever I wanted to go (reviews or forum). Very annoying though.


Awesome! Thanks :)