# ClearPlay DVD players now available in WalMart

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearplay-dvd-players-now-available-in-walmart/373947>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 24, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearplay-dvd-players-now-available-in-walmart/373947 "2006-09-24T15:51:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clearplay-dvd-players-now-available-in-walmart/373947/21 "2006-09-29T17:50:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Monty]  
Do y’all remember that poster who asserted it’s unethical to skip the advertisements?  
[/QUOTE]  
[Jamie Kellner](http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/676651/posts) posts here?

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> Jamie Kellner is the chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting, which encompasses everything from CNN to TNT and is a part of AOL Time Warner. On Monday, an interview with Kellner appeared in CableWorld.
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> In response to a question on why personal video recorders (PVR’s) were bad for the industry, Kellner responded: “Because of the ad skips… It’s theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you’re going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn’t get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you’re actually stealing the programming.”

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