Is anyone else bothered by commercials for televisions purporting to show how great the competition's screens are through your own television screen?

Pretty stupid, I guess.

I’m bothered by all commercials. Hence, I don’t watch television, and I don’t pay for cable. I’ll watch TV via online streaming (Canada doesn’t have a nice Hulu-style website, so I’ll bittorrent stuff as well) or renting/buying any boxed sets that I deem worthy of watching. That way I avoid a lot of the crap that is called television nowadays.

I’m not so much bothered by one certain commerical as opposed to how much I hate being inundated with all commercials put together. I understand we’re a capitalist society and advertising is a large part of product sales and business services but I think their frequency is ridiculous.

As for the prices they pay to advertise? I heard that 30 second commericals slots during this year’s Superbowl were going for 3 million dollars a piece. Wow.

It is pretty ridiculous. Showing me how great HD is, through my non-HD television. Pfft.