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  1. ImSoMucked ImSoMucked is offline

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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 5:51pm)

    Two reps from the Nielson Company stopped by yesterday with a care package and told me I had been selected to have Nielson monitors placed on my TVs. I had received a letter a week or so ago saying the same thing but I didn't pay too much attention to it. I told them to come by today at 6 pm b/c they have to have a longish discussion about the monitors and demographics in the household.

    Has anyone had any experience with this? I think it would be kind of cool but I dont know what kind of hassle it might be.
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:10pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

    What? Is google it but I'm on my phone and it's a pain in the ass.
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:11pm) in reply to Jimbo31

    Ill have a lost of shows I want you to watch later, community is on that list
     
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:12pm) in reply to time4badbeat

    i dunno wtf your talking about and google isnt helping
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:24pm) in reply to curiousgeorge

    The fact that this is still the way we determine the life and death of TV content boggles my mind. I mean, what, 70% (# completely guess) of households have cable/satellite with a computer box attached to their television?

    For the newbs "ratings" are determined by statistical sampling of carefully selected "Nielson families" who have a device hooked up. If you dont have one, your viewing habits don't matter.

    Cable channels must have some sort of tracking above and beyond this, right?
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:26pm) in reply to Lenny

    was thinking the same damn thing^^^^^^^^^
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:29pm) in reply to Lenny

     
    Originally Posted by Lenny View Post

    The fact that this is still the way we determine the life and death of TV content boggles my mind. I mean, what, 70% (# completely guess) of households have cable/satellite with a computer box attached to their television?

    For the newbs "ratings" are determined by statistical sampling of carefully selected "Nielson families" who have a device hooked up. If you dont have one, your viewing habits don't matter.

    Cable channels must have some sort of tracking above and beyond this, right?

    I always wondered that... That is ridiculous that I have never heard of it. obviously their numbers have to be flawed right, considering no one knows what the fuck it even is.
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:45pm) in reply to time4badbeat

     
    Originally Posted by time4badbeat View Post

    Ill have a lost of shows I want you to watch later, community is on that list

    100% going to be having this on

    Edit: I DL almost all the shows I watch. Once i get this thing set up i'm going to watch as much stuff as I can live. Esp Breaking Bad and Community.

    I will not let another show like Terriers get cancelled!!!!!!!
    Edited By: ImSoMucked Sep 15th, 2011 at 06:46 PM
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 6:52pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

    What about the radio? How can they tell that you are listening to a particular station?
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 7:23pm) in reply to I Fold

    Surveys and similar type of meters Is what my buddy who works in advertising tells me
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 7:29pm) in reply to Popperhead

    are they still putting the pin hole cameras in them to monitor what you are doing while watching those educational shows? that was the norm back in the mid '80's until '97 or so. then again a few years ago

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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 7:47pm) in reply to nastysmell

    People seriously don't know about the Nielson ratings/box???
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 7:51pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

     
    Originally Posted by ImSoMucked View Post

    Two reps from the Nielson Company stopped by yesterday with a care package and told me I had been selected to have Nielson monitors placed on my TVs. I had received a letter a week or so ago saying the same thing but I didn't pay too much attention to it. I told them to come by today at 6 pm b/c they have to have a longish discussion about the monitors and demographics in the household.

    Has anyone had any experience with this? I think it would be kind of cool but I dont know what kind of hassle it might be.

    how much are they paying u? if nothing tell them not to let the door hit them on the way out.
     
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 8:00pm) in reply to Jwilkinson

    uhhh, pretty sure you're not suppose to talk about them, if you have one.
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 8:13pm) in reply to Moonlight Graham

    Dont have one yet, guess i'll have to stop when i get it!
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 8:21pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

    Moonlight Graham has one ask him
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 8:26pm) in reply to Reoknows

    are you getting paid? no way id do that shit for free
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 8:35pm) in reply to time4badbeat

     
    Originally Posted by time4badbeat View Post

    Ill have a lost of shows I want you to watch later, community is on that list

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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 10:55pm) in reply to Hughes4

     
    Originally Posted by Hughes4 View Post

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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 11:03pm) in reply to threeven

    I dont even know if it matters, but i'm going to put Community on every TV in the house
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    Sep 15th, 2011 (9/15/2011 11:56pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

    damnit, how much are you getting paid for this?!?!
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  23. Mikey Babes Mikey Babes is offline tuna, cottage cheese and mayo

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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 12:13am) in reply to juanyorba

    what the FUCK is a nielson box
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 12:15am) in reply to nastysmell

     
    Originally Posted by nastysmell View Post

    are they still putting the pin hole cameras in them to monitor what you are doing while watching those educational shows? that was the norm back in the mid '80's until '97 or so. then again a few years ago

    Nielsen Box

    needs moar love

    how do people not know what a neilson box is? where do they think the nielson ratings come from?
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 12:45am) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    how do people not know what a neilson box is? where do they think the nielson ratings come from?

    my wife and I were discussing this recently and we decided, since we hadn't heard anything about the nielsen ratings in so long, that they had went away because more reliable info was so easily available through cable. (obviously didn't bother to google it.) clearly they think they are getting "good" data and they probably check it against the info that can be obtained from cable companies but why go to so much fucking effort?

    the nielsen's used to be what determined advertising rates, can hardly believe they still use it for that.

    lol, just read the wiki about the nielsen's, unreal how poor their methods are and how bad the data they produce is, whatta joke.
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 12:49am) in reply to EyeKnows

    tbh I felt the same way. there's no way billions of dollars are decided this way, right?...lol
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 1:21am) in reply to norcaljeff

    When I was a kid we were a Neilson family for a week. Every member of the family got a booklet to fill out and send back. We were paid 4 crisp one dollar bills for our trouble.
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 1:22am) in reply to golfteam

     
    Originally Posted by golfteam View Post

    When I was a kid we were a Neilson family for a week. Every member of the family got a booklet to fill out and send back. We were paid 4 crisp one dollar bills for our trouble.


    whoa uberlurker
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 2:24pm) in reply to Lameass_

     
    Originally Posted by Lameass_ View Post

    damnit, how much are you getting paid for this?!?!

    If you do the full two years they give you about $800 over the course of the program. + they have a bunch of incentives for improving your TV watching. Like $25 every time you upgrade equipment and paying for half of a TV if the original was damaged
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    Sep 16th, 2011 (9/16/2011 2:37pm) in reply to ImSoMucked

    I remember some tv show from when I was a kid and they for the Nielson box and the joke was that they only put the tvs connected to it on to watch "smart" things and then they were watching their real shows on some tv not connected to the box.
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