Beer product placement - good and bad

[ozzy1038]

Yes but with other products than beer. IMO TV has not been worth watching for a long time, so much so that we only get what we can pull in with an antenna for free! TV shows now are like watching a string of giant commercials that make up a story, with real commercials every 8.5 minutes. I wonder why ADD has been on the rise...

I find it more relaxing to surf forums and research my hobbies than to watch TV. Knowledge is free and doing things is fun!

Amen!! I rarely watch tv anymore. I think I burned less brain cells when I used to smoke pot than I do if I watch most TV. I am almost anti tv now.

I spend much more time online researching and learning things.

Even when my wife wants to watch a movie I can barely sit through most of them because I feel like I can be doing something better with my time.

I guess I must not be like most of America because product placements do nothing to inspire me to buy that product.

 

[RMitch]

Amen!! I rarely watch tv anymore. I think I burned less brain cells when I used to smoke pot than I do if I watch most TV. I am almost anti tv now.

I spend much more time online researching and learning things.

Even when my wife wants to watch a movie I can barely sit through most of them because I feel like I can be doing something better with my time.

I guess I must not be like most of America because product placements do nothing to inspire me to buy that product.

I generally do both. I like the background noise of the tv.

Product placements/commercials obviously don't work immediately...they work on our memory.

If I see a commercial for Gorton's fried fish, I'm probably not going to get up right then and go out and pick up a pack of fried fish patties. But a couple weeks later when I'm at the supermarket and in the frozen fish section...if I see three brands...Gorton's, Store Brand, and some No-Name Brand, I am most likely going to go with the Gorton's.

 

[Erroneous]

I think a lot of it can be changed with how you're raised. If for instance, you are like me and grew up on store brand then you probably won't pay for the name brand unless it happens to be cheaper. OTH, commercials are good at letting you know what services/products are out there. If I think to myself that I need to book a hotel, I know of at least 3 places to check. Chances are the first one I go to is the last one I saw on TV or that I've seen most.

 

[funkapottomous]

Don't know if it's mentioned but in It's Always Sunny in Philiadelphia they have SO MUCH placement for coors light it's ridiculous.

 

[RMitch]

I think a lot of it can be changed with how you're raised. If for instance, you are like me and grew up on store brand then you probably won't pay for the name brand unless it happens to be cheaper. OTH, commercials are good at letting you know what services/products are out there. If I think to myself that I need to book a hotel, I know of at least 3 places to check. Chances are the first one I go to is the last one I saw on TV or that I've seen most.

True. For me it depends on the product. Something generic like bottled water or computer printer paper...store brand is fine. But anything with flavor, or where quality determines my enjoyment of that product...I'll generally go brand-name.

 

[hops2it]

Slightly OT but I notice this all the time with guns. "Forensics" show the bullet came from a .40 Glock yet in the shot scene it was a Beretta 92, etc. My other hobby is shooting so I always notice gun models.