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Weekend tech reading: Asus undercuts MS Surface with VivoTab RT

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  1. Matthew TechSpot Staff Posts: 5,893   +53

    It remains to be seen how many opponents will show up to each battle, but the Windows RT price wars have begun. ASUS is now offering their VivoTab RT tablet -- which launched October 26th alongside Windows 8 -- for...

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    Matthew, Nov 11, 2012
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  2. TomSEA TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,965   +134

    Heh..I fall into the category who won't watch a video if it doesn't fire right up. Same thing if there's a 30 second commercial attached to it. Most videos are cutsey, time-wasting junk anyway, so I'm not going to waste a lot of time to watch them. I'll endure a 10-12 second commercial, but anything longer than that, or if the video won't boot up in 3-4 seconds then forget it.
    TomSEA, Nov 11, 2012
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  3. Timonius TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 514   +18

    Heh...on a similar note, I try to watch some of my favorite shows more legitimately through the actual tv networks website. It worked for a while, but then some of them got 'dumb' and decided to intersperse the show with ads and in some cases it won't even load because of my wonderful FF/ABP duo. Buh-bye, back to the 'other' means.

    Furthermore, for the shows I enjoy the most...I WILL (and have) go out and buy the season box sets when they become available. So I save a little here, but spend a bit more there. It's a win-win for everybody without the 'middleman' ads.
    Timonius, Nov 11, 2012
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  4. veLa TechSpot Booster Posts: 288   +25

    If there's an advertisement I refuse to watch the video, and I also have fast enough internet so if videos don't load and play in the first 5 seconds you've lost me.
    veLa, Nov 12, 2012
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  5. Burty117 TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,903   +85

    The day Ad-block Plus blocked Ads from Youtube Videos was one of the best days of my life.
    Burty117, Nov 12, 2012
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