Rant - Side-By-Side Sporting Event & Commercials on TV

PeterC99 · Jun 19, 2021

Don’t watch much TV but there are a couple of sporting events that I enjoy. What is it with this new fangled split screen showing half of the TV with the sporting event and the other half of the screen has a commercial?

Anyone else find this Very distracting and Difficult to watch either screen?

Maybe I should just go back to watching my aquarium?

PeterC99 · Jun 20, 2021

They keep doing this at US Golf Open!

elysics · Jun 20, 2021

Well you are supposed to watch the ads, not the sport

The sport itself is more like an ad for the other ads, so to speak

/s

Jekyl · Jun 20, 2021

PeterC99 said:
They keep doing this at US Golf Open!

The commercials keep people awake.

Bobblehead · Jun 20, 2021

In full agreement. We watch Formula 1 racing here and the network does the split screen with the commercial getting the audio, obviously. I just mute the audio while the commercial is on so we can focus on the screen with the racing.