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07-13-05, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
It works while watching live TV too I believe.
07-13-05, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh Hinkle
It works while watching live TV too I believe.
I ended up turning off the 30 second skip on my Tivo. I prefer just fast forwarding. Takes about the same amount to time and I can hit play and get it right at the start back of the show, with the skip I end up 20 or so seconds into the show too often and have to rewind so it ends up being more of a hassle IMO.
I ended up turning off the 30 second skip on my Tivo. I prefer just fast forwarding. Takes about the same amount to time and I can hit play and get it right at the start back of the show, with the skip I end up 20 or so seconds into the show too often and have to rewind so it ends up being more of a hassle IMO.
07-13-05, 01:18 PM
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I agree, I hate the bugs. Especially with more people getting big, expensive tvs--my tv is a rear projection, and I hate the risk of burnin [though I do try to minimize it]. Plus the bugs are pretty much unnecessary now--if you have a cable or sat box, you can simply hit Info to find out what channel you're on if you somehow forgot.
My box doesn't have commercial skip, but it does have 4 FF speeds, and when you hit 'play' again, it backtracks a bit to where it 'was' when you hit play so getting the timing right is pretty easy.
My box doesn't have commercial skip, but it does have 4 FF speeds, and when you hit 'play' again, it backtracks a bit to where it 'was' when you hit play so getting the timing right is pretty easy.
07-13-05, 05:32 PM
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My 2 stepkids, 8 and 10, have mastered the art of skipping through the commercials already. Who wants to watch that crap?
How many Leptoprin and Cialis commercials should I have to be subjected to every hour anyway? Really - I DON'T need to know about your Herpes or see that ugly muscle-bound mofo whose head doesn't go with his body pushing his workout video.
How many Leptoprin and Cialis commercials should I have to be subjected to every hour anyway? Really - I DON'T need to know about your Herpes or see that ugly muscle-bound mofo whose head doesn't go with his body pushing his workout video.
07-13-05, 07:36 PM
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And we limit how much tv my boy watches, and try to keep it on commercial-free tv, sometimes we do get commercials. There will be plenty of time for him to start being bombarded with commercialism, I'm doing my best to minimize it for now.
Interesting coincidence--right as I opened up this page, I got a Cialis spam email. They're everywhere!
Interesting coincidence--right as I opened up this page, I got a Cialis spam email. They're everywhere!
07-13-05, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Bandoman
Whoa, slow down. Where are you when you first press "select"?
Just point the remote at the Tivo and use the code.
07-14-05, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by apeyard
You have to reset it if your power ever goes out or change batteries on your remote.
07-14-05, 08:50 PM
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I hate commercials and thanks to my dvr I can skip them.
One thing that I keep thinking about is something I read (or heard awhile back). Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the initial idea behind paying for cable years ago (as opposed to rabbit ears) to offer tv viewing without commercials? Kind of like HBO now.
One thing that I keep thinking about is something I read (or heard awhile back). Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the initial idea behind paying for cable years ago (as opposed to rabbit ears) to offer tv viewing without commercials? Kind of like HBO now.
07-16-05, 06:12 PM
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I actually watch more commercials since getting Tivo. Before Tivo, I barely watched tv at all. I don't have the time or inclination to try to remember what's on tv, and to remember to be home to watch it. Since I mostly like serialized shows that you can't drop in and out of, that meant very little tv for me. When I did watch, as soon as the commercials were on I started flipping channels. At least with Tivo, if an ad looks interesting (like a movie trailer I'm interested in, or something that's funny) I'll stop and watch it once.
07-18-05, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by apeyard
You can be anywhere. You have to reset it if your power ever goes out or change batteries on your remote.
Just point the remote at the Tivo and use the code.
Just point the remote at the Tivo and use the code.
Tivo also has a quick rewind button too... so you can 30 second skip past the commercials, than 15 second (or whatever) reverse skip if you accidentally go into the show. Both buttons are really essential parts of my viewing experience...
OMG, I just got more people to skip over advertising easily...
The most annoying way they're combatting Tivos and DVRs in general is the dumb policy of starting or ending a show early or late. Argh. Especially when the end just a few minutes late, and I miss the ending. Grr.
07-18-05, 05:41 PM
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I think someone actually already said that about 1.5, 2 years back, primarily about Replay TV IIRC.. Can't remember who it was--Jack Valenti, maybe, I know it was some bigwig in the entertainment world.
Nope, Jamie Kellner, CEO of Turner:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/20...vr/index2.html
Nope, Jamie Kellner, CEO of Turner:
The war over PVRs hasn't gone well for the media firms, at least in the public arena. The ridicule began last May, when, in a widely circulated interview with CableWorld magazine, Jamie Kellner, the CEO of Turner Broadcasting, called skipping ads "theft." "Your contract with the network when you get the show is you're going to watch the spots," he said. "Otherwise you couldn't get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you're actually stealing the programming."
Staci Kramer, the reporter, asked: "What if you have to go to the bathroom or get up to get a Coke?"
"I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the bathroom," Kellner responded. "But if you formalize it and you create a device that skips certain second increments, you've got that only for one reason, unless you go to the bathroom for 30 seconds. They've done that just to make it easy for someone to skip a commercial."
Staci Kramer, the reporter, asked: "What if you have to go to the bathroom or get up to get a Coke?"
"I guess there's a certain amount of tolerance for going to the bathroom," Kellner responded. "But if you formalize it and you create a device that skips certain second increments, you've got that only for one reason, unless you go to the bathroom for 30 seconds. They've done that just to make it easy for someone to skip a commercial."
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07-18-05, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by fujishig
I don't think you can be anywhere, you need to actually be watching a show. So you can't do it in a TIVO menu screen, for instance. You'll hear a distinct succession of beeps once you've inputted it correctly.
Tivo also has a quick rewind button too... so you can 30 second skip past the commercials, than 15 second (or whatever) reverse skip if you accidentally go into the show. Both buttons are really essential parts of my viewing experience...
OMG, I just got more people to skip over advertising easily...
The most annoying way they're combatting Tivos and DVRs in general is the dumb policy of starting or ending a show early or late. Argh. Especially when the end just a few minutes late, and I miss the ending. Grr.
Tivo also has a quick rewind button too... so you can 30 second skip past the commercials, than 15 second (or whatever) reverse skip if you accidentally go into the show. Both buttons are really essential parts of my viewing experience...
OMG, I just got more people to skip over advertising easily...
The most annoying way they're combatting Tivos and DVRs in general is the dumb policy of starting or ending a show early or late. Argh. Especially when the end just a few minutes late, and I miss the ending. Grr.
07-18-05, 09:12 PM
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Maybe a growing fear in London but it's been around a long time here. Even in the days of the VCR, I would FF'd through commercials. Now with my DVR's, I either fast forward with the TiVo or skip with the ReplayTv.
07-18-05, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
Didn't Exxon or someone sponsor one of the classic B/W Sat night shows? I think the company name was even in the name of the show.
