Tivo

Once you get over the emotional barrier to admitting that you like Television, you'll be able to admit that there's also a lot to dislike about the experience -- mostly the lousy commercials, but also the way your schedule is dictated by "what's on".

Adding a Tivo to your televsion fixes both problems by giving you the ability to schedule the recording of shows you like (or even shows that have actors you like -- Tivo keeps track), and by giving you the ability to skip commercials...

1. Start playing any recording.
2. During playback press: Select - Play - Select - 3 - 0 - Select
3. You should hear three bongs, and you're done.

Your "skip to tick" button (the arrow pointing to a line) is now a 30 second skip button. This feature is set to "off" at default, so if your TiVo restarts or loses power the feature will be turned off. Just enter the code again while watching a recording to re-enable it.