Dwight has a question for all you TiVo and TiVo-like users:
So how about you? Like commercials or hate 'em? If you own a DVR, do you watch the ads or zap through them? If you like them, 'fess up: Have you ever gone back to watch one over again?
On a related note, when I first got the TiVo, it had an effect on how I listened to the radio. I kept wanting to hit a back button so I could hear the song title and band name if I missed it, or to take a shot at finally figuring out what some tricky lyrics were. I was always disappointed that my car stereo didn't let me do that.
Oh, and now that I have an iPod, I almost always do the podcast version of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" - as with hourlong TV shows, it's a nice tidy 45 minutes, and there's no annoying public radio stuff. Not quite TiVoing, but close enough.
Posted by Charles Kuffner on February 20, 2007 to TV and moviesI bought a Tivo box with a 3 year pre-paid ticket last month when I moved up to Cambridge (so that works out to about 8.25 a month then).
I'm dealing more with the problems of having too much to watch because it can record two things at the same time. I rarely watch comercials (I doubt I'm going to see any political ones for a long time which is about all I will actually seek out). The only time when I leave them on is if I need a potty run or I'm doing something in the kitchen.
Posted by: Karl-T on February 20, 2007 7:14 AMOn things I've recorded (Scrubs, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Iron Chef America, Good Eats and some sports), I usually zip through the commercials unless I see one of those Mac-PC commercials which are just great.
I still watch a lot of things live like sports and use the DVR to go back and look at big plays again, then fast forward to catch up.
Posted by: Patrick on February 20, 2007 1:08 PM