I use my DVR extensively. Other than watching the commercials in FFW to see when they end and I need to press play again, I haven't seen a commercial since I got my DVR. This is the whole point of a DVR for me: to get rid of the brain-melting commercials trying to sell me shit I don't need. I make my purchases based on research (usually via the web) not because a band I liked licenses a song for a product or some random actor does something funny in the name of the product's company. Commercials are invasive; I watch television to see the content not find out what the new cereal flavors are. Prior to the advent of the DVR I always muted commercials; I suppose that is the next button to be removed...
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I use my DVR extensively. Other than watching the commercials in FFW to see when they end and I need to press play again, I haven't seen a commercial since I got my DVR. This is the whole point of a DVR for me: to get rid of the brain-melting commercials trying to sell me shit I don't need. I make my purchases based on research (usually via the web) not because a band I liked licenses a song for a product or some random actor does something funny in the name of the product's company. Commercials are invasive; I watch television to see the content not find out what the new cereal flavors are. Prior to the advent of the DVR I always muted commercials; I suppose that is the next button to be removed...