Do You Hate Watching Commercials. Here is how to Skip them if you have a DVR

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

How to Enable a Hidden Commercial-Skipping Button on Any DVR

If you have Direct TV, Comcast, Dish, Verizon FIOS, or TiVo you can program your remove control so when you hit the button it skips forward 30 seconds without having to watch the commercial. I have Direct TV and it works great not to watch the commercial even if it is zipping by. The program you are watching has to be recorded for this to work.

 

[rekees4300]

Wifey discovered this feature on our DirecTV remotes a few months ago. She thinks it's the greatest thing since sliced beard and has already worn out the button on 2 remotes!!

 

[dragoneggs]

We rarely watch live TV unless it's football. We 'tape' about every show we are interested in, including the news just so we can skip the commercials. After a while you will learn how many minutes the commercial breaks are and you can just press the SKIP/FWD button quickly the amount of times required and barely miss a beat. I also use the 'sling' box to watch shows on my satellite DVR when I am traveling on business. This has made the down time in the hotel so much better.

 

[Egbert]

Dish will let you skip commercials during the recording - on "some" channels. Also has the skip forward/backward functions.

 

[troutsqueezer]

The direct tv remote has this as a standard feature. It's the button with the arrow facing into a vertical line. Easier to skip past commercials this way, for sure.

 

[DT86]

The direct tv remote has this as a standard feature. It's the button with the arrow facing into a vertical line...

I came to TBN to learn something and I'm rarely disappointed. Never thought that it would be about my remote.

 

[fireman022]

We bought a dedicated computer for tv watching. The small pc desktop is hooked up to our flat screen.
We use this pc for nothing else, in case of a virus you just wipe the drive and start fresh.
We use "Project free tv" every show, every season and episode. No commercials.
You also need to block the pop up ads on this site. Ad fender is free and works great.

We haven't had a cable or satellite bill for over 3 years.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

The direct tv remote has this as a standard feature. It's the button with the arrow facing into a vertical line. Easier to skip past commercials this way, for sure.

Yes it does BUT if you hit the advance button you will still see the commercial it goes by fast but you still see it. With the procedure noted in the link you do not see anything. Push the button 4 times and you just skipped ahead 2 minutes without seeing anything ! If you go past the show you are watching press the back button and you go back 15 seconds, you will see what you watching.

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[Toddao]

Excellent ! Thank you

 

[troutsqueezer]

Yes it does BUT if you hit the advance button you will still see the commercial it goes by fast but you still see it.
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Nope, it just skips the thirty seconds immediately. If you hold the button for a few seconds, it goes to the end of the program.