Great things to watch with a DVR

[Gus_Gusterson]

Recent Tivos have two features which make speed viewing a breeze - SkipMode and QuickMode. SkipMode skips past an entire block of commercials with a button press. QuickMode plays a show 30% faster than normal with pitch adjustment so that the sound is normal instead of sounding like Alvin and the Chipmunks. There’s also a button to skip ahead 30 seconds. Jeopardy has about 14 minutes of actual game content. I can watch it in 10 minutes.

Tivo is also good for watching football. The 30-second skip exactly matches the amount of time between plays in most cases. I can watch games in about 30 minutes. It could be shorter but sometimes I listen to the commentary between plays if something interesting happened.

[Dag_Otto]

@Misnomer

I love that show, but I rarely care about the pre-taped “getting to know the dancers” or “let’s see some of the rehearsal” stuff. For that matter, I usually don’t care about the judges’ comments, either. I like being able to skip all of that and just watch the performances…

I came here to say exactly the same thing about The Voice. The judges are the worst.

[ftg]

I did a survey recently about a talent show. They really, really wanted to know a bunch of things about current and potential judges.

Judges? Doesn’t everybody just skip over that stuff?

[Gus_Gusterson]

When my wife watched Glee she skipped the songs. I thought that the songs were the whole point of the thing, but less time watching that crap the better so I was happy that she was skipping something.

[Quimby]

I like to DVR The Simpsons and other animated shows because they often have background jokes that flash by quickly.

My Name is Earl was a live action show that did that as well.

[Skywatcher]

Anything that feels the need to recap what happened just before the commercial break. Lookin’ at you, “Face Off”.

[Guest-starring_Id]

@TRC4941

EVERYTHING is better when watched with a DVR! I have a hard time watching anything live anymore.

This, simply because I never want to see another ad ever again.* There are especially long ad breaks on Sportsnet shows like Tim and Sid and Prime Time with Bob McCown.

I watch a lot of footy and hockey, so it’s nice to have to the option if I feel like skipping pre-game shit, along with intermissions and half-time.

Like someone mentioned there’s some PBS Newshour segments I’ll skip, like the “Brief But Spectacular” bio segment at the end of most newshours, or I’ll hit the 30-second-skip button over the stock market readings.

Not much of a DVR “library”: (heh - new thread topic?) a couple key John Oliver epi’s, three presidential debates, a couple Kroll Shows, a Machu Piccu Decoded doc, and the Jay and Dan re-launch show from two months ago.

@Gus_Gusterson

Recent Tivos have two features which make speed viewing a breeze - SkipMode and QuickMode. SkipMode skips past an entire block of commercials with a button press. QuickMode plays a show 30% faster than normal with pitch adjustment so that the sound is normal instead of sounding like Alvin and the Chipmunks.

huh.
cool.
*ok maybe if I spot what looks like a new Old Spice ad as I’m fast-forwarding.

[Wheelz]

Much as I love baseball, I admit it can be tedious to watch on TV (on some networks more than others), especially during the playoffs when the pace slows way down.
I start watching about an hour late. I triple-speed FF through commercial breaks and single-speed FF between every batter. I usually catch up to real time right at about the end of the game.

[diggerwam]

Any live sports. Football I start about 45 min after game starts and I’m live by the last few minutes of the game.

[xizor]

I watch MMA fights. One fight should take 17 minutes if it goes the full time allotment so that is how the event is scheduled. But if there is a 1st round KO or tapout, they pad that time with background stories, previous fights, analysis, etc.
A 3 hour event can be watched in less than an hour thanks to DVR.