# Watching show on DVR. Forget to FF the commercials. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083 "2010-05-28T16:46:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/1 "2010-05-28T16:46:03Z")
I do almost always. I usually remember about the second or thrd commercial in. It makes me feel like such a retard. Just wondering how common this is. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/2 "2010-05-28T16:47:17Z")
Yep. Guilty as charged. Same feeling, too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/3 "2010-05-28T16:50:02Z")
Never. I can usually sense when a commercial break is coming up, and I have my finger poised on the remote, ready to go to FF3. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/4 "2010-05-28T16:52:06Z")
Grrr! Mods, if you see this and you don’t have anything better to do, can you put a question mark at the end of my thread tittle? That bugs the crap out of me. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/5 "2010-05-28T16:54:51Z")
When I do forget I have a little reminder sitting on the other couch. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/6 "2010-05-28T16:55:03Z")
You need a “Just plain never” vote choice. I’ve had a TiVo since they came out and my thumb is perfectly trained to skip those commercials. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/7 "2010-05-28T17:03:10Z")
Almost never, but sometimes I’ll “rewind” to watch a funny comercial, like the “I’m the man _your_ man could smell like”. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/8 "2010-05-28T17:11:54Z")
Strictly speaking, I do not fast-forward as I use the 30-second skip. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/9 "2010-05-28T17:19:12Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Almost never, but sometimes I’ll “rewind” to watch a funny comercial, like the “I’m the man _your_ man could smell like”. I’ll do that if something catches my eye. Just the other day I saw the words Star Trek flash on the screen for a second. I rewound to see what it was. Really? The Next Generation is on BBC America? Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/10 "2010-05-28T18:51:47Z")
I do the opposite. When I’m watching live TV, like the Magic/Celtics game the other night, I was trying to fast forward through the commercials. Too bad that doesn’t work, what with wagering and all. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/11 "2010-05-28T18:55:44Z")
Other. Between wife and myself we never forget to FF the BS. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/12 "2010-05-28T18:59:49Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Strictly speaking, I do not fast-forward as I use the 30-second skip. I don’t do either. I usually watch DVRed shows using Windows Media Player and I do my skipping ahead using the progress bar. For watching _24_ this weekend, I’ll probably use MPlayer, though, which has a 10-second skip and a 1-minute skip. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/13 "2010-05-28T19:36:26Z")
My problem is that I try to fast forward when I’m watching a non-recorded show. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/14 "2010-05-28T20:15:08Z")
I picked “other” because there was no “never forget” option. If I watch a commercial on a DVRed show it’s because I wanted to, not because I \*forgot \*I was watching a recorded program. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/15 "2010-05-28T21:50:46Z")
I voted 50/50 though in truth I’d estimate my remember:forget ratio is a little better than that. I do think I feel disproportionately ridiculous when I forget. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/16 "2010-05-28T22:29:39Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > My problem is that I try to fast forward when I’m watching a non-recorded show. Ever try to fast forward with your cordless phone? Now _that’s_ embarrassing! I blame having multiple black remotes and a black phone all lying around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/17 "2010-05-28T22:46:34Z")
I use the thirty second skip between plays in the NFL. It takes 30 minutes to watch a game. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/18 "2010-05-28T23:01:23Z")
I always fast-forward, buy my husband is so trained to me using the remote that if he watches a show when I don’t, he’ll forget that he has the remote and will diligently watch each commercial until I remind him he has the power to skip them. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/19 "2010-05-29T00:11:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I always fast-forward, buy my husband is so trained to me using the remote that if he watches a show when I don’t, he’ll forget that he has the remote and will diligently watch each commercial until I remind him he has the power to skip them. I’ve got to remind my wife to skip too. She usually doesn’t take it well. Occasionally she’ll claim she was actually watching the commercial on purpose. I never believe her though, especially when its for diabetes supplies or NASCAR. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083/20 "2010-05-29T03:14:18Z")
I forget a lot. I often remember around the fourth or fifth commercial and then FF3. Then I’m 30 seconds into the show again, and have to rewind to the end of the break. Then I’m back to commercial #3. Yeah, I’m quick on the draw. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-show-on-dvr-forget-to-ff-the-commercials/541083.md?page=2)