04-03-2007, 02:55 PM
The 5000 series ReplayTVs had a genuine commercial skip that was around 85% effective. The 55xx series have the same feature but not automated. You just press the right arrow at the beginning of a commercial and it skips to the end. Same 85% reliability. The Series 3 TiVo I just bought doesn't have anything like that but you can hack the button that moves you to the end of a recording to do a 30 second skip by entering a simple key combination. (ReplayTV also has a 30 second skip button)