I’ve become completely addicted to Tivo. So much so, that when I go to real world sporting events, I find myself reaching for the proverbial rewind button. (TiVo, in case you didn’t know, lets you rewind anything in slow-motion.) But my new favorite TiVo trick might just be more cool then that. After all, who doesn’t want to skip those lousy commercials?

Our TiVo has become an irreplaceable part of the entertainment system here at Ranchero Indebto, as humble as it may (currently) be.

Installing the TiVo allowed us to gain maximum benefit from our monthly DirecTV investment. Before TiVo, we inevitably missed 90% of the stuff we wanted to watch.

Some months, it almost felt like we were paying sixty bucks for absolutely nothing, because we kept missing our favorite shows. (If you’re dropping serious coin on cable or satellite TV and you don’t have TiVo, you’ll do well to look into it!)

These days, we’re no longer hamstrung by the arbitrary bounds of broadcast schedules. TiVo has allowed us to become time-shifting mavens. A few clicks automatically commit our favorite shows to the hard drive. (Even better, the “Season Pass” feature lets you grab every episode of a show in one shot.)

This TiVo commercial skipping trick makes it all that much cooler.

[Skipping Commercials With TiVo, continued]