HIGHLY intrusive... down with the ads!... ads () are terrible... intensely irritating...
I use to see these kind of responses and wonder "What the heck are they talking about?!?" Being a tivo user for more than five years now, I've really never been upset about what years ago were called "Tivomatic Icons", later renamed "IPreview Icons" and since dubbed by the reactionary press as "(Evil) Popups". It use to bug me to no avail how some could get so upset about something I never even notice unless I go looking for them.
But I think I've figured it out.
I really never even see them.
Really!
Now wait a minute before you poopoo this post and skip it saying, "Ahhh... Just another damn fanboy."
I actually hardly see them, and if I do it's only for a fraction of a second. You see, I'm a hard core 30 second skip user.
That's right! The old "Select, Play, Select, Three, Zero, Select" trick.
Some of you guys are use to the rapid fast forward and have actually mastered it well. I can fully understand your reluctance to use another method of commercial skipping after getting so use to it. But in using the fast forward method, you have to see these ads that upset you so. One has even gone as so far as mentioning that he can't even "repeat the expletives from (his) wife when one pops up on her"!
So in an effort to rid yourselves of "HIGHLY intrusive, terrible (and) intensely irritating" ads, and maybe even keeping the peace at home, give the 30 second skip a try. You may jump into the program sometimes using it, but the "7 seconds back" button is great for this. It won't take long to get use to it!
It may take a little bit to get use to, but it's got to be better than hearing your wife curse at the tv!
