TiVo has begun notifying customers of a significant change to one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features. Starting November 2, 2026, the current version of SkipMode that allows users to jump over commercial breaks with a single button press on the remote will no longer be available. The company is instead preparing to […]
Ironically, it’s those ephemeral local ads you were erasing that were worth saving and not the shows that are still available.
Edit: If someone says they have a VHS copies of the X-Files, I wouldn’t take them UNLESS they had all the advertisements. I can get the X-Files streamed or on DVD or Blueway or MK4. What I can’t get is a 1:1 recording of the experience of watching the show as it was watched at the time in Dubuque, Iowa. Now, yes, commercials do suck, but it’s a little different when they’re a peek into a lost world.
*(I’d also need to get a VCR player and a CRT, too.)
Ironically, it’s those ephemeral local ads you were erasing that were worth saving and not the shows that are still available.
Edit: If someone says they have a VHS copies of the X-Files, I wouldn’t take them UNLESS they had all the advertisements. I can get the X-Files streamed or on DVD or Blueway or MK4. What I can’t get is a 1:1 recording of the experience of watching the show as it was watched at the time in Dubuque, Iowa. Now, yes, commercials do suck, but it’s a little different when they’re a peek into a lost world.
*(I’d also need to get a VCR player and a CRT, too.)
I still remember the local ads. We still had to watch ads on live tv. Just a few shows that were recorded got to be ad free.
The Captain made “famous” ads back in the 90s. https://youtu.be/-vEXqG54hCw
Yessss!!! This is what I’m talking about!