The Verizon FiOS dvr does that. There are 2 keys for fast forwarding (►
and ►►) While playing, the single arrow jumps 10 seconds, the double
arrow justs approx. 30 sec.) Does the same thing during live viewing.
Record 2 shows while wathing a third. woah! Another feature I like is
that when you are fast forwarding and get to the spot you want and hit
play, it automatically steps back about 10 seconds (to account for the
delay in your hitting play).
We watch almost no broadcast TV. Brotherhood and Dexter on Showtime.
Discovery (Survivorman & Man vs Wild, How it's made)
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Moose wrote:
> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> * The VIP722 DVR is the reason to choose Dish over DirectTV or
>>> cable.
>>>
>> We just got DISH ourselves. I agree about the DVR functionality.
>> It rocks! No going back to the dark ages of Live-TV or a VCR.
>> Being able to hit PAUSE or REWIND on demand.... Yah, modern
>> technology is great.
>>
> At least what we agree on isn't photography related, so it's OK. :-)
>
> We watch everything time shifted. So the true, instant 30 second skip
> and 10 second skip back buttons mean even less time spent skipping
> commercials than before. From my research, none of the DirectTV or
> cable DVRs do that, although I think you can hack TIVO. Apparently
> they've been cowed into making skipping commercials hard by the TV/AD
> industry.
>
> We watch a fair amount of TV, but are quite selective (by our
> standards). So often there's nothing on to record, and sometimes
> there's lots on at the same time. Also, for whatever reason, Dish
> doesn't have the local PBS stations in HD. So the OTA tuner in the
> DVR, in addition to the two satellite tuners, means we have PBS in HD
> and can record three things at once, as long as one is OTA.
> Fortunately, there is a large selection of OTA stations available
> here. When I saw that, I decided to get coupon for an HD=>SD
> converter as a back-up and possibly to give local stations on a
> small, old SD set in the guest room.
>
> If we should ever need to record four things at once, the non-DVR
> receiver on the bedroom TV has a feature I wasn't aware existed. It
> blasts an IR signal powerful enough to bounce around the room and
> operate the VCR stacked below it. I can set it to record a timed
> event on the VCR. It turns itself on and onto the selected program,
> turns the VCR Record on, then off. Just need to remember to leave the
> VCR on with a tape in.
>
> Moose
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