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So many times I have read that when people don't like something, they ff or walk out of the room. To me there is no time to walk out of the room and my experience with ff is I always had to re-wind cuz in the blink of the eye the scenes change, so why bother?

Yes it really happens...there are things I want to see, and for those I don't the FF button is the go-to for me not to waste my time watching something I don't want to. A lot of people do this, don't know why this would be perceived as not true.

OMG yes!

It's just like channel surfing. I "ff" through the 5 minute commercials too.(weren't commercials less than a minute back in the day?) I always "ff through scenes that annoy me.

Tivo is such a wonderful invention! It definitely saves me a few minutes during my day!

i DVR many of the shows i watch, takes half the time to watch ff thru commercials and s/l's i don't care to watch

I still use the old DVR also. It is just too much trouble to ff because then have to go back again and rewind. Don't want to wear out my DVR, because don't think they are going to be selling them too much longer!


Now, the Tivo deal. I have heard so much about it and know it has been around for a while now, but are they as expensive as they used to be? Are they really worth it? Can you watch while recording and ff while recording?

In other words, is it worth the money it cost? Just wondering - - maybe I'll break down and get one.

We have ATT U-Verse. It works like TIVO. I FF though some of Jackie and Owen's love incounters. Just get tired of watching that eventhough I like both of them.

I got the DVR through my cable provider. I love it because watching a movie, any movie on any channel, I can pause it just like you can if you had rented or taped a movie! I love that! I do FF through commercials on the soaps and often ff if they are doing flashbacks to scenes only a week or so old. (Ijust saw it, why do I have to see it again?)

I havr a DVR from my cable company and ABSOLUTELY fast forward through sceenes I don't like. I also FF through commercials too, which is a feature I LOVE.

With regard to having to back up if you FF too long, my DVR has three speeds for forwarding. If you hit the button once, it forwards slower, but if you hit the button 3 or 4 times, it moves much faster you you may overshoot your FF.

I think there are quite a few people who rely on the good old FF button to get us past some of these ridiculous story lines.

You're welcome. I totally understand. We're living off of hubby's pension and my CRUMMY salary. We've simply been blessed with the sense to cutback everything we used to do. No more nail visits, no more restaurants, no more spa treatments etc. LOL!

My two eldest children are out of the house so that helps a lot but I miss my grandkids. We're down to phonecalls and emails to everyone instead of visiting loved ones. Social Security is not available if you never paid into it.