No I don't, actually. I've had a TiVo since their first models came out and I don't recall any of them having a 30-second skip.
It's an Easter Egg feature. Rumors do abound that it had been disabled a while back. Hmmm.
Haven't used it in a while, but just tried it 5 minutes ago on my series 2 (ver 7.2.2*), and works without a hitch. The reason IIRC I gave it up before was that the 30-second skip was a little too precise - 30 sec skip, watch 1 sec, 30 sec skip, repeat n times, and you're 5 seconds or so into the program and have to back up anyway. I also tried the above hack with "29" instead of "30" and no dice;-)
More on your topic: I'm on a fence with my TiVo. I'm worried about the whole DRM thing. It hasn't affected me yet, but the instant it does, TiVO will lose a household with three TiVOs in it immediately.
"You can't build a product that reaches insane temperatures, and then stick a little label that says "Do not use with less than 3 feet of space next to eachvent" on it!
Sure you can. Here, have a nice cup of McDonald's coffee. Mmmmm. Toasty.
Yah, down here in the rural South of the USA, the phrase is "done fell out". It is so commonly accepted that it is an unoffical radio code (DFO). We also have cases where grandma gets "the vapors" - meaning anything from "she fainted" to "she has bad gas" to "she's got gas gangrene in her diabetic feet".
And don't get me started on "high blood". High blood WHAT? Pressure, sugar, alcohol, ARRRGGH . . .
Rural North Florida Paramedic (volunteer) Geekery unfortunately pays the bills so much better
Slashdot Mirror
Haven't used it in a while, but just tried it 5 minutes ago on my series 2 (ver 7.2.2*), and works without a hitch. The reason IIRC I gave it up before was that the 30-second skip was a little too precise - 30 sec skip, watch 1 sec, 30 sec skip, repeat n times, and you're 5 seconds or so into the program and have to back up anyway. I also tried the above hack with "29" instead of "30" and no dice ;-)
And TiVo won't care, unless you're one of those who continues to pay monthly fees for their service.Wow, I guess they don't call it The People's Republic of Cambridge for nothing! But seriously, folks . . . whatever happened to TriangleBoy?
Tell that to every NASCAR driver on the circuit. Pardon me, gotta go watch the Firecracker^H^H^H^HPepsi 400 on ma PVR.
Sure you can. Here, have a nice cup of McDonald's coffee. Mmmmm. Toasty.
Yah, down here in the rural South of the USA, the phrase is "done fell out". It is so commonly accepted that it is an unoffical radio code (DFO). We also have cases where grandma gets "the vapors" - meaning anything from "she fainted" to "she has bad gas" to "she's got gas gangrene in her diabetic feet".
And don't get me started on "high blood". High blood WHAT? Pressure, sugar, alcohol, ARRRGGH . . .
Rural North Florida Paramedic (volunteer)
Geekery unfortunately pays the bills so much better