Tell me if this sounds familiar -- you're sitting on a couch watching television, and the commercial breaks seem way longer than the snippets of the show you're actually trying to watch. As it turns out, some Dish Network customers have been granted a bit of respite from that advertising onslaught. Users who have their living rooms tricked out with the company's Hopper DVRs can now automatically skip every commercial break with a single touch thanks to their newly-launched Auto Hop feature. They'll never have to sit (or 30-second skip) through another promo for America's Got Talent ever again... unless they're the kind of people who like their television live.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Dish Network?s Hopper DVRs Can Now ?Auto Hop? Through Commercials
Tell me if this sounds familiar -- you're sitting on a couch watching television, and the commercial breaks seem way longer than the snippets of the show you're actually trying to watch. As it turns out, some Dish Network customers have been granted a bit of respite from that advertising onslaught. Users who have their living rooms tricked out with the company's Hopper DVRs can now automatically skip every commercial break with a single touch thanks to their newly-launched Auto Hop feature. They'll never have to sit (or 30-second skip) through another promo for America's Got Talent ever again... unless they're the kind of people who like their television live.
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I have to say, it seemed like that scenario you described came right out of my living room. I love DVR, because it gives me the option of skipping over commercials when I watch a recording, and I feel Auto Hop is the next logical step in that. Instead of having to hit the skip ahead button six or seven times to get through commercials, I can just turn Auto Hop on at the beginning of the program (provided it’s the day after recording, and it’s a show off Prime Time Anytime, of course) and I can watch commercial free, if I wish. I’ve loved the Hopper ever since I had it installed as a Dish employee beta-tester, and so far this is easily my favorite feature!
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