TiVo Series 3 coming to Australia next month {Engadget HD}

Jun 24th 2008 7:34PM From all the several articles about TiVo's great features, they're all failing to mention the one that will probably annoy everyone to pieces...

Now I don't have the full details. Most PVRs allow you to skip commercials, but Channel 7's TiVo skip feature plays you a commercial when you press the skip button. Imagine this, you're watching a recording, the ads come on, you press skip, and voila, the complete opposite happens - a commercial PLAYS!

The whole PVR category is about giving the user control over their viewing experience. This small feature Channel 7 have implemented, could be the blemish that frustrates its users, generate bad reviews and word of mouth, and possibly see the TiVo struggle.