TiVo is a set-top box that blocks advertisements. I know a lot of people who use it, and even I used to use it. I thought it was a necessary part of the watchin

TiVo is a set-top box that blocks advertisements. I know a lot of people who use it, and even I used to use it. I thought it was a necessary part of the watching experience. There are two main reasons why I stopped using it: I started to use a HD TV. This was quite a while back and TiVo didn't work on HD then. So I decided to go without it. The second reason was when I worked at NBC and an employee noticed that TiVo started blocking NBC ads. It felt hypocritical that I blocked ads but worked at a company that relied on advertising. At first I thought I could just whitelist shows, but then what about one time programs that have good segments? Why deny them advertising revenue. Think about how many shows rely on advertising that you watch. Lost, Fringe, Futurama, News, Seinfeld, Adult Swim (Questionable Content I've always noted specifically). So I stopped using TiVo and honestly the experience hasn't been that bad. There are a few shows that show annoying ads like 10 minute Shake-Weight commercials. But for the most part, ads aren't that bad. The age of the really really obnoxious ones have been stopped or perhaps I watch different channels than I used to? Either way, I haven't had too much trouble or annoyance.