I have watched very few TV ads in the last 10 years or so thanks to the SageTV DVR software and the Comskip commercial detection and skipping plugin. It isn't

I have watched very few TV ads in the last 10 years or so thanks to the SageTV DVR software and the Comskip commercial detection and skipping plugin. It isn't perfect, but it is pretty close. Despite being acquired by Google, the founder of SageTV recently announced that SageTV source will be released as open source soon, so we can expect a healthy future for this great DVR platform!