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We Interrupt This DVR Recording ...

By The Daily Dish

Jun 6 2008, 9:33 AM ET

Yep: they've figured out how to make you watch a commercial in TiVo:

They paused the TV show, ran a little mini-commercial for some show that no one cares about, and then returned to the last two seconds of the segment before going to commercial. Jesus Christ... I'm sorry that the DVR is ruining your business model, but can you kick the bucket a little more gracefully?

Hey, it was only Family Guy.



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