Dish’s Hopper DVR adds commercial skipping for prime time broadcasts

Dish Network’s Hopper DVR is making it easier to watch prime time shows without commercial breaks. A new feature called Auto Hop lets users watch archived “Primetime Anytime” shows completely commercial-free, beginning at 1AM the day after recording. Primetime Anytime records all of the broadcast programming from ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox that airs between the hours of 8 PM and 11 PM Eastern Time simultaneously, letting you replay the shows for up to eight days after they’ve aired.
Behind the scenes, Auto Hop doesn’t record the shows commercial-free, it actually edits out the commercial breaks beginning at 1 AM. That means if you miss Dancing With the Stars by just an hour you’ll still have to sit through the ads. Dish notes that…
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