The ability to fast forward through adverts is an absolute game changer. I often wonder how Americans can bare to watch television with the amount of ad breaks in their shows. Even episodes that are only twenty minutes long, when we show them over here we remove the ad breaks but you can tell...
People who flick through channels during the adverts need the remote sticking firmly where the sun doesnt shine, it absolutely does my head in. You're watching something and then someone (usually some old fart) in the room flicks over to something else and gets engrossed in whatever dross is on...