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Can anyone explain how DirecTV got away with some features that Tivo was scrutinized for? For instance, there's a dedicated button on the HR20 remote for 30 second skip.


I think it depends on popularity. ReplayTVs still shipped with commercial skip after the lawsuit. The only difference is that instead of being fully automated, you had to press one button to skip the entire commercial break. It was a feature still advertised, but ReplayTV never obtained the market awareness Tivo did, so it wasn't a big deal.