"I'm not sure that the driving reason to get a DVR in the first place is just to skip commercials."
Keep smoking crack, the real world will always be here... heheheh.
That is the primary reason I use my dvr. In fact, I sometimes watch a show an hour later just to have the abilty to skip commectials. Why should I have to pay for satellite and then watch commercials too.
Because without the commercials the cost of the service would go up considerably. Hey, I hate commercials too, but they pay for network TV.