Re:This is total BS (Score 1)

the 30 second skip feature was taken out of the latest tivo update. it's no longer available.

Not true. 30-second skip was available via a backdoor in the original TiVo software (1.3), unavailable in version 2.0, and is back as a backdoor option in the current software version (2.5).

By the way, to enable it, press [Select] [Play] [Select] [3] [0] [Select] during playback of a recorded show. The ->| button now functions as the 30-second skip button.