I've been doing that for ages. Especially when we're watching an evening of the Sci Fi Channel - same 5 fucking commercials over and over and over and over.... It's actually kinda amusing to watch them silent and imagine your own sound track.
I've been TiVo-ing since first gen hardware was released. Commercials = ROFL! Don't have one at my apt tho, but unless I'm eating or watching a DVD, I'm pretty much always using my PC while I'm watching TV, so I don't really get bothered by the commercials.
When my friends and I gather to watch Smallville/Supernatural and SG1/Atlantis we spend more time discussing the various WTFs of the commercials than the actual episodes. Some of the commercials are truly .
Fast forward through the commercials. Hardly ever watch the shows at their regular time just so I can avoid the pesky things.
Yes: https://www.spinmaster.com/product.php?productid=16237&s=havoc I gotta get that thing just to chase the dog around. I haven't set the money aside yet, though.
There's a local commercial for an auto collision repair joint here that has the lamest music I've ever heard in my life. My blood pressure goes through the roof every time I hear it.
Route 46 Toyota in NJ - the guy's an asshat but he HAS to do his own commercials, with clowns and celeb impersonators and ... ooooooh, god it's awful. Oh, and, one phrase that gets any channel I'm watching turned completely off is "BILLY MAYS HERE!"
For $5-$20 a month, you can lease a DVR of some type from your local cable or satellite provider. Or you can buy a $100 Tivo and pay somewhere between $10-$20 per month if you don't have cable or satellite. Or you can set up an old computer with a big hard drive to be a DVR.
