by Jess Blackshear

This is my second Olympics with a DVR, and I will never watch it any other way.

While I have seen a few comments here and there from people "left wanting" by NBC's coverage, I find myself unable to identify with their reasoning.

Here are the top 5 things I love about watching the Olympics via DVR:

1) NO commercials. Period.

2) I only watch the back-story stuff that I want to watch. For example, I liked seeing Shaun White's story about how he stayed in a long-term care home as a child with heart problems -- and then was able to give back to Target House with the "Shaun White Great Room" as an adult. I find it the epitome of the Olympic Story to hear about atheletes that have overcome REAL obstacles. However, I really could give two craps about privileged kids who sob about how they had a "rough time with a coach and had to hire a new team with just under a year until the games." Waaaah.

3) I get to completely skip the events I'm not invested in!

4) I still have time to watch my "other stories"! On a night where I'm only interested in one or two events, I don't have to put up with the "main event" being interspersed throughout the 3 hour broadcast (ie, the way they feature figure skating now). Fast-forwarding through commercials and other events compresses the feed so I don't feel like it took 3 full hours to get through one thing...and I still have time to watch Lost and Tosh.0!

5) NO BOB COSTAS!