Why skip to the end? If you want to stop watching, why not just press "stop"? To go back to the beginning with my 3412, I can press "stop", then "start from beginning". I believe my E* 721 and 508 had similar functionality.
What is "skip to hash"?
Skip to hash is when you're FWD or RWD you hit the 30 second skip button and it will go to the next hash, the little white 15 min mark on the progress bar.
There are times I start watching a show and fall asleep and wake up in the middle, and I hit the skip to end to start over.
I don't have "start from Beginning" on my DTIVO.