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Originally Posted by paulc
I had decided a few years ago getting the DVR service from my cable company was the way to go. Had a SA 8000 for 2 years, have had a 8300HD for 3 months now. ... None of us have had to have out "rented" DVRs replaced....the HD box has a 160G drive, the 8300SD a 80G drive. .
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If I have this straight - you have had a 80GB DVR for about 24 months - and later a 160GB - I assume you returned the 80 so you have spent more than $270 (the current cost of a 160GB DVR) and you will still be paying $10 a month until you give the new one back (with your favorite HD recordings) because you still don't
own a DVR - I
bought my 160 GB DVR at Walmart for less than $300 - I own a sony 500 GB HDDVR that has
60 hours of my favorite HD shows on it - (more than I will ever watch - in my case) and they are mine as long as I want to keep the DVR or replace them with newer ones - and then there is DVHS - $8 for 2.5 hrs of 1080i HDTV R/W -
They've been doing that for 5+ years 'and still going' - sneaky - huh! -(see the earlier post) -
When will you see blank 150 min HD Bluray R/W for $8 ??
$$$$$ 
There may be some foolishness in buying a DVR, HDDVR or DVHS vs renting - other than
initial(not final) expense - but I haven't seen it explained to my satisfaction in this thread -
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