Originally Posted by prisaz

There have been many times when the DVR has just pissed me off. Like today when I had to leave in the middle of a HD movie on the Hallmark channel. I was watching the Ford movie and hit record, came back home later and it only recorded about 30 more min. Yes I did miss the end of the movie. Perhaps it was the crappy guide that may have told the DVR the movie was over. Or the fact that I had previously paused it at some point. I guess if all you want to do is pause while you get food then perhaps it is ok. I have considered getting a TIVO, but if I wanted to pay $500 for my own TIVO and then pay for service, I could have kept my Directv. Only difference would be after paying for the TIVO Directv would want it back. 12.95 a month for TIVO service would be the same as what I pay for my DVR under the old pricing plan. But I would have to pay VZ for a cable card, and that would drive the price up. I do not understand how Verizon can provide these and call then a DVR. As far as the home media service, why should we pay for the function of what the box hardware does within your own home, when we pay for the use of the DVR? And like many have said, what good is it if it does not record what you tell it to? You need to have the programming on the box to watch it in another room.