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[QUOTE=&quot;dgs, post: 34553, member: 4603&quot;]bicker -- Thanks for all the great info.&nbsp; I'll do some research on both these units to see which will best meet my needs.&nbsp; I was aware of some of the benefits of TiVo, but was taken back by the idea of a monthly fee to record over-the-air content.&nbsp; I understand that the fee is theoretically for the TV programming information, but $13/month seems pricey.&nbsp; In less than 3 years, I'll have passed the $700 mark of the all-in-one.&nbsp; I like the idea of streaming Netflix, but that's another monthly fee.&nbsp; It's not that I'm cheap, but I'm home so rarely that it is difficult to justify all these monthly fees for a couple of shows a week and a movie or two a month!Is anybody else shocked that the functionality that made the basic VCR so popular is now almost impossible to find for over-the-air content after the DTV conversion?&nbsp; Even I have to wonder if it is all designed to move us to cable and satellite TV, with even more monthly fees!Have there been any threads or is there another place to find discussions on using computers to record TV?&nbsp; Thanks for your replies.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="dgs, post: 34553, member: 4603"]bicker -- Thanks for all the great info. I'll do some research on both these units to see which will best meet my needs. I was aware of some of the benefits of TiVo, but was taken back by the idea of a monthly fee to record over-the-air content. I understand that the fee is theoretically for the TV programming information, but $13/month seems pricey. In less than 3 years, I'll have passed the $700 mark of the all-in-one. I like the idea of streaming Netflix, but that's another monthly fee. It's not that I'm cheap, but I'm home so rarely that it is difficult to justify all these monthly fees for a couple of shows a week and a movie or two a month! Is anybody else shocked that the functionality that made the basic VCR so popular is now almost impossible to find for over-the-air content after the DTV conversion? Even I have to wonder if it is all designed to move us to cable and satellite TV, with even more monthly fees! Have there been any threads or is there another place to find discussions on using computers to record TV? Thanks for your replies.[/QUOTE]

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