TiVo & PVR

The days of VCR's is coming to an end only to be replaced by these neat little devices knonw as TiVo or PVR's or DVR's (depending who your provider is). Basically they allow you to record real time shows for late viewing (like a VCR) but they also allow u to pause a show in the middle of it, or fast forward or rewind said show all in real time.

This is a great invention, although like most great inventions it has it's pros & cons:

Pros:
- ability to watch a show at your leisure, allowing for interuptions
- ability to record shows while you are out for later viewing
- ability to set recording times on continuous so it will ALWAYS record your show for you
- ability to fast forward over commercials if you start watching a show five minutes later that it's actual start time.

Cons:
- It can now take twice as long to watch a half hour show as when a family of five sits down inevitably a few will need to pee and thus the show will be paused
- It will not record your show if it is at a slightly later time or a game runs overtime into your show's time unless u tell it to tape ALL occurences of the show on every channel
- There is no way to get the information off the PVRs except having a TV card in your computer with S video in and out
- It allows people to be lazy and watch more TV because they can watch it at their convenience with no fuss, no dealing with "remembering to record a show" it's just there for them.