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Tivo is the most wonderful interface that I have used.
Without having to learn anything, think about what you are doing, or anything other then watching TV and hitting record it offers to record what you are watching or what is on the TV guild that you are looking at. It also let you hit options at this time where it will find all the showings of whatever it is that you asked it to record and doesn't record repeats unless you ask it to. It then finds your shows even if the show changes times or channels. You don't have to tell Tivo when or what channel or what show.
Also while you are flipping channels you can rate stuff with the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons. Tivo then goes out and find things to your tastes based on past recording habits and the ratings that you give stuff and then serves up suggestions.
Basically I would be more then happy to pay for Tivo's service with eyeTV or MythTV or whatever.
The DirecTV's DVR has two tuners and is always recording whatever channel you are watching while at the same time being able to record something else. Nothing to do with Tivo but it is a nice DVR.
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