And, worth noting, they DIDN'T invest in Replay because Replay had a commercial skip feature so they had no hesitation to sue the pants off of SonicBlue while allowing Tivo to stick around (and why Tivo will never do anything to piss them off).

I have to admit, I can't stand watching cable at people's houses because of those damn ads on the left side of the guide! I mean, you're paying for a service AND before forced to give up screen space for ADS? Yikes!

Do you have an option to buy this unit from your cable company? After a few years, 12 a month could add up.