Make the downloads much quicker, don't have to worry about tying up the phone line... HAVING a phone line. (I'm Cellular only now.. aside from my broadband connections) Plus, it allows you to Telnet to a Bash prompt on your VCR.

Good to know this is possible, as I have been GSM cellular only for a while now. Is this also true on the DirecTV TiVo? After owning a DishPlayer, I can't see myself going to a normal TiVo or other box. I much prefer the integration for things like this when the quality wins because of it.

Now, I just need a new PVR from Dish, since I still can't justify switching to DirecTV, since so many of the shows I record aren't on that provider. I did hear rumors from a Dish tech that the results of the ReplayTV thing Dish announced a while back are going to be out later this year. I'm really hoping it was true, because he talked about 3 different levels of units, one with external storage to easially add more storage.