They've actually had this for quite a while as "Home Media Option", or something like that. This was apparently a new thing where there would just be one DVR, but small satellite slaves for the other TVs.

There were also questions about direct playback from other DVRs instead of the need to transfer the data first, among a number of other things, like new search options, both automatic and manual, being able to remotely program another DVR almost as if it were an extension of the TiVo, and, uh, a bunch of other stuff I can't remember at the moment.

They've really needed to focus on software development for a while. Hopefully this is an indication that they've realized that.