TiVo is to DVR like Mac is to (Windows) PC. The DVR more or less works most of the time, but the TiVo provides an excellent experience while being mostly hands-

TiVo is to DVR like Mac is to (Windows) PC. The DVR more or less works most of the time, but the TiVo provides an excellent experience while being mostly hands-off and “just works”. You can tell it to record a show, and it just knows what to do. Only gets first runs. Doesn’t fill up with duplicates of every rerun. Remote control is superb. On screen interface is intuitive and doesn’t make you want to rip your face off. Isn’t full of ads trying to get you to buy some other pay per view product. Every time I use a cable company DVR I’m floored by just how it is utter crap and that people put up with it. The only reason they do is because they don’t know any better.