Based purely on the dismal quality of these things, it cannot be very much. They don't seem to have gotten any better with time at all. Extremely laggy, awful U

Based purely on the dismal quality of these things, it cannot be very much. They don't seem to have gotten any better with time at all. Extremely laggy, awful UX, they run hot, they use a surprisingly high amount of electricity just to idle, and are generally just barely usable. Kodi on a Raspberry Pi performs better in pretty much all cases (except for, well, not having live TV -- usually), which is shameful on the part of these massive cable boxes. On top of that, why does it still cost an additional monthly fee to record locally to a DVR? Surely there is little to no additional cost involved in that, that isn't easily paid for by the standard monthly subscription price. And unless you've got one hell of a box, you're still limited to only two shows. It seems like if a monthly fee is involved, the DVR tech would be considerably better. Maybe something closer to just saving recordings as standard, personal on-demand media. My mother used to rent movies on demand, but she's gotten a refund every single time because they've been unwatchable. She's since stopped doing that, at least.