Most of the problems associated with DVRs are the ties with carriers. Think outside the box guys, think about what a phone was then (hint: just a phone) and wha

Most of the problems associated with DVRs are the ties with carriers. Think outside the box guys, think about what a phone was then (hint: just a phone) and what they are now, pocket computers. I believe this is what will happen to DVRs. You will soon forget that they where just tied to specific providers, be it cable or sat. In the future ou will have a DVR thousands of internet streams, apps, downloads, on demands, whatevers (Heck, we are getting close to this now with Boxee, Rokus, etc). One thing I hope that doesn't change too much is the current discovery model (Streams of curated channels pumped into the box). A lot of what is watched on TV is through channel flipping, and 'discovering' content that you would not other wise watch if it was purely on demand.