My Shaw DVR actually kept working after I ended my TV subscription. It was purchased, though, not rented (still tied to Shaw only though!) The thing that made

My Shaw DVR actually kept working after I ended my TV subscription. It was purchased, though, not rented (still tied to Shaw only though!) The thing that made me cancel wasn't the DVR hardware or software sucking - it was actually decent, especially after I upgraded the hard drive to a 2 TB WD Purple. What killed it for me was the schedule not matching the recordings. I'd miss 5 minutes on either end of an episode, or for one show I'd be one episode off.