"Let me ask a simple question, if everyone had a DVR that could record any and every series they liked, enabling them to watch the shows they missed immediately

"Let me ask a simple question, if everyone had a DVR that could record any and every series they liked, enabling them to watch the shows they missed immediately, why would they go to Hulu ever again ? Lunchtime at work you say ? I respond simply with “slingbox enabled DVR”. Let them stream the shows from their homes." Hulu offers a wide selection of content no longer broadcast on cable or satellite TV. Next problem is extremely limited upload speeds on most US ISPs. This would result in sub-SD quality streams. Hulu is about ~2Mbit/sec streaming. Average residential broadband is sub ~1Mbit upload. So half the quality on average under best conditions (hope no one is home using the Internet or get used to circa 1996 animated GIF quality video) "Traditional media should be blasting the cable/telco/sat companies for not adding DVR features and dropping pricing fast enough." They should be kicking themselves for raising prices of programming to the point where cable/telco/satellite providers need to overcharge for equipment to help offset the higher costs of programming which are so large over the last ~3 years that the providers were actually unable to pass all of it onto the consumer. They were terrified of $10-$20/month price increases. People accept <$5 increases on a yearly basis but it's not enough to keep up anymore.