my point exactly.
I already have to manually set the cable box as well as the VCR now, so how will Tivo/Replay help me.
Unless they connect to the cable box and set it for me.
This pause live tv deal is great IF you watch live tv. I don't, I am a timeshifter, so apart from football games I never watch live TV.

All I want to do is save to my hard disk to watch, burn stuff to DVD if I want to save it (after removing the commercials).

Do any of the current PVRs (standalone or otherwise) let you burn to DVD?