Because my Comcast Motorola DVR is crap. First, it cut off the end of the Super Bowl (how does that happen?) And now its latency issue is out of control. We were watching American Idol — watching it slightly delayed to skip the commercials — and it locked up and fast-forwarded all the way to live. Then we hit the back button a few times, which kicked in THREE MINUTES LATER, replaying the same commercial over and over again (the Apple Mac Book Air spot). Then it locked up. So we turned the power off and back on again, and it ate the recording, bouncing us back to live right when Randy said it was the best performance he’s ever heard. My pregnant wife, um, none so happy. It seems we’re not the only ones with this problem (or other problems). So which DVR would you recommend? We’re throwing this one away.
PS: If TiVo had these problems, the company would collapse. But because it’s Comcast and they’re almost giving away their DVRs, nothing happens.