I love DVR. Jason and I take about 10 minutes or so and look through the guide. We choose all the stuff that looks interesting or the shows we already know we like (even movies) and we set it to record those programs. No time setting, no blank tapes. It just does it. Then, when we feel like watching tv, we just go to our recorded items and pick from there. There's no commercials because we fast forward through them. It's great! Jason was right all a long. He usually is.