[gcruse]

Whenever I watch sports, I hit pause as soon as a game starts, go do something for an hour, come back and watch the game, blasting my way through commercials, timeouts, etc. (This of course is not possible with TiVo!)

As you describe it, I could do this with TIVO, I think.  Just go to the channel you want, press record and do what you did.

[Ozone34]

The main difference is that with TIVO you must "fast-forward" through commercials, etc. The TIVO consortium is deeply in bed with Hollywood, and they want you to see commercials, even at a subliminal level as they go by fast. ReplayTV has a 30 sec advance button in addition to the fast forward controls. This is why ReplayTV has been sued and gone through a series of bankruptcy/bailout scenarios, and is no longer available at retail outlets.

[RichardW]

I just got one this last week through Dish. Now THIS is the way to watch TV. Fantastic.