a gift from the gods
I tend to agree but the downside is that pre-tivo I hardly ever watched "popular" TV and now I watch 2-3 hours a day. The upside of that is in spite of mind rot I enjoy it.
I have had the cable version DVR and TIVO is superior in some ways but both change your tv viewing life completely. I watch nothing live any more. I must have at least 15 minutes delay to ff through the commercials.
