Getting content on your PC with Windows Vista is cool if you like to watch junk on your PC all the time. Me? I like to lay in my unreasonably comfortable bed, have a beer and watch what I want on a real screen. TiVo is absolutely the best way to do that.
We had a DirecTV TiVo for years. Went to upgrade
the box only to find that DirecTV, in their greediness, thought it was a good idea to stop partnering with TiVo. They were delusional thought that they could make more money offering their own DVR. Well, their DVR SUCKS!
Then we made the fatal mistake of switching to Dish Network because they offered what, on paper, looked like a better DVR with more recording time for less money. HUGE MISTAKE. Unbelievably, the
Dish DVR SUCKED EVEN WORSE THAN THE DirecTV DVR! So completely unusable and difficult that after a week, I went back and bought a new TiVo!
The Dish experience was absolutely horrible. It never worked right and when it did, everything about it was difficult and counter-intuitive! Most of my programs didn't record because Dish kept throwing up an error screen on top of my shows. After 23 days, I wanted Dish OUT. I called to complain and they acknowledged that I was having these problems, but they would now need a $240 cancellation fee out of me to take back their horrible, lousy gear! They didn't care at all that I nothing worked the way they promised, they wanted to pinch me for more cash. That, my friends, is poor business.
Long story short, I'm very glad that TiVo has won this decision against the unethical, lousy Dish Network. TiVo is infinitely easier and more intuitive than any other DVR I've tried. With the awesome new high speed internet connectivity, you can push your shows to other boxes, buy movies and more. Anybody dissin TiVo doesn't know what they're talking about.