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...video recorder is basically a big, fat hard drive like the one in your computer, only it's hooked up to your TV. It's like a VCR, only digital. It automatically records whatever you're watching, all the time, so you can rewind, pause, slo-mo or instant-replay live TV. If you're watching something you've already recorded, you can skip ahead through the commercials. Best of all, the DVR has a built-in channel guide, so you can tell it to record a show, and it will do so without having to be told the when...
...first night of Replay-enhanced TV watching wasn't exactly must-see. For starters, every time I changed the channel there was a three-second delay before the new one kicked in. What's worse, the ShowStopper sometimes got confused about what channel I asked for, which meant that I spent a lot more time watching U.S. Marshals on TNT than I really wanted to. It doesn't help that the onscreen interface is clunky or that handling the humongous remote control is like thumb wrestling Andre the Giant. The other day my wife flopped down on the couch...
EXTENDED COVERAGE "OUT OF BOUNDS" The game itself is only a small part of The Game. If there's spousal abuse (surely a favorite avocation of today's professional athlete), let's see it! That's what the innovative kitchen-counter cam is there for. And replay those 911 calls from wives and girlfriends over the stadium's loudspeakers during huddles...
...Everyone says they're sick of this," he says. "But do you know what the highest-rated TV show is around here? It's the replay of the Monday night council meetings Tuesday nights on local cable." The mayor is willing to bet his best rod and reel that few Westlanders tuned in to the third presidential debate last week. They were watching their city council soap opera...
Stopping often to replay favorite video clips from his career, Barker said "The Price Is Right" has become so much a part of U.S. culture that it rarely changes...