have cable not Direct TV, but my DVR sucks. sometimes drops the sound or picture. sometimes won't come out of the recorded movie. close captioning never works.
sometimes just won't work.
worst technology ever. wait, what about cell phones or CD's or...
My cable company has brought out 5 different DVR boxes in the last 3 months. They often forget to bring the HiDef box or to even bring a box at all. None of them work correctly, yet they many times have hooked them up and left. Meanwhile my monthly bill is huge!