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[leia131]

Day 25: Luxury - If you've been on my journal for a while, you will not be surprised to learn that my answer to this is my DVR. I do not know how I ever lived without the ability to pause, rewind, and fast forward through commercials. Is there an Are You Afraid of the Dark marathon on at 2am? DVR. Start watching a TV show and then have to go somewhere? DVR. Friends invite you out for a birthday party on the same night as the Project Runway Finale? DVR. Two things you want to watch on at the same time? DVR. Miss a great play in the baseball game? Rewind the DVR. You can even set it remotely with your phone, if you remember something you want to watch is on. You can program it to record all the occurrings of a show, so you don't have set it every week. It's amazing. TV FOR DAYS.

Let us end this post with a line from How I Met Your Mother, which is about TiVo, but the meaning is the same. "Almighty TiVo, we thank you for all the gifts you have given us. The power to freeze live TV to go take a leak is nothing short of godlike. Let's not forget fast forwarding through commercials."

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[ellinou.livejournal.com]

We have two TVs at home, and until a few months ago only the big TV in the living room had a DVR, mine in the basement didn't, and they were always annoyed when I DVRed stuff and had to hog "their" TV to watch it (at a reasonable hour, like not in the middle of the night). I finally bought my own this fall, in anticipation both for eventually moving out and needing one anyways, and being able to watch all my shows downstairs without bothering them. I love being able to go do stuff during the commercials, and if I come back and the break has been over for a few seconds, I can just rewind and not miss anything.

[leia131.livejournal.com]

It's really one of the most fabulous inventions of mankind. Right up there with antibiotics and seatbelts. :)