Original Article: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-01/tech/dvr.timewarp.gallaga_1_dvr-royal-wedding-kate-middleton?_s=PM:TECH
The one thing I miss the most when I'm visiting my relatives over the holidays is my DVR. I can't imagine watching television without using the DVR system. Watching live TV is so yesterday. I can't stand it. Especially when you have your favorite shows on network television and you have to sit through the commercials. I've been watching DVR television for about 9 years and when I first got it I was working a graveyard shift, so I would use it to record all my favorite television shows, movies and sports games and would watch them later on my day off. I'm also able to rewind certain educational programs on television and use them as resources in the classroom.
There is one drawback to watching recorded DVR programming though, and it involves sporting events. You have to try to ignore all communication from other people, the internet or feeds from your cell phone because they might tell you who won the game before you had a chance to watch it yourself. I will never forget the time I recorded my team playing and decided to go to the store and get some snacks and watch the game later that afternoon. When I got to the store the first guy I saw told me that results of the game and that my team had lost. I was crushed. Didn't even get the snacks. I wanted to tell guy; Don't talk to me, I don't even know you! I quickly realized that I was wearing an Atlanta Falcons hat and the guy was a Aints fan. Needless to say that I now get the snacks before I watch the game.
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