The number of televisions estimated that sit unused in closets.
The EPA estimates that nearly 100 million unused televisions are currently taking up precious, beautiful space. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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What are you talking about, "no tv guide"? Do you even know what MediaCenter is? I suggest you check it out before commenting. Also, I've never watched any VOD, so I couldn't care less about the one directional thing.
As to someone saying this is not going to be an improvement over OTA HD - I've done OTA HD, it's not reliable. It all depends on where you are located, some channels might come in ok, but others don't. Even on channels that do come in, there is always some skipping every once in a while. Also there are way more HD channels on cable than OTA.
As for someone commenting about performance problems when watching a HD movie and streaming/recording HD cable at the same time being Windows' fault, come on. Does that really make any sense to you? Also, if you don't like the two external boxes, get the internal version. But given that the interface for the OCUR is USB either way, I'd personally prefer to have the external version rather than use up expansion slots unnecessarily.