Before we got our HD TiVo, we had the TW HD DVR. Even though we've had the TiVo for a while, we still have the TW unit as well. Every once in a while, it comes in handy. And since it too (like the TiVo) can record two shows at once, we have the capacity to record up to FOUR HD (or SD) shows at once (although we've never gone beyond three and that was only once).

I love the Olympics - though I prefer to simply watch the athletics, the backstory crap isn't a massive turn off.

And, this sort of thing tends to motivate me to work out longer, better, more consistently. Not sure why - probably just watching all the athletes makes me a bit conscious of my own physical fitness.

I'd like them more if we could see more of the events and not just "the events USA medaled in"

I believe "Pre-Olympic" is used in a misleading way. It makes it sound like this was somehow related to the Olympics and from what I read in the story I don't see the link.

Gotta love China - "That's not pollution - it's only mist!".

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're not the Chinese people who must believe what they are told, or at least not question it, or face imprisonment.

They must have learned from Los Angeleans.

I like the pageantry, the fashions selected for each national team, the ritual of the opening and closing ceremonies, the unusual sports and gear.

I imagine I would enjoy the opening ceremony if I were there but somehow it doesn't carry across over TV for me.

But in HD