Oh, I haven't gotten around to turning on auto-logon. Once I do that it shouldn't be an issue.

You know, we're always talking about babies today will be amazed to learn that once upon a time there were only three networks and if you wanted to watch a show you had to watch it when the TV decided to show it to you and not the other way around.

They'll also be amazed that there was once a time when if you wanted to watch TV all you had to do was turn it on.

They will also be amazed that you had to actually get off your ass to change channels.

Frankly, even at my age I'm still almost amazed at that.

A week or so ago I called my parents. They had to call me back because the show they were watching was in a really exciting part. It took me a few seconds to realize they couldn't pause live TV.

I keep trying to pawn off my TIVO series 2 with lifetime on them but mom is afraid she won't understand how to use it and dad is convinced they have no use for it anyway. :rolleyes:

My parents finally bought a TiVo. They (meaning my mom) use it exactly as if it were a VCR.

What isn't VCR-like about a DVR? Am I missing out on some wonderful DVR feature?

Live TV pausing. Ability to watch one show while recording another. On screen guide (they don't have a cable box so that's not otherwise available to them).

Well, my parents have had their VCR set up to record one thing and watch something else since VCRs came out. But the pausing LIVE TV would be helpful and the season pass so they don't have to rush home when they forget to record a show.

Before TiVo was even invented, we kept three VCRs in our living room: two dedicated to recording and one to playback. For the most part, we would watch them sequentially, but it was an ongoing task to go through each tape as it was finished to note the time of the beginning of each show to go with the list of shows on each tape.