[BarTopDancer]

Tonight a friend suggested that I buy the TV, then if I am unhappy with the picture quality get the cable box with their DVR until I can figure out a better DVR solution. He pointed out that standard digital cable is not much more than I am paying now and I may be able to get a promotion that would make it less.

Thanks everyone for the feedback and trying to explain this stuff to me.

TIVO premier isn't getting the best reviews and I don't like being a first generation adopter so I'll probably end up going the Cox DVR route and then migrate to another TIVO that can handle the cable card unless someone can recommend a non-cable DVR service.