@Loverock Davidson - when we got a DVR our TV watching habits became completely asynchronous.. we recorded shows and then watched them when we had some time... two small kids..
now we've even gone one step beyond that.. now we've been buying series that we never watched or stopped watching on broadcast because we could never keep up LOST, Heros, Prison Break, 24 and go through the whole series maybe 1, 2, 3 (if just can't wait) episodes in a day.. watched 6 years of Lost in the past 6mths.. i found that is the best way to watch a series.. just banging them off one after another.. after a while it's like.. who cares when it aired.. i haven't seen it, it doesn't change the quality or enjoyability of it whether i watch it now or a year from now or 6 years ago in the case of LOST.. man was he ending of LOST a copout by the writer! reminded me a little of the season of Dallas.. don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.. lol..
anyway, i think you adjust.. i actually like it better.. broadcast doesn't work for us at all, we don't have time to be watching shows when they are broadcast with two young kids.. DVR is fine but iTunes/appleTV is like having a DVR with everything under the sun recorded on it..
on thing nice about living in Canada is that we have 48hrs instead of 24hrs like in the states to watch a rental after you start watching it (much better for people with kids) .. you have 30 days to start watching it.. actually if you just press pause and don't watch anything else on your appleTV or iOS device you can stretch out the time 'til forever.. the file deletes itself only when you stop or watch something else..
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