I hate the Tiem Warner but must say I am really digging the new cable box I have with a hard drive in it.Guess it's same as Tivo in many respects.I am going to get a DVD-R that allows me to use outputs of the he Hrad disc cable box to make a DVD-R.Might install a tuner card in my computer (which I don't really need now) but this would also be option latter if I trade back down from box which cos $7 a month (the only bummer of it).So you can use DVD-RW and re-record but Hard Disc based systems are easier in that you can use them a say a 50hr (or what ever capacity) which is good if say you want more than 74 miutes.If you get a non-HD disc you should have a Cable box with HDF or Tivo since you could leave for a week and record all the news you like,a dozen movies etc hen if it's something you want to keep you dump it onto DVD Recorder or computer with $100 TV card and it's RCA inputs.
Chazz
Chazz