GregoriousM, there is a distant chance that Starchoice is going to have a stand-alone pvr available before the MS based UltimateTV unit is brought out.

I'm all for this, I would appreciate a choice, b.t.w. this was Starchoice's original plan as well, (it looked like an external hard drive for a computer).

Also I think it is supposed to integrate directly with the Starchoice IPG to allow on-the-spot recording selection.

However these are rumours, not based on press releases or promises, YMMV.