I'm very impressed with Time Warner's DVR service. For $7 more per month, I can record and store shows and watch them when I want. But the most impressive thing about this service seems like magic-- retroactive capturing.

Midway through any show, you can press record, and the service will record and store the entire show for you. This is perfect if, say, you flip to the Food Network and see that Alton Brown is discussing eggs, and you realize that this is a show you would have liked to see from the beginning.

The only major downside to the service is a lack of remote control letter input. The numbers 1 through 9 could easily have been assigned letters, like on a telephone, for faster searching of show names. The service only allows you to scroll or navigate through an entire list or program matrix to find the show you want to record.