Ok this afternoon i got mine installed which took about 40 or so mins because a certain setting wasn't letting him change some freq, however he managed to get it going.
Just like a huge dvd recorder with built in hdd apart from the dvd recorder aspect, 3 days of tV guide without any waiting for data msg all shows up really fast, pause play live tv is awesome for having a quick time out (toilet, kitchen phone etc). When the guy installed it he said some functions wont work at this moment in time ie tv on demand, i asked when it will be up and running he said it wont. However PVR is much much better.
I'll give it a test run tonight and record my mums tv shows.
Anyways i like it