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Originally Posted by steveh
As more and more content is available on-demand, I imagine the average user will make use of the local recording facility less and less too.
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That seems to be the way that a lot of cable operators are moving. There's also "Network DVRs" as well, which function like a standard DVR (Tivo is a DVR for those who don't know), but when you "record" something, it's archived in a data centre somewhere then just streamed to your box when you want to watch it. I know that On Demand allows you to watch old programmes this way already, but I think, for licencing purposes, networked DVR recordings are counting as personal recordings and not subject to the same restrictions On Demand is (so, you'd be allowed to record from any channel, not just those with an On Demand service).
This is one thing Sky cannot do easily.