[HDFootyMan]

Originally Posted by SLM

But how much do these cost to buy from a shop and when they break down how much does it cost? NOTHING in this life is £0.00.

Let us not speculate on IF ntl are going to charge or how much lets just wait till it comes out, also I thought sky+ was free as part of a deal they where doing but I may be wrong as I never keep up with what sky are doing after what sky did to me about 4 years ago I will NEVER go back to them.

Recording one show while watching another pre-recorded program is indeed free for me at the moment. I pay £0.00 per month for that. Sure, I paid money to buy my DVR - but I save money on not having to purchase blank video tapes, and save time, hassle and storage space not having to mess around with video tapes.

Exisiting Freeview PVRs start from around £120 - after that, they're free. Sure, they may break down after a while, but you could say that for most things. Besides, that's where your warranty comes in.

And why shouldn't we speculate? Speculation is fun. If not as if NTL have given us any official monthly rental prices or even release dates for their PVR, is it? All we know at the moment are:

a) The tech specs of the box.
b) That it is 'coming soon', later this year (maybe)
c) It will cost at least some customers X amount of money per month to rent the box.

PS - NTL are going to charge for their PVR - they said that their rental price will be favourable to Sky+. If I could remember where I saw that, I would link to it.