TiVo says OTT and Recorded TV is surpasing Live TV. Is that the case for you? (1 Viewer)

I have a TiVo, and I always watch recorded content. The only exception is sports, but I don't even watch that much sports. Even a show that I want to watch *right now* I will wait 20 minutes or so after it starts, and then skip through the commercials, ending up at about the same time as a live viewer.

I got a taste of the DVR with the Dishnetwork DishPlayer back in 2000. It was buggy and would reboot and delete all of the recordings. It sucked so bad that it was the only DVR to ever have a class action lawsuit tied to it. But it was enough to get me hooked. I went back to DirecTV and their DirecTiVo when they activated dual tuners. Record two shows at once!!!! Then I added the HD DirecTiVo when the price dropped. I'm currently running dual DirecTV brand DVRs that are networked and have streaming capabilities. Pick a DVR and watch shows from either one, stream from my home server or VOD from the internet. As for watching live TV, I can't remember the last time I did. Sports are delayed by a few hours to a day except for important games like the Super Bowl. I'll start it about an hour into it and zip past commercials unless one catches my eye and then I'll rewind and watch it. I watch a football game like I used to watch game film in high school - tackle the player and jump to the next snap. Only the hurry up offenses make that difficult. For regular shows, I can't ever remember when they are on. My program list is like my personal video on demand.

I'm not really a good sample of normal, except for sport I haven't watched live TV in probably 8 years. Just DVDs and streaming. I *really* hate commercials, and am willing to pay to not see them. I really enjoy waiting for a season (of anything) to end and then catching it on a DVD set in a marathon viewing session.