Look into a Tivo. It's a far better DVR, channel guide, etc than what my cable company, Optimum offers. It's not cheap, but I'm saving $10 each month on what the Optimum DVR rental would be. And the Tivo uses a cablecard, so I don't even need a cable box. They charge for the card, but it's $3 less than they charge for their regular, non-DVR box. So, I'm saving $13 per month. IDK what Tivo current pricing is, but based on what I paid several years ago, it took about 4 years to break even back then, including lifetime subscription to the Tivo service. And after that, I'm saving $155 a year.