What's a DVR? I thought that was a TiVo

TiVo is suffering a fate worse than death. The public heard so much about TiVo for so long, it was shocking to learn they didn't even have a million subscribers until six months ago. Now, at least in the US, TiVo has become the generic term for all digital video recorders (like Xerox has for copiers and Kleenex has for tissue). While the name has taken over, the company hasn't. TiVo still partners to create integrated DVRs in DirecTV receivers as well as selling standalone units. Cable companies are introducing boxes with integrated DVRs, but none of them use TiVo's software — and they don't seem likely to, either. Most of the new DVD recorders with hard drives also forgo TiVo for more generic software, too. TiVo seems to be everywhere but in people's homes.