Well one point is inviting someone over on Saturday to watch a movie that you found to be very good on Friday and would like to share the experience( If they allow a 48 hour window of course). Last night we were watching The Jungle Boy and with about 10 minutes left in the movie my Hopper jumped over and started recording something else and of course switched to that channel (another feature I hate). By the time I stopped the recording and switched back to the movie we had missed a climactic couple of minutes. If I was watching a recording I could have just rewound. I think having a 24 hour window is fine, just let me record it. Still must be watched during the same 24 hour period. 48 hours would be nice but I understand the 24 hour window. Now you can tell me that I'm in the minority with this complaint and yes I can go rent the movie from Red Box, but isn't the whole premise of any DVR to offer convenience? Isn't the marketing behind the Hopper vs the Genie based on features and convenience? If as you say, nobody really cares about recording a PPV movie then why bother with the No Recording restriction. Yespage, wanting to record a movie that goes away in 24 hours is hardly wanting to own it.