I have no reason to avoid cable TV, as my cable provider lets me record and keep shows as long as I want.
The purpose of avoiding products with DRM is to prevent people from restricting how I use content I've paid for access to, and/or to reduce the acceptance of that DRM. Whenever DRM is used in a way that *only* prevents access by people who have not paid for it, I have no problems with it, what I have a problem with is DRM that restricts what I, as a paying customer, can do.
Funny, I still hate the way my cable TV content is controlled for me. I'd avoid them but they have a monopoly in my area so without them I've no TV. Yes, it allows me to record TV shows and play them back whenever I like, but only on my cable box which is a pretty poor quality unit with some shockingly bad design features. Previously, when it was cracked, I had a media device with the same functionality, only it also allowed me to stream and/or copy my recorded shows to any computer on my network as MPEG video, and to act as a media player to stream from the network. It also didn't need to be rebooted several times a week like the "official" unit or stutter when recording from one transponder while watching the other. Or randomly forget to record certain shows...
Oh well, such is progress I guess.
