ReplayTV RTV5516 160-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Will not work at all without subscription
This e-mail that I sent will sum it up for those that do not want to pay a subscription:<br />I just want to make sure before I open the box.  From what I read the unit will cease to work if I do not activate the product and pay the crazy fees for basicly free otherwise TV listing information.  I was planning to use it and program it manually using free TV listings, but the way it sounds it will stop working after 10 days.   This gets to my second question; if it will not work without the activation how do I return it?<br />The reply: Thank you for contacting ReplayTV.  You are correct, you will get a 3-day grace period to try out the unit.  After this grace period and the unit has not been activated, the unit will cease to function.  You can return the unit to the original place of purchase.<br />So what we really have here is a unit that you must pay additional big bucks or else you will have a paper wieght.