I agree! It took Comcast's constant raising of my rates and my special "Triple Pay" pricing to get me motivated. I cut the cord and between TV and Phone service I save *over* $100 per month. After realizing that over the air and Internet video is more than adequate replacement, I don't miss Cable TV at all!
Here is my experience and I built a better box than my Comcast DVR ever was!
A few years ago, we got tired of Comcast's DVRs problems and built an in-home RAID server that doubles as a media center. PBS has so much great content, I became a member. We watch a few other channels' shows too, but I'm more-than-happy getting cable content from Netflix. Most of the recordings are watched on my Eliptical each day.
