Editing ReplayTV (section)

==Operation==
ReplayTV service is only available in the United States via its subscription program. The hardware is no longer sold and the subscription service was ended in June 2011. The subscriptions service's feature of searchable program guides will end effective July 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/replaytv/ |title=replaytv Important Announcement |publisher=Digitalnetworksna.com |access-date=2011-06-23}}</ref> After this date, owners of ReplayTV DVR units will still be able to manually record analog TV programs, but will not have the benefit of access to the interactive program guide. Older units were only able to accomplish this download via a [[dial-up]] connection. Later models were also capable of downloading program guides via the user's existing internet connection ([[broadband]] or [[Digital subscriber line|DSL]]), as well as via the dialup connection.

Like other DVRs, ReplayTV allows users to record television programs. The subscription service was operated on a monthly fee or a one-time lifetime payment. Each individual unit required a separate subscription. Older units, like the 2000 and 3000 series, did not require monthly subscription fees, and those units that were still in operation and continue to receive programming data without a subscription until July 31, 2011. The price of the original ReplayTV units was higher than comparable [[TiVo]] units by approximately the same amount as TiVo's lifetime subscription, so a lifetime subscription was essentially priced into the units.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}

Some ReplayTV models allow automatic commercial skipping with no user intervention. It scanned for the black frames local television stations used to insert commercials.