I have news for HBO

HBO, I have news for you. If you succeed in making sure that we can’t record shows like the Sopranos on our DVRs, it will be at your peril. I’m not currently a subscriber to HBO, but I do subscribe when the Sopranos has new episodes. In other words, I was planning to subscribe again pretty soon. I enjoy the Sopranos, but I don’t want to make an appointment with my television every Sunday night to watch new episodes. I don’t want to wait until the show is on DVD or be forced to use any other solutions (that are less user-friendly) to record the shows.

HBO, you have a choice. Let us consume your content as we’d like to and be your customers or force us to go elsewhere for our entertainment. It is up to you.

UPDATE- I made a mistake here. HBO is focused on their on-demand content, not time-shifting scenarios. Thanks to Brad Wilson for pointing that out. Having said that, I’m still not sure I like their direction with respect to content restrictions.