TiVo, of course, pioneered the modern concept of the personal video recorder (PVR), which lets TV viewers "time-shift" when they want to see programs, pause live TV, skip through commercials and all the rest.

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You can, of course, pause live TV and skip around, but the scrub bar also shows up when you're watching recorded programs.

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Accompanied by small, sleek Joey(TM) units, the Hopper enables customers to pause live TV in one room and continue watching in another room.

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