DVR Service. Buy a DVR or rent from Cable company?

I want to get a DVR. I have HD cable and my cable company is offering a DVR for $13 a month.
Can I just buy a DVR and record without paying a monthly fee the way I used to with my VCR? Or do I have to pay my cable company or Tivo for the service?

2010-02-19T05:46:03Z

What I really want to know is if I can buy a DVR and record without paying extra money every month.

Anonymous2010-02-19T05:33:28Z

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If you buy, make sure it's an HD dvr or you will lose the hd channels great picture quality.

Tivo is rental after you buy the dvr and $13 isn't bad to rent with the cable co., if the dvr goes bad or takes a surge and stops working, you turn it in for another one.

?2016-11-08T04:30:33Z

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