10 Hugest Inventions Since the Year 2000

10) DVR

Most people alive today remember a time when there were fewer than 20 television channels available on TV. Of that, only 5 may have been used regularly. However, cable television changed the viewing, and TiVo DVR changed cable and digital television forever. The time when your day was controlled by your programming is now a thing of the past as DVR technology enables you to control all programming as if it were a VCR with infinite capabilities.

People now have the ability to record and store numerous programs, as well as watch, pause, fast forward, and rewind programs. In addition, they now have the ability to manage current programming. Did you miss a great play when you went to get a new bag of chips? That’s okay, simply rewind and watch it. Was there a news segment you wanted to watch? No problem.

With TiVo and DVR capabilities, you control your programming, when you watch it, and how you watch it—with, or without those pesky commercials.