Time-shifting would be cool, of course, but I would be thrilled to be able to replace my VCR with MJ for starters. The main thing needed is the ability to select a channel on a DirecTV box. Snapstream (
www.snapstream.com) has already done this with their product - who knows how much effort it took.
Yes, I want nothing to do with a TIVO box or any of the others. If you read the fine print, they have the right to change the software at any time to do whatever. In the U.K. recently, one of the PVR makers forced everybody to record a certain program and then denied the ability to delete it for a week! No thanks. I had rather spend the time maintaining a Windows machine that does the same thing in return for having greater control and less monthly costs.
JRiver is in a really good position to provide all of this someday with MJ. I just hope some large company like Microsoft doesn't buy JRiver as that will be the end of the creative, open, quick, enhancements to Media Jukebox. I'm sure you guys could cash out big-time, though, and there is no way I would fault you as that is your reward for the risk you have taken.