I remember what that thing is now!
Replay TV.
Maybe when we purchased it from the person online, it was broken or we had a bad receiver (if thats what it is called)? I have never really had too many issues during the time we used it, but it seemed like not all of it was there. Would make funny noises sometimes, or it would lose signal (maybe thats what I'm thinking?). Good thing we switched now, I hate the idea of sitting down to watch a show, then 10 minutes into it the show just disappears.
