The HDHomeRun DVR isn't a person. There is no self.

"The Orville" season 3 clarifies what I mean; the doctor literally marries an android.

The HDHomeRun DVR is exactly what YOU want it to be, Nick. Belief is reality in this context.

And if you don't do it, someone else will. Silicon Dust has ...

“It all started when my HDHomeRun froze during a baseball game.
And instead of getting mad, I thought…
What if it apologized?
What if it explained itself?
What if it riffed on the situation like a robot friend who’s seen too much?”

I apologize. I'm a nonlinear thinker. I've jumped ahead too far.

On-the-fly video editing would require a crazy amount of CPU and who cares about Moore's Law right?

Really though the better idea is an AI pal who watches with you and does MST3K with you. AI plays the straight man and can predict ...

Seems to me that the next evolution of HDHomeRun would enable changing the video and/or audio on-the-fly.

Remember black & white colorization? Well this is that, on steroids.

So: replace one specific actor with another. Or one specific voice with another.

Also, it'd be an interactive ...