Mine broke but I quit renting movies a while back anyway. If I do ever have to watch something on a DVD I use the DVD drive on my computer.
I am a DVR ninja. My DVR allows me to pause what I am watching, switch channels, watch that channel for a while, pause it, switch back, unpause it, fast forward through commercials, etc. I watch two shows at once and never watch commercials. DVRs rock.
I don't really watch much tv to begin with. If I don't have time to watch it when it airs I ain't watchin it. One of my colleagues likes some show (forget the name) and sometimes she's many viewings behind as in the teens.
Me, too. I'll have a long line of shows on my DVR because I'm not home much to watch TV. I catch up during holidays and the summer.