I subscribed to Suscom’s HD+DVR service last week, and I love it so far. The HD channels are crystal clear (using the component connections w/ some homemade RCA cables w/ 75-ohm connectors).
The service is provided via Motorola’s new Dual-Tuner DVR High-Definition Set-Top DCT6412. The interface is much nicer than their older digital cable set top box interface. The new interface utilizes the Pioneer Passport Echo app. It has a Seagate 5400RPM 120GB drive; good for recording 90 hours of standard TV or 20 hours of HTDV. I can watch a show and record another simultaneously, record two shows, pause live TV, etc. It doesn’t have the automated recording system like Tivo where it records shows it thinks you may like based on what you rate the shows you do record, but that’s okay because I would hate for it to record ballet or figure skating based on a previous recording of some arbitrary program that may have some related content. 
The remote has a lot of buttons on it. It has so many buttons that I have to look at the remote sometimes to make sure I don’t hit something by accident when looking through the guide for a show or saving/erasing a recorded program.
Overall, I’m very pleased with it, I expect I’ll be using it a lot. I’ve already used it extensively to record Big Brother 6, Hi-def NFL preseason football, and syndicated episodes of Family Guy.
Other stuff:
Motorola’s serious looking DVR rolling out to Comcast
Motorola DCT6412 (Comcast DVR) 30-second skip
DCT6412 Firewire capture and HD/SD to DVD guide
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