Testing Out Multi-Pass

So I'm giving Multi-Pass a shot with The Daily Show (iTunes link). I only have one episode, but here are the pros and cons so far.

Pros

• Easy (compared to tracking down a working torrent, hypothetically of course)
• Good quality (basically on par with a download, hypothetically of course)
• No commercials during the show (Comedy Central tacks one on at the end, which is no big deal)

Cons

• DRM
• Format incompatible with my DVD player, basically negated by the DRM though
• I'm paying $9.99 on top of my cable bill which already gives me Comedy Central.
• Auto-downloading doesn't seem to be working, possible because I don't save my iTunes account password and have to manually input it every time I want to purchase something.

I doubt I will renew at the end of my subscription. To me, personally, it is not worth the $10 on top of what I already pay. I might as well just pay Comcast another $10/month and get the PVR box instead. The disadvantage of not going with BitTorrent, over a PVR solution, is that I wouldn't have a TDS archive. That is, if I was using BitTorrent to get copies of The Daily Show.