Having customers "run back to Tivo" as a result of this injunction isn't the point. The point is E* refusing to pay Tivo money for a patent lawsuit, nothing more. If you don't pay, you can't play. Granted, Tivo has made some pretty dumb business decisions over the last decade. But some...

Uh no. Tivo was a legitimate pioneer in this business, about the same time as Replay. The legal point is that Tivo was first to the patent office and has been able to successfully defend that position against Replay years ago (and where is Replay now?). Things like MythTV didn't come around...