Yes you can record PPV's, as a matter of fact you can schedule to have a PPV recorded something like 14 days in advance with the R15, and you don't actually pay for it until you watch it. When I say watch, I mean anything over one second to include tuning to the channel while it is recording. It will keep it saved up to 3 months for you. Nice feature of the R15, especially for those PPV premeirs. Then you can have a selection of movies to watch when you want to, and it doesn't cost you anything until you watch it.