Whole house dvr - thoughts?

Currently we have 2 Cisco independent boxes.

to save money the Rep suggested the whole house set up. Guessing that’s a main box and a satellite. We had that 5 yrs ago and both me and the wife were not a fan. We both record a bunch of shows (sometime 2 each while watching a 3rd - so 6 total). One of the things we did not like was having to scroll thru the one shared recorded list to get  to the one show we are looking for.  Am I correct, that has not changed?

so curious on “your” thoughts - pros and cons of the whole house set up.