Philips HDR112 Tivo Digital Video Recorder
I need my TiVo
I've had a TiVo for about six weeks now.I'm very pleasedwith the unit.It has only afew drawbacks and alot of big-time pluses!  I never miss my favorite shows anymore.There are onlyfour shows I watch.The onlyshow I've  had trouble record-ing is Sixty Minutes becauseTiVo doesn't know the  preceding football gamesalways run over their allotedtime.So,I have to  record thenext show too.This is the network's fault for such unrealistic  scheduling!But Iwish TiVo had the logic torecognize shows,not just  time-slots.Maybe they'll upgrade this capability?  The automatic recording  ofsuggested programs and the whole thumbs up,thumbs downthing is  useless.However youcan turn this feature off!Youreffort would be better  spentbrowsing through the list ofmovies you can record the comming week.The  menus are easy to use,very well laid out.  I have a small gripe aboutthe  lowest recording guality,which is designated &quot;basic&quot;,it's  useless.It should nothave been included on the unit.Stevie Wonder  wouldn'tlike the picture quality!Themiddle two speeds both lookgood.I  believe the top video-quality is presently of littleuse.It's too good.None  of usgets a signal worthy of it'semploy.Thus,it's not worth using for  now,who knows a yearor two from now though?  I like the remote except  forthe useless thumbs up and downbuttons.It actually will control the  volume of my Marantz preamp,so I actuallyuse it some.I programed theMarantz  remote to run TiVo andhave to admit I use it more.But,the remote will run  thevolume of most possible setups.The list of T.V.'s andsurroundsound units  it willconrtol is impressive.  Without question buy one ofthese  contraptions!Be warned,though that the highest quotedrecording time is not  useful.I have the small unit,the so-called 14 hour unit.It's really a 6 to  8 hour unit atthe useful speeds!If you wantto record alot of movies,lengthy  movies,you should beconsidering the model 312.Itwould hold 5 to 8 movies at  atime using the useful speeds.I wouldn't mind trading upmyself!  I love  this product despiteit's relatively-small short-commings.It's easy to  use.Itblends with other equipment insystems very well.It comes with a bunch  of cables.It'snot very likely you'll have torun to the store for a cable.If  you want to watch T.V. onyour own terms and at your owntimes,then buy this  product.