ReplayTV RTV5040 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Replay 5000 2.5 week review!
Replay has created a new way to watch TV!  Its hard to imagine ever watching a show the old way.  I used to have to watch what was on between 9pm and 11pm but not anymore.  Now I have lots of show recorded automatically everyday that I want to see, and I can watch them when I have the time!!  I even uploaded 1.5 gigs of digital pictures from my pc to the Replay 5000 and I am amazed at the quality when viewed on my 36&quot; Sony XBR.  You can even create a folder of pictures to use as the pause screens.  I hooked it up via my cable modem to download the updates, and that also allows me to send or receive shows via the internet.  The Commercial Skip (CA) works about 97% of the time, which really blew me away.  I had figured it wouldn't work very well, so I am very pleasently suprised.  I am considering ordering another Replay so I can record two show simultaneously and also take advantage of streaming from one box to the other.  Say watch a show in the living room or bedroom thats been recorded in the tv room.  The CA feature alone blows the competition away.  All the other features are just icing on the cake.  I would rate this a 10+ after using it for almost 3 weeks.  (I would rate myself as difficult to impress)