ReplayTV 3060 Digital Video Recorder
For you and me,  not the rest of us
First off, I don't own the 3060 yet, but I own a predecessor with a smaller storage capacity.  My unit has the same remote control and the same user interface and control software.<br />   There's a little &quot;religous&quot; war going on between ReplayTV and TiVo advocates.  I'm sure we all would love to have the other if we couldn't have the one we have.  So people try to make big issues out of little things like a still ad image that most users will never notice.<br />   The 3060 shares with the Phillips 60hr TiVo unit the bragging rights to being the highest capacity Digital Video Recorders (DVR's) available over-the-counter.  Digital Video Recorders are great!  I won't list the common virtues of ReplayTV and TiVo units here, but let me focus on the differentiators I've seen between the two:<br />   The ReplayTV 3060 comes with a lifetime of free (prepaid)service.  The TiVo will cost you more for a lifetime of service.  If you expect your unit to work beyond 10 months, and I know I do, then the ReplayTV is more cost effective.<br />    The user interface in the ReplayTV is information dense.  The program guide shows you alot of programming on one screen. I haven't spent much time with a TiVo but I've read that it requires more paging around to view programs.<br />    Some people love the TiVo remote control.  It fits nicely in the hand and seems to be good for one-thumb button pushing.  The ReplayTV remote can be used one-thumb but it may help to be double-jointed.  The ReplayTV remote has alot of capability and all the buttons to show for it.  The TiVo has cute logos and a red &quot;thumbs down&quot; button and a green &quot;thumbs up&quot; button - it lets you vote a show good or bad, and uses that accumulated data to recommend (and automatically record) new shows for you.  The remote control is the primary means of controlling both the ReplayTV and the Tivo units, so you want one you'll like.<br />    Soon Internet savvy users will be able to select programming for their ReplayTV units from any web browser.  From home, from work, or from another country, they'll be able to capture those shows they don't want to miss.<br />    Remember the old Apple computer ads for the Macintosh, the computer &quot;for the rest of us&quot;?  It didn't appeal to me.  I don't want an appliance that's dumbed down so I won't have to learn to use it.  I am willing to learn powerful new features and new user paradigms.  I'm willing to let a new appliance change the way I do things, whether it's writing a letter, heating a sandwich, or watching TV.  This is why I prefer the ReplayTV.  I covet the new 60hr units!