Philips HDR212 TiVo 20 Hour Digital Video Recorder
You have to have this.
If you're even bothering to VISIT this site, you are a person that needs Tivo.  I bought our Tivo two years ago, and it has transformed our lives.  Seriously.  We never, ever bother to rush home to avoid missing Friends.  We never pick up a TV Guide.  We never miss new episodes of Trading Spaces or Modern Marvels.  Sopranos?  Got it.  Sex and the City?  We've seen every one.<br />The funniest thing about having Tivo is that it changes your television conversations with others... I might tell someone about a cool new show (something Tivo selected FOR me that I wound up liking, for example), and the person will ask, \\"What channel is it on?\\"<br />I have no clue.<br />\\"Well, WHEN is it on?\\"<br />No idea.  Tivo takes care of everything!  I watch WHAT I want WHEN I want.  Channels... times... superfluous!<br />Tivo takes EVERY SINGLE responsibility or burden off of you, the television watcher.  Cliched as it may sound, Tivo really is \\"TV Your Way!\\"  It's easier than a VCR with better quality, control, and versatility... I can certainly understand why the media isn't advertising it (have I MENTIONED that I haven't watched a TV commercial in TWO YEARS?), but I can't understand anyone not having this in his or her home.<br />It streamlines your television viewing, and saves you time, turning television into an active and dynamic pasttime, instead of the modern-day opiate of the masses.  Sound good to you?  If you get it, I cannot imagine you regretting it!