TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
It will change your life!
I have had the TiVo series 2 for about a year and a half now and I don't know how I got along before it!  One of the other reviewers put it best--TiVo puts you in control of TV, not the other way around.  No rushing to catch the start of a show, no missing episodes because the broadcasters changed the schedule.  TiVo silently tapes everything we ask it to (and sometimes tapes suggestions of its own, based on our watching habits--but never sacrifices a requested recording for a suggestion).  The only problem we have had is some very occasional (perhaps three or four times) trouble changing the channel, so that the requested program is not taped...this is unpredictable (so no way to prevent it) and annoying, but as I said extremely infrequent.  And I wanted to let one of the other reviewers know that she CAN watch live TV while TiVo is recording--simply press the A/B button on the cable box, and watch TV in &quot;TV&quot; (instead of TiVo) mode.  You can watch channels 2-80 live in this situation.  Of course, watching live TV without the TiVo pause and rewind ability is almost intolerable now that we are spoilt.  I think that in ten years (maybe sooner) every TV will have this TiVo capability.  It lets television enhance your life, instead of constrict it....  The only caveat is that the new TiVo DVD-burners offer more possibilities, so if you can afford it, look into the Pioneer TiVo DVR (810-HS).  The one set with both TiVo DVR and DVD burner is less expensive than buying both separately (but with the combined set, remember you can't edit content before burning).  TiVo is great.  You will not regret adding it to your life.