ReplayTV RTV5040 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Non-TV addict review
The device itself works great, works as advertised.  I use it all the time, it really changes the way you watch TV.. it's nice to sit down and watch 5 episodes of your favorite show back-to-back with no commercials.  I have it hooked up to ethernet (I have cable modem and a Linksys), so haven't experienced any connection issues.  Record at high quality and I can't tell the difference between it and regular TV.<br />The good:<br />- Good quality<br />- Upgrading to a 120 gb hard drive (120 hours instead of 40) was simple, see [website]<br />- Commercial skip works great on most shows, not at all on others (but there's a +30 second skip button for those)<br />The bad:<br />- Sonicblue the company is rude and non-responsive, but ReplayTV just got bought by D&M, so who knows.  You're basically on your own, but I'm okay with that.<br />- It gets weird if you fill up the disk.. plays blank screen and have a hard time exiting.  Just leave some space free.  With the new software coming out, you shouldn't be able to have this problem since everything will be guaranteed recording.  See [website]<br />- No way to pass-through inputs.  It has two RCA and an s-video input, but unless you're recording from there, you can't get the input to show on screen.  Kind of a waste, would be nice to be able to record from coax and pass-through the s-video.<br />The ugly:<br />- This thing is huge, like an old-school 1980's VCR.<br />I'd buy it again.  In fact, I don't think I could stand to watch TV any more without some kind of DVR.