ReplayTV RTV5040 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Watch WHAT you want WHEN and HOW you want to watch it!
OK, I admit it, I'm hooked! I LOVE my ReplayTV, and one of the worst things about a business trip is having to watch \\"ordinary\\" TV without my ReplayTV! (if my wife would let me take it on the trip with me, I would!)<br />With ReplayTV, I can record hours of our favorite programs and watch them whenever it is most convenient. I can keep several of my son's favorite PBS programs available for instant viewing - great for keeping him out of the kitchen when dinner is cooking. Educational programs are much better AFTER a nap, rather than when the station broadcasts them! And he's lucky, he gets to watch his stuff with no commercials - BUT SO DO WE, since the ReplayTV can be set to automatically skip commercials! I'm sure glad I have a ReplayTV rather than a Tivo, which doesn't have that feature!<br />Speaking of my son -- I think having a ReplayTV makes me a better parent, since it never bothers me anymore when I am watching something and he needs a little attention. I just press Pause -- even on LIVE TV -- and pick up where I left off once he inevitably becomes interested in something else! Maybe ReplayTV makes me a better husband for the same reason ;>)<br />I love the ability to start watching a show LATE (like I did with tonight's basketball game). The ReplayTV just continues to record the rest of the game, even while I'm watching the beginning! I remember the old days with a VCR - I had to record the WHOLE GAME before I could start watching it - and because the tapes were only 2 hours, I either had to be there to change the tape, or record in EP/SLP mode with its terrible quality - and the ReplayTV quality is EXCELLENT - even in the \\"lowest\\" quality setting! (but sports looks better in medium quality)<br />You know how with phone calls, you can \\"take it in the study\\"? Well, now my ReplayTV lets me do that with TV shows. If I recorded something in the living room, but its one of those times when my son needs to watch his Sesame Street, I can \\"take that show\\" in the bedroom, using the feature that allows shows to be watched from one ReplayTV that were actually recorded by another elsewhere in the house.<br />I love my ReplayTV and really don't want to watch TV without it! It really will change the way you watch TV!