Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Concept great, hardware problem-plagued
I've had two failed units so far since my purchase in February. The first one had problems within a week of purchase (freezing up literally every few  minutes), and Amazon was wonderful about taking it back and shipping me a  new one.  The second one suffered hard drive failure by early July; I have  shipped it back to Tivo &amp; am waiting for unit #3.  Because I'm still in  my 1-year warranty period, I will receive a refurbished unit for $99.95.   When it's working, it is wonderful, but this succession of failed units  really makes me wonder about long-term reliability.  After my warranty is  up, will I be SOL? I also regret buying the &quot;lifetime&quot;  subscription to the Tivo service because the duration of the  &quot;lifetime&quot; now seems somewhat questionable (supposedly the  subscription will transfer to a new unit as long as the same model is  purchased, but do I really want to be a repeat customer?)