TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
TiVo is a bust
I recently ordered a TiVo on the recommendations of friends and family.  The purpose was to be able to record shows we weren't available to watch and skim through the commercials.  The first box had a defect and when I consulted with Amazon.com, they promptly sent another box.  When a different problem arose, I contacted the TiVo technical support and they said I had another defective TiVo.  I am currently awaiting my third Tivo box in less than 1 month.  I haven't been able to do anything with the TiVo except unpack it, set it up and find it is defective, pack it up and ask for another one.  If the third was arrives and it is defective, I am going to give up and go back to recording the old fashioned way.