Philips HDR112 Tivo Digital Video Recorder
Tivo is awesome!
When my husband came home with yet another piece of electronic equipment, I rolled my eyes.  Then I started using Tivo and, man, is it awesome!  We program it to record our favorite shows (all season long) and then watch the shows if, and when, we have free time.  While we watch the shows, Tivo allows us to just zip through the commercials and skip over parts of the shows that we don't find interesting.  And watching live sports is very cool! Tivo lets us pause, rewind, and even watch live plays over again in slow motion. I recommend Tivo to everyone that has a TV!  And by the way, Tivo is the only piece of electronic equipment we own that even I think is simple to use.