ReplayTV 2020 Digital Video Recorder
Not bad, but not the best technology available.
ReplayTV is one of the pioneers in the PTV industry, but to be fair, it's not the best out there.  In my opinion, TiVo beats ReplayTV hands down.  To  try to address some of the wildly inaccurate statements made in other  entry level TiVo (20 hrs vs 14) but TiVo is not more expensive.  They're  equal, assuming you pay for the lifetime TiVo guide service.  Also, TiVo  does not &quot;SPY&quot; on anyone.  It does track which shows you like or  dislike so it can pick new shows for you to record, but your individual  information is not made available to anyone.  TiVo doesn't have any spam or  other commercials beyond those normally in the shows, and in fact, ReplayTV  has announced that they may in the future put ads in their on-screen guide.  Yuck.  Lastly, TiVo has a better fast-forward feature than the ReplayTV's  30-second skip.  The commercial skip button tends to overshoot the end of  commercials, leading to you missing the beginning of scenes in your TV  programs.  TiVo auto-corrects for overshoot.<br />In short, check the various  web pages out there before you make a decision.  I think you'll find that  the majority of folks who have seen/used both units prefer the TiVo.  I  know I do.