ReplayTV RTV5040 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Perhaps the single best product I've EVER owned!!!
If you watch television, even a little, then you simply must have this product.  Won't be around for an episode of your favorite show?  No problem, just press \\"Channel Guide\\", scroll through the listings and, after you've found the show, press one button to record . . . et voila!  You'll be enjoying the show AT YOUR LEISURE.  Just missed that 60-yard touchdown 'cause you went to the 'fridge thinking nothing would happen?  Never fear, simply \\"rewind\\" the game a few seconds (the unit is ALWAYS recording the show you're watching -- even when you haven't set it up to record!).  Or maybe you missed a few seconds of dialogue . . . an \\"instant replay\\" is just a button press away.  Or what if you want to find a show on a subject that interests you -- like, say, WWII?  ReplayTV can, by keyword search, find all shows on the subject you specify within the next ten days.<br />The SonicBlue folks have created a truly fabulous machine, one that is significantly more reliable and functional than its competition.  Its features are too numerous to list here.  I own a lot of tech gear (including a prior generation ReplayTV unit), and I have to say that neither my wife nor I could do without our ReplayTV RTV5040.  Thanks SonicBlue!