TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
TIVO RULES!
I didn't think I would be too into the whole Tivo thing when I bought this for my husband, but WOW, it relly does change how you watch tv! I just wish I would have bought the 80-hr. one, so I wouldn't have to wonder when shows might be deleted to make room for new ones.  This one works excellent though, it did stop and reboot a couple times since we had it, but I'm sure it needed to do so to run properly. Nothing erases when this happens, it just takes about 5 or 6 minutes to start up again, everything is still there when it comes back. Just so you know if you by one, you do have to pay for monthly service and it does need to be connected to a phone line (I had to run a 50 ft. cord long the ceiling from my kitchen since our living room doesn't have a hookup).