TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
I would take my TiVo over my Microwave ANY DAY!!!!
Ask any TiVo owner which they would give up first, their TiVo or their Microwave.  100% will pitch the food-reheater long before they give up the convenience of their TiVo.<BR>  Sure, there are other DVRs...but those are nothing more than dumb VCR-like recorders that still take lots of setup and VCR+ codes.   <BR>  <BR>Probably one of the best (yet least heard of) features with a TiVo, is the 8-second rewind button!!!  This little baby jumps back just far enough to catch that last joke, or bit of conversation...and it's INSTANT!  No fumbling with rewind and play buttons...just hit that back button and enjoy.  <BR> <BR>  The thing that really sets TIVO above *every* *single* *other* DVR is the superb user interface.  It is SIMPLE yet exceedingly powerful.   You can find what you need so easy that your grandparents could use it!!  No clock to set either!   It's so easy to setup a &quot;season pass&quot; to catch all of your shows...and you can prioritize season passes, and you can set shows to save for as long as you want...and you can search for shows and automatically record them (even at oddball times).   I NEVER WATCH TV &quot;live&quot; ANYMORE!!   No more commercials either, as the triple fast-forward gets through a commercial break in 10 seconds or less.    <BR> <BR>  What else....everything is tied together seamlessly...all of the options you need are there in front of you.   OH, AND THE PICTURE QUALITY IS EXCELLENT, TOO!.<br />I LOVE MY TIVO!!!    <br /> Now...if only they made DVD players with the same resonsiveness and usability.