Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Ideal for households with children
Picture this - You think the kids have gone to bed, and you settle down to watch your favorite prime time show (the second part of last week's show), and you hear kids running around upstairs.  OR  You are watching TV and  it's at that critical point where you have to hear everything, and your  little one needs some help tying their shoes, getting a snack, etc.  All  you have to do is pause TiVo, handle the situation, and restart it where  you left off! As long as you weren't gone more than 30 minutes, you're in  good shape.  I'm more patient with the little ones, they get more of my  attention and focus, and everyone gets what they want.<br />And then there  is the fact that it solves the problem of providing age-appropriate  television for my kids.  While you're watching shows that have been stored,  you can record something else in the background.  This is very useful at  dinner time when I'm trying to get dinner ready, and everyone wants to  watch TV.  The shows that are available then are not ones that I prefer  them to watch, but the ones that they do like from daytime PBS, Nick Jr.,  etc. are already off the air.  So, I have TiVo save 5 or 6 different shows  from different stations during the day, and they pick one or two shows out  of that group to watch, depending on their mood.  While they're watching  those, I'm saving my show without them having to see it, and they're  getting to choose what they want to watch, which is empowering to them.  My  5-year old recognizes the names of all his shows now, and operates the  remote control by himself, including deleting the show when it's done.<br />And, for children, basic quality is more than acceptable, since they're  used to looking at video tapes that they've seen time and time again.