Philips HDR612 TiVo 60 Hour Digital Video Recorder
The Greatest Thing EVER! Period.
I've owned the earlier model for a year now, and I'll never go back to using television without it.  Looking forward to the 60-hour unit.  TiVo is a huge time-saver! I can't say enough good things about it.  Season Pass(TM) relieves you of any worry about missing your favorite shows ever again.  I-Preview(TM) makes it a no-brainer to pick shows to record directly from network previews... essential for the new Fall season. TiVo Suggestions(TM) often comes up with some pretty good guesses and automatically captures shows (on unused storage space) you stand a good chance of enjoying. <br />When people comment that TiVo has changed their television experience for the better, they mean it! If you can only afford one piece of A/V equipment to hook to your TV, this is it!<br />I only experienced one small non-recurring glitch in the year I've been using it... which is a far better reliability record than I've ever got from a PC or most of my other gear!  In my personal experience, TiVo's customer service is 2nd-to-none that I've ever used, and I appreciate that their privacy policy forbids use of my personally identifying information and therefore stands no chance of being misused by any unwelcome 3rd parties.  This is only one of the many areas in which TiVo is leading the competition.<br />Don't just take anyone's word for (or against) it.  Try it yourself... make your own decision... you'll be glad you did.  Like any piece of electronic gear, there are bound to be a small percentage of folks who are unsatisfied for legitimate reasons.    But wouldn't it be better to make the decision yourself and not miss out, than fall pray to gripesters with hidden agendas (i.e., those who advise you to wait for competitive products that don't even exist yet or might never exist)?  If you look carefully, you'll even see &quot;negative&quot; reviews by people who have continued their ownership and subscriber experience because they just can't bear to part with it!  If that's not testimony to a great product, I don't know what is!