Philips HDR112 Tivo Digital Video Recorder
TIVO - Get it !
TIVO is excellent. The quality of the slowest speed gives me 31.5 hours on my 30 hour unit and neither I or my wife can tell the difference between the TIVO recordings in the slow speed or live TV on out 36 inch TV (unless  I sit inches from of it and switch back and fourth from TIVO to live. The  issues others have brought up regarding low recording time in high quality  mode are a moot point for us. <br />I have used both TIVO units, the 14 hr and  the 30 hr, and they are both excellent. In fact I was suprised how much the  14 hour unit held and what it allowed me to schedule for recording. Once I  have my schedule set up, I don't have to change it except to check for new  movies I want. I can look and program for 2 weeks in advance of what is  coming on. It is also very ease to record using a specific time, much  easier than any VCR I have used. This unit in fact is everything I  expected, and I am amazed that something as good as this just suddenly  appeared on the market. In fact I would have paid much more for what it  offers.  The only problem I have found is that when you schedule recordings  as the unit is close to being filled up, it tells you it will have to  delete some other recordings prior to there scheduled deletion (which is 2  days after recording unless you tell it otherwise). The date of the new  deletion is reads 11/... 3:00 PM, and you can't tell the date. The TIVO  tech tells me this will be corrected in the new software upgrade. They are  also offering an option for people who have the 14 hour unit to upgrade to  a 30 hour unit. <br />The main problem is that in having this unit, I am  getting sleep deprived, but this is a choice I make. Buy and enjoy, you  can't loose.<br />As far as I know, and I have investigated both TIVO and the  competition extensively as I am invested in TIVO, TIVO is a no brainer. The  other does not have all the channels, you can't record by time slots, and  the picture quality is not as good as TIVO's. My wife justtold me we have  23 shows recorded. Gotta go!<br />BTW TIVO will impliment the software  addition in the next upgrade or soon after that lets you choose what type  of commercials to record. The new commercials will replace what commericals  your show normally had in it! If you don't watch them you can FF through  them in seconds at one of the three FF speeds. I was suprised when watching  a slow point of one movie that I could FF on the slowest speed and still  easily read the closed captions! Soon the TIVO will fill the advertising  slot on my recorded shows with computer and electronic ads &lt;G&gt;. Any  service that deletes ads entirely makes no financial sense. The company  must have the backing of the TV industry to succeed, and TIVO does with  SONY, Direct TV, Showtime, AOL, etc etc invested in it.