Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
The Coolest Thing Since the VCR
So, what does this thing do?  Well, on the surface, it's a digital VCR -- it records programs that you want to watch and it lets you see them without juggling tapes.  But it's so much more:<br />o  It makes live TV as flexible  as recorded TV.  It's always recording, so if you want to pause live TV  (yes, even when you're not specifically recording something), just push  pause.  You can tend to something else and come back without missing a  beat.  You can also rewind, instant replay, freeze frame or slow mo at any  time.  While you're doing all this, TiVo is diligently recording TV and you  can catch up at your first opportunity (maybe during a commercial  &lt;grin&gt;).<br />o  It's a program guide -- TiVo downloads program guides  for all of your stations, so you can see what's on for the next 10 days.   You can also search for program titles and record any program that you  find.<br />o  Because of the program guide, it's a super VCR.  Tell TiVo that  you always want to record a show and it will record it whenever it plays on  that channel.  Special one hour show on a different day?  No problem.  TiVo  will automatically capture that.<br />o  As TiVo gets to know you, it will  even record shows that you might like (it will never erase something that  you have recorded or otherwise interfere with your TV watching), but based  on shows you have asked TiVo to record in the past, it will record the  occasional show that you might also enjoy.  And if you don't like something  that TiVo suggests, you can easily let TiVo know and you'll never see it  again.<br />o  The software is updated over the phone, so you don't have to  worry about being left behind -- any improvements in the system will be  automatically sent to you and applied to your system.<br />It's simply an  amazing product!