Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
inferior &quot;live&quot; tv picture quality
After connecting the Tivo system and waiting the three hours for the  download I was so very dissapointed.  Watching live tv through the tivo  system produces a less than perfect picture.  In essence, the system is  always recording the signal on the hard drive so that one can pause,  rewind, etc.  Therefore, one is not watching &quot;LIVE&quot; tv but rather  a recorded signal.  I own a sony wega tv and the live tv signal through the  tivo was terrible.  Grainy, less than sharp, almost like a vcr recording.   I am returning the system and will hope that the future brings to us a  perfected system.