TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
greatest invention since television
Other reviewers have it right, the lame thing about the 80 hrs. machine is that it is actually 40. Low-quality recording is un-watchable unless you have an HDTV reciever. So it's actually more like 20 hrs. of recording time on &quot;best-quality&quot;. Even so, this thing rocks and I don't know what I ever did without it. Imagine the fact that when it's all said and done, you will have watched something like 7 years of commercials in your lifetime, now that 350 and 12 bucks per month afterward don't seem like much at all. The one bad thing is, now I'm spoiled and can't make it through a single commercial on tv or radio. XM Radio, here I come.<br />Wherever you buy Tivo, they will offer you a lifetime subscription fee, bear in mind that this is only good as long as you have THAT machine. Replacing the 40 hrs. with an 80 hrs. machine NULLIFIES that deal.<br />I got mine at Best-buy and set it up myself with a standard Cable connection. It did take a whole day, but you can do it, the tech support at Tivo isn't bad (I did have to call several times to get good techs as well as being forwarded to various different 800 numbers and account specialists) but I'm glad I did it myself and it really wasn't all that hard. If you do do-it-yourself, remeber to check whether your TV is set to channel 3 or 4 and compare with Tivo's setting, this could save you an hour. Also, remember that unless you set up Tivo NOT to record &quot;Tivo Suggestions&quot;, you will be inundated with useless junk that takes up space. And, once in a while, Tivo will record something at the correct time, but the incorrect channel. This does'nt happen a whole lot and I'm convinced that if I took the time, me and a tech could probably figure it out (1 in every 30 recordings). All in all, worth every penny.