Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Can't Live Without It!
We purchased our first TIVO two years ago, and bought the smaller machine due to the cost at that time. Before the first week of ownership, we returned it and exchanged it for the larger machine! Within a year of owning that TIVO, we then purchased a second TIVO, one for the upstairs TV, and one for the downstairs TV as my husband's and my intrests differ. It  was fairly simple to set the machine up, and once you do, you find that the television no longer runs your life. As with most busy families, there are so many committments today, that you hardly have time for TV at all. Now with TIVO, we watch our favorite shows at our convience. Also they take a much shorter time to view as you jump through the comercials very quickly. We rarely watch &quot;live&quot; TV anymore. Just TIVO. My husband acutally starts watching his sports a few minutes after they have started so he can avoid all of the comercials. Our appreciation for TIVO had us giving our parents one as a Christmas gift. They are older, and said they couldn't live without it, they set it up themselves, and use it daily. Which proves the simplicty of operation. We highly recommend TIVO, and have just bought another for gift giving!