Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Welcome to the Tivolution!
Wow!  I've had my Philips TiVo unit since December (my Christmas present to myself) and I have been quite impressed with it and think this is the greatest entertainment device since DirecTV.<br />I have the 30 hour unit  which gives me a lot of room of programming.  I generally record movies  under the Best Quality setting and other programming under the other  settings.  <br />The other features I like are the Season Pass, the ability to  pause live television and video quality and sound.  The Season Pass feature  enables me to never ever have to worry about having a tape in the vcr to  tape programming or setting the timer  In my life, I don't have the time to  spend worrying about videotape.  <br />Being a movie buff and a sports nut,  the pause button comes in handy frequently when watching live television.   One thing that I've done while watching sports is rewinding back to catch  some of the action, thus avoiding commericals.  <br />And finally the  video/sound quality is outstanding.  I have my TiVo hooked up to my home  theatre system and the sound quality is not altered.<br />The drawbacks of the  TiVo unit are trivial in my eyes, but I will point them out for the benefit  of others who have DirecTV.  If you have a DirecTV system or other DSS, you  will find that it will take quite some time for the unit to index the  channels/programs when initially setting it up.  Patience is necessary.   Second, do not ever turn off your DSS receiver.  This will cause the TiVo  unit to freeze the next time you attempt to use it.<br />I have no regrets  with my decision to purchase the Philips TiVo unit and highly recommend it.   You can finally control television instead of it controlling you.