ReplayTV RTV5516 160-Hour Digital Video Recorder
ReplayTV - King of the DVR's
I work in television as the cheif engineer for a local network.  Because of my line of work I am often asked for advice from friends and family on home entertainment purchases.  I am online at amazon today buying another ReplayTV and I felt compeled to share the same advice I give to people I am close with.  <br /> <br />I can tell you with a great deal of certainty that ReplayTV is hands down a better system than Tivo.  The ReplayTV has component video outputs on the jack pack and a network interface.  Current Tivo's are missing these important features.  The component video allows for a much better picture on compatible televisions and an almost lossless recording if you are exporting to a vcr or a dvdr.  The network interface allows you to connect several replays together. With a replay 'network' you can watch something you recorded in the living room on the bedroom tv.  This also allows you to connect to your replaytv from the internet and set recordings from remote locations.  There are many other ways the replay excells but these two reasons alone are enough to trump the basic capabilites of the Tivo systems.