ReplayTV 3030 Digital Video Recorder
One of the most helpful products in a long, long time!
I first heard about the ReplayTV &amp; Tivo (is it &quot;tie-vo&quot;,&quot;tiv-o&quot;, &quot;t-i-v-o&quot; or &quot;tee-vo&quot;? I've heard all forms...) products several months ago from Sound &amp; Vision magazine.  I got really excited because I tend to travel from time to time &amp; this new, user-friendly technology would definately help me keep up with my favorite shows - something that you could never say about my VCR!  Unfortunately, the money wasn't really there, especially for the available recording time.<br />Well, when the prices finally came down for the more capacity (especially consider that ReplayTV was originally $1500 for 28hrs when they first came out...), I started to do comparison research.<br />While the Tivo product looks pretty nice, I settled on the ReplayTV for the following reasons:<br />1. No monthly fees!  I'm sorry, but I don't want another monthly bill in my life...<br />2. I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of the Tivo thing trying to learn what I like - it might work for other people, but I like the control that I get with ReplayTV.<br />3. The ReplayTV interface is a lot simpler.<br />Anyways, I hope this helps anyone who is on the fence about this Personal Television category. It helps so much not to be at the mercy of some random television programmer as to when you watch what you want - now it's all on my schedule!