Philips HDR612 TiVo 60 Hour Digital Video Recorder
Tivo makes TV worthwhile
I love my Tivo.  Think of it as your personal butler:  You tell it what shows you like, and Tivo sees to it that they get recorded.<br />It evens makes guesses about what you might like and records a bunch of stuff for you while you are at work.<br />The other stuff about pausing live TV is cool too, but the best thing about using Tivo on live television is the &quot;instant replay&quot;, when you didn't hear something (or your kid screams) you just hit a button to jump back 7 seconds and &quot;play it again&quot;.<br />Wait until you see how easy it is to zip past commercials.  After you get Tivo, you'll always hate watching tv without it.