TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
Fabulous product
TiVo is a fabulous product.  Especially if you regularly record programs.  It works like charm and is very intuitive once you have it hooked up.  The set up instructions are pretty clear.  Not much problem there.  However, I'd recommend that they add a scenario for how to hook it up through the home theatre system.  I bought the Home Media option, so my TiVo is hooked up over my home network.  This allows me to set the thing to record from any remote location.  Just log on to the TiVo site and tell it to record your program.  (Beware - it may take up to an hour to get to your TiVo, so don't wait until 5 minutes before the program begins to tell it to record from a remote location)  The other thing I like about the Home Media option is that I can play MP3 files through TiVo, or I can display photos from my home computer on my TV.  <br />Most of my friends ask if it'll remove ads.  No it doesn't do that.  But, you can fast forward pretty easily.  And if you're fast forwarding too quickly and notice the you started into the show a little bit, just hit play and it'll back up about 10 sec.<br />Other cool stuff: pause live TV, set it to record a program and join the program half way through, watching from the beginning while it continues to record the rest of the program.