Sony SVR-2000 Digital Video Recorder
I Love my TiVo!
There's no other way to put it - I LOVE my Tivo! (Sony SVR-2000)<br />It has completely changed the way I watch TV and it means I can watch what I want to watch WHEN I want to watch it (and skip commercials)!<br />While not recommended for everyone, I hacked my Tivo to be a total of 160 hours (two 80GB drives). I now have tens of shows available for watching whenever I feel like it. There's always something on!<br />My non-technophile wife even said that she was getting addicted to Tivo (a tremendous two-thumbs up from her!).<br />All in all, this ranks up there on my list of all-time coolest products ever.<br />Strengths:<br />- Features of the service - time shifting of programs, pause/rewind/fast-forwarding of recorded and live programs<br />- Hard drive access is instant - no waiting for tapes to rewind<br />- Ability to create a video-on-demand system<br />- Strong support of user community - search for &quot;Tivo Community&quot; on the web for more information<br />- Hackable!<br />Weaknesses:<br />- Can be slow to load some screens<br />- Best if you can split your TV signal to watch something else while Tivo is recording<br />- Basic recording level is coarse - I recommend Medium (about 20hrs of time on the SVR-2000)