TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
What is there to say...it's a TIVO
Though all my friends jumped on the TIVO bandwagon, I had been a hold out for some time until a few months ago.  They kept telling me how it \\"changed the way they watched tv.\\"  Well, I originally thought that it was nothing more than a high tech VCR that you had to pay a monthly service fee for.  Well, as you see in other reviews, it really changes everything about watching tv.<br /><br />I finally bought one as a gift for my wife (so that she could watch her soaps).  It has been a great addition.  It really does change the way we watch tv.  There is no longer the angst about ensuring that I have set the VCR correctly.  I can rewind the show and watch from the beginning while it continues to record.  I could not do that with my conventional VCR.<br /><br />They recently added a feature that allows me to download shows from the TIVO to my laptop (though you need to install their software and it takes forever to download the show to the computer).  It is not something I do regularly, but it is a nice \\"bell and whistle\\" nonetheless.<br /><br />Though TIVO is not perfect (sudden schedule changes may not be reflected in TIVO in time), it is nice to have.