TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Go with Comcast's dual tuner hdtv dvr
If you have Comcast check their availability before buying a TiVo. <br /> <br />I was a very loyal TiVo customer for 2 years, then Comcast came to my city. In Massachusetts Comcast offers an Hdtv Dvr that can record two shows at once (dual tuner) and can record 20 hours of HDTV content and 40 hours of regular tv. With this TiVo you can't watch one show while recording another, but you can with Comcast's dual tuner.  Getting a box like this from TiVo costs about $500.00 easy.  <br /> <br />The major reason a lot of people like TiVo is because of their season pass feature.  It is really awesome, I will give them that, however, this motorola cable box from Comcast also has a season pass like feature!(called series recordings) It works exactly like the season pass on TiVo, by recording the show by when it comes on the TV guide grid not just by time and channel. The new Comcast dual tuner DVR also has a status bar on the bottom just like TiVo so you can see where in the show you are. It has 5 ffwd and rew speeds, Tivo only has 3.  It also has the 15 second replay, TiVo's is only 8.  By time you reach the remote to replay something you have to hit the button twice.  Also you can press record at anytime in the show and it will record from the beginning, unlike TiVo which just records from that point and erases everything before you pressed record.  <br /> <br />Believe me this updated box from Comcast is so much better and cheaper than TiVo.  It's only $9.95 a month and you don't have to buy the box.  I am not a Comcast affiliate I am just a very happy customer of theirs.  I still do have my TiVo box that I paid $200.00 for but it's useless because I'm not paying the $12.95 a month. (all it can do now is pause live tv) <br /> <br />Biggest downfall with TiVo: <br /> <br />Beware that with TiVo most likely you will have to use these IR probes to change the channel on your cable box.  I guarantee because of these you will come home one night looking forward to watching thatepisode of Survivor, but it ends up being a home improvement show because the TiVo incorrectly changed the channel on the cable box.  With the Comcast DVR this will never happen because its the cable box doing the recording. <br /> <br />Trust me I was a very happy TiVo customer until I found out there was something so much better out there.