ReplayTV RTV5516 160-Hour Digital Video Recorder
An Excellent, Versatile Digital Video Recorder
I have had a ReplayTV 5080 for almost two years.  It has totally changed the way my wife and I watch TV.  I have friends with TiVos and they don't have all the features that I love about ReplayTV.  I cannot emphasize enough how wonderful the \\"commercial advance\\" feature is!  It turns a commercial-filled 1-hour television show packed with commercials into a pleasant 40-45 minute experience.  It doesn't always catch the commercials, but it works about 95% of the time.  Then there's the 30-second skip and the 7-second rewind buttons that are also incredibly handy.   <br /> <br />There is a great user base out there too and there are plenty of ways to offload your programs so you can burn them to DVD too. I have even hacked my replayTV and added an additional 120 hours of storage to make it a 200-hour recorder.  This is a great unit that is very versatile - something that even my wife (a technical novice) was able to figure out quickly.