ReplayTV RTV5040 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Bad experience
I would not recommend this product.  On the positive side, setting up the recorder was not a problem.  The on-screen recording system was also simple to use.<BR>  However, I experienced multiple episodes of the screen freezing.  The only way to unfreeze the screen would be to unplug the product and re-install the product.  This occurred multiple times and require 15 minutes of my time each freeze.  When the controls worked, the response time was sluggish and made even changing channels frustrating.  The commercial skipping mechanism only worked approximately 50 percent of the time.  I tried to call the company, but I only got an answering machine.  Perhaps the hard drive machine on my replay was faulty.  Not being able to talk to a customer service rep, however, I simply returned the product.  Would not buy from this company until improvements are made. (read the other similar experiences in this forum)