Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Not to be cliché - TIVO has changed my life!
Although it stil suffers from many early, bleeding edge problems, the TIVO HDR312 is absolutely terrific!  I find the online guides to be easier to use than my sat. receivers, and love being able to watch TV whenever I  want.  I work CRAZY hours (who doesn't these days), and love coming home to  find that the TIVO has dutifully recorded my programs - and am often  delighted that it (through its suggestions) recorded shows it thought I  might like. <br />The one area that the TIVO falls short in is that it does  not allow you to jump to an arbitrary time index.  If you recorded a 3 hour  movie, it will take you 120 seconds to fast forward to the 2 hour mark.   Although that is VERY lame, I ave started to loby Tivo to add that in a  future software update.  Also, the Linux Operating System is at the guts of  the TIVO - yet another compelling reason to own this!