Sony SVR-2000 Digital Video Recorder
Spoil yourself!!
Watch your favorite shows on your schedule.  It's very easy to select your favorite shows, prioritize them. TiVo does the work of finding the times and remembering to record them.  No more searching for blank VHS tapes, no more missing to record a show.  And, if you're part way into a show, hit record and the ENTIRE show is recorded (big wow).  The triple speed fast forward is great because it zips passed commercials.  The recorded list is easy to view and navigate.  The remote is erogonomic...well balanced and easy to hold.  TiVo does for TV, what microwaves did for cooking.