Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
It is just simply amazing
I can now record all the good childrens programs and ignore the bad ones.  There is a lot good programs, splintered on many different channels, but  with the TiVo I don't have to care. It does all the recording for me at any  time. And I can skip the commercials, so that the kids don't have to see  it.