TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
If you have small children TIVO is a MUST
it should be given to you when you leave the hospital.  When you have children ages 4,2, and infant, the only time they show tv programs appropriate is early in the morning.  After hearing from more people than I could count that a TIVO is the best thing ever invented, I broke down and bought one once the rebate hit.  It is true.  It IS the best electronic device in the house (other than my laptop).  It is very easy to set the programs to record, you can even survive just on Basic cable instead of having the 600 channels of nothing on.  You can tell it what actors/actresses/genre you're interested in, and it will automatically record the programs for you.  Then, at 10pm, when you finally have a moment to yourself after the kids go to sleep, you can watch whatever you want to watch.  Not whatever crap the networks decide to air at that time.<br /><br />Tivo will be in our house from now on