ReplayTV 5160 Digital Video Recorder
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This is the worst consumer electronics product that I have ever bought.  After reading a review in the NY Times, I picked Replay over Tivo.  Here is my experience to date:<br />The first unit shipped to me broke within 24 hours, but not before I had signed up for their listings service.  I had to ship the product back at my expense in the original box (with the UPC code attached - see later).  Once I got the new box, I literally spent over one week with numerous reps at Replay in order to move my service from my original unit to the one they shipped back to me.<br />I then decided to cash in the $50 rebate that Replay was promoting.  No way.  I no longer had the bar code from the package - it was shipped back with the broken unit and the box they sent back had no bar code.  Add $50 to the cost!<br />Then there is the experience of downloading the channel guide...<BR>I get a success rate under 5% - that means I have to try over 20 times before their service will download the updated channel guide information.  (I use a cable modem connection - not a problem on my end as I am able to surf the Net via the same connection.)<br />All in all, a great disappointment.  I strongly recommend that you stay away from this company and its products.