Toshiba RS-TX60 DVD Recorder with 160 GB TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder
Tivo is the star here!
Unless you plan to stop watching television altogether (and be honest...you aren't, are you?), then you need Tivo. Why spend an hour watching a program that has upwards of 30 minutes of commercials in it? Why watch the SAME commercials over and over...and over? Why miss your favorite programs or be forced to choose between watching them and going out to eat?<br /><br />With Tivo, your time becomes your OWN again. Too busy to watch a favorite show? Just Tivo it and watch it when you want. Hate those annoying commercials? Tivo the show and you can fast forward right through them...or just pause the show till the commercial break is over. Need to take a bathroom break at the climax of a movie? With Tivo, you just pause the show and come back to it after you've taken your break - and you won't miss a thing.<br /><br />But most importantly, you have much more of your time back again....not as much as if you stopped watching television completely, but how many of us are that spartan? And if you are, you don't need Tivo, you need a nomination for sainthood instead.