TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Once you've had Tivo, you can never go back!
I can't give this thing less than 5 stars. I've been using it for almost 2 moths now and I can't imagine life without Tivo now. If it broke tomorrow, I'd have to blow another few hundred bucks and get a new one immediately. Tivo has changed the way I watch TV so much that I even find myself trying to hit the 'jump back/instant replay' button when I'm watching other TVs (not connected to the Tivo) or on my DVD player! It makes it so you don't miss any of your favorite shows and can catch all the movies you've always been curious about.  <br /> <br />One of the best features about Tivo is the ability to easily skip commercials since you can program the Tivo to skip in 30-second increments and then hit the 'jump back' button a few times if you hit it one too many times. Since most hour-long shows have 15-20 minutes of commercials, you can watch 3 hours worth of TV in 2 hours. Time is money, and 1 hour of my time not watching commercials and doing something else is easily worth the price I paid for the Tivo. <br /> <br />Someone was complaining about the new TivoToGo feature. The new software that contains this update is being released gradually but you can sign up on a priority list so you get it sooner. I think I had to wait about a month from the time I signed up until the time I received the update. Be a little patient and realize that there are a lot of people who want the update and a limited capability to distribute it. Anyway, the TivoToGo is nice in that it allows you to transfer shows from your Tivo to your computer where you can watch them or burn them onto a DVD. I haven't used it a lot yet, but it seems to work pretty well so far. <br /> <br />Another person was complaining about not being able to find a compatible wireless adapter. There is a really simple solution to that problem by going to the Tivo website. At [...] there is a list of compatible wireless adapters for each Tivo unit. Seems pretty straightforward to me. If you're dead-set on getting the Linksys WUSB11 (which has worked great for me) then the only place where I think you can get the older versions which are compatible is on ebay. It does say on the outside of the box which version it is so maybe you can go down to the store and look at them all. If you're not willing to do either of those, I'd just buy one of the several other compatible adapters. <br /> <br />The main reason I wrote this review was to address some of the complaints/concerns that have been brought up in recent reviews. Tivo will change the way you watch TV in that it gives YOU the control over when and what you watch. I love my TiVo!