Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
TiVo has changed the way I watch TV
TiVo is the best thing to happen to television since the VCR.  I do a lot of travelling during the week and before TiVo, I couldn't catch up on my favorite shows.  Now not only can I record them all (it stores up to 30 hours of shows!), TiVo also keeps track of the shows I watch and recommends other shows that are similar.  Fantastic!!  <br />No more switching video tapes.  No more programming the VCR.  TiVo makes it extremely easy to record.  I got a lifetime subscription to their service, so I pick the shows I want to watch and it records every instance of these shows.  If a change to my cable lineup occurs, TiVo handles it automatically.<br />I hardly ever watch &quot;live&quot; TV anymore, I just watch my TiVo-recorded shows.  I think the pause live TV feature is cool, but I don't have any need for it.  I do however like being able to pause my recorded shows.<br />My one and only complaint about TiVo is that now I have too many shows to watch over the weekend.  :-)<br />If you're the type of person who's missing out on shows you'd like to watch b/c they're on when you're not home, this is for you.  If you've got kids and never gain access to the TV until late at night, TiVo is for you.  If you travel a lot, TiVo is definitely for you!  I honestly don't know how I got along without it!