TiVo R240140 140-Hour Digital Video Recorder
It does not microwave your dinner or walk your dog either...
The people who have had problems with this item do not seem to realize what it is they bought.  It is a one tuner DVR.  It can only record one thing at a time, like your former VCR.  What it can do let you pause a program or rewind a program you are watching, going to any previous point in the show from the first time you were on the channel recording it.  It will allow you to record one program while you are watching something you have recorded previously.  It has varying quality levels, Basic, Medium, High or Best quality, which means that the Best quality takes up more space than Basic.  I use any number of different USB WiFi adapters for updates through my wireless routers.  The only people with problems are the people who do not know what the y are doing or have unrealistic expectations for the product they bought.  It is a great video player.  Get a two tuner one if you like to record two different programs at once.  I have three Tivo units and two HDTV DirecTV units, with one of the Tivo units with a DirecTv unit hooked up to the Slingbox.  Season Passes allow you to record only new episodes of programs if you choose, skipping reruns for you.  It will also let you set it up to record an old movie you are looking for using a Wishlist.  It has other qualities, too.  I can send a program from one of the Tivo units over the wireless broadband to another unit or my laptop computer for Tivo to Go.  ((DirecTV Tivo units do not do the wireless tricks, but the ones I have from DirecTV are HD while the regular Tivo units are not.))