ReplayTV 2020 Digital Video Recorder
How did I get by without this?
I purchased my Replay 2020 in may and so far it has been everything I  expected. I had no trouble hooking the unit up to my Dish Network receiver  and my home theatre receiver. There is a slight degredation in sound  quality through the unit. I have the video hooked up with S-video and I  can't tell the difference from hooking it up direct although a review I  have read in Home Theater mag says there is some drop in video quality.  Once the unit upgraded the software after the 1st dial in it has been a  pleasure to use.  The standard recording quality is fine to watch shows but  if you want to send it to a vcr the high quality is better. If you record a  lot of shows to save this is the coolest device ever. It is so easy to edit  out the commercials. I'm sure advertisers hate this thing because you never  have to watch a commercial again. The program menu is much faster and  easier to use than the Dish Network menu once you block out the hundreds of  channels you can't receive. I definately plan to get the new model with the  larger hard drive ASAP. I made one call to Replays customer service when I  lost the color on live TV. They were very helpful in locating the problem  which was mine, a loose cable. It's a pretty large investment but it will  let you watch TV by your schedule not by the programmers schedule and  mainly you don't have to dedicate one third of your time to watching  commercials!