Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Great unit! Unless,
I bought a 35hr DSS/Tivo box a few months back.  Works great with a few exceptions which some I new about going in, and some I didn't. They include.<br />1. Slower channel surfing than DSS alone. 2. Hardrive is audible when TV is not on. 3. Tivo's suggestions records all kind of stuff I'm not interested in viewing. 4. Even though it is set to only record one showing per season pass, it will often record re-runs.<br />There are other little glitches, but in my opinion they are worth dealing with for what Tivo offers.<br />One big problem.<br />I liked my unit so much, I bought a stand alone unit for my parents.  They have digital cable with a set-top box.  This was a nightmare trying to setup compared to the DSS/Tivo box.  You need to get the Tivo to control the cable box, and if your cable box does not have the correct connections on the back,(most don't) you are limited to using Infra Red sensors taped on the front of the cable box to sync the two units.  After messing around with this set-up for hours and spending another few hours on the with Tivo CS and the cable co. CS.  After all that, finally got a hold of the Cable Co. Tech that said their cable boxes don't have a good record syncing to Tivo via the infra red sensors.  <br />I would give the DSS/Tivo box a thumbs up and thumbs way down for syncing to a set-top cable box.