TiVo Series2 Digital Video Recorder (*TiVo Service Fee Not Included)
Can't live without it
I bought TiVo about two years ago; once you have it, literally you can't live without it.  We are able to watch one show and record another.  We subscribe to cable and Sattile, so we can record two shows on Satlite and watch live on Cable, so that means we can see view three shows at the same time.  While watching the one on cable, the other two, that are all on at the same time, we can watch anytime we want, a day later or whenever.  IT seems whenever we get hooked on a show, they are always on at the same time.  TiVo elimates that problem.  Not to mention the fast forward which is goes up to 300x times fast.  I went with Ultimate TV.  IT is our Satitte box, our TiVo box and it also has Web TV, which I used until I got my laptop.  I could lay in bed and reply to emails, which was awesome, all the while being able to watch TV in a box in the corner, and recording another show.  Needless to say, I love it.  I pay no fees for TiVo, just my satille fee, and if you hook up to Web TV, you don't have to if you don;t want to, that is ten bucks a month.  So  the bottom line is you can record two shows at once, and watch a third on cable all at the same time.  Just last week, I watched American Idol, taped The Bacherlete, also taped The new Twilight Zone.  THey were all on at 8:00.  SO after watching American Idol live, I watched the Bacherlette, skipped all the commericals, then watched Twilight Zone after, again skipping all the commericals.  How cool is that!