ReplayTV 4040 40-Hour Personal Video Recorder
Everything you watch in TV will now be GOOD!
We have a slightly older Replay (the 20 hour version).  It was easy to set up, easy to use.  The software interface I like better than the TiVo.  For example, my son has a 'thing' about the Civil War.  All I have to do to find Civil War-related shows is hit &quot;menu&quot;, &quot;find shows,&quot; type in &quot;Civil War,&quot; and hit enter.  Whatever's on that week pops up, and all I have  to do to record it is select it and hit enter again.  End of story.<br />I DO recommend that you get the largest-volume model you can afford; the Replay has greatly increased our appetite for things on tape.<br />As a mom, the greatest reward is that my kids are no longer aware that broadcast TV EXISTS.  They watch what I have taped, any time I say it's OK.  We don't watch when and what CBS or Nickelodeon says we should, but what I say.  It's the Mercedes of parental TV control. <br />And I must confess it's handy to always have a Blues Clues or 2 on hand for emergency situations!  ;-)<br />Go on, you will love it!