TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Tivo DVR 80 & 140 hour
These are wonderful machines!<br /><br />They truly find all your great programs (and ones you never knew about). You can watch fine video & zip through the commercials.<br /><br />The software is excellent, & will find & record your shows automatically.<br /><br />Problems:<br /><br />1) I am tech savvy, but it took me 4 hours to set this up with  another DVR & a VCR. Setup is not for the faint of heart.  Dealers will not set this up for you (at least in CA)<br /><br />2) Sending recorded programs to the VCR is error-prone.<br /><br />3) The channel changing via a satellite box is very unreliable,<br /><br />  with the infrared accessory being low-tech. This, after 6<br /><br />  months, is still a major problem, & is the reason why I cannot<br /><br />  give these units unconditional recommendations.<br /><br />  The solution is to ask Direct TV or Dish Network to exchange<br /><br />  for a box that has a plug in lead to change channels. I have  ordered one, but it is not free!<br /><br />4) I have not yet found a way to tell the software to let my 3<br /><br />  star favorites over-ride my 2 star favorites. Often \\"Reno 911\\"<br /><br />  is dropped in favor of Nova!<br /><br />5) Buy the largest hard-drive possible. You can accumulate dozens<br /><br />  of great programs, but Tivo will delete these unless you tell<br /><br />  it not to (a laborious process).<br /><br />6) As the TV moguls get wise, there will be attempts to control<br /><br />  your viewing & recording.<br /><br />7) I wish there was a button to set the minutes to skip through<br /><br />  commercials. Fast forward is distracting.<br /><br />However, for now, a great piece of equipment.<br /><br />4 stars; could be 5.