ReplayTV RTV5516 160-Hour Digital Video Recorder
SIMPLY AWESOME!!! Great service, support, ease of use.
I picked up a ReplayTV for $150 in a major big-box retailer.  The signs were CLEARLY posted about the $12/month service fee.  I easily set up my unit, used customer support a few times, which was very helpful, and have the entire system up and ready to go in about 2 hours.  It's awesome, and I saved over 1 hour of time watching a football game due to skipping commercials!<br />The recording features are fantastic, and I'm going to buy another one for the bedroom so I can shuffle video around the house.<br />Connect hte ReplayTV to your computer and you can send photographs to ReplayTV and display them on your TV screen.  Very cool.<br />Also, you can record movies and burn them onto DVDs on your computer.  Again, very, very cool!<br />ReplayTV can be plugged into a phone line or a typical &quot;ethernet&quot; type of cord (if you have high speed internet).  <br />Make sure to plug the IR blaster all the way in.  My remote appeared to not work due to the plug not being all the way in. <br />Simply put, this machine with this capability is amazing.  It's going to change the way I watch TV, and I am very happy with the price of $150 with some extra monthly service.