Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder
It Will Change the Way You Watch TV
I've had my 30-hour TiVo now since last summer, and it just gets better and better.  It's easy, the picture quality is great, and the content provided from the TiVo service is worth much more than the $199 lifetime  fee.  I've gotten to the point where I consider it a real pain to actually  have to record a program on the VCR.<br />I got a sneak peak at the Consumer  Electronics Show in Las Vegas of the newest version of the TiVo software,  which is due to be downloaded to every subscriber free of charge this  summer, and it takes the ease of use and flexibility factor to an even  higher level.  And with TiVo's partnerships with the pay cable folks,  DirectTV, and now Blockbuster, this technology certainly looks poised to  take off.  Add to that Sony's announcement of a lower priced 30 hour  machine, and it looks like it will get more affordable as well.  I have  this Philips unit, and it has performed without even a hickup since I set  it up.