TiVo Series2™ (80 Hours) (80 GB) 80-Hours Video Recorder

Pros - records my favorite repeating shows onto the built-in hard-drive; easy-to-learn user interface; the Tivo remote easily replaced the tv remote and cable box remote; Tivo customer service is EXTREMELY polite and helpful (called 3 times in 2 days to ask basic questions, and they always were nice and smart). Hooked up to my wireless network using a network adapter and now I can set recordings when I'm away from home using the Tivo website. Pretty cool.

Cons - The Tivo has the ability to record 2 shows at the same time...UNLESS it is hooked up to a digital cable box (then it can only record one show at a time). My Tivo is hooked up to a digital cable box, so I have to can't record American Idol and America's Next Top Model at the same time from this box.

For someone who did not previously own a DVR, Tivo has been fairly painless to set up and get used to using. I would recommend it to anyone, and especially to people who have an analog cable signal (cord comes from the wall and hooks up directly to your tv) because then they could record 2 shows at the same time.

Works perfectly! One is always weary buying used electronics, but this is absolutely fantastic Not a single complaint!