TiVo Series2â„¢ (140 Hours) 80-Hours Video Recorder

Pros: Easy to use, massive recording time, NO COMMERCIALS!
Cons: Hard setup, slow fast forwarding and rewinding, only 30 minutes of live TV rewinding?

This is a life saver. Imagine getting home and plopping down on the couch. You flip on the TV and you hit the list button. All of your recorded shows come up in a nice little list. You push the select button twice and you can watch your whole movie/program even without commercials! I must say that ever since my family got one of these I have never had to watch live TV. Even if you are watching live tv you can rewind the up to 30 minutes and go back. Perfect for the sports nut in your life who wants to see if that was really a strike or if the foul is really a foul before the officials can even tell. This is a life saver. If you have the money, go out and buy it. You won't be sorry.

Pros: Easy to use, works well
Cons: Difficult to set up if you're not a techie

My old Tivo died (it was a Toshiba DVD/Tivo) so I bought this one to replace it.

I found the instructions to be oversimplified in that they did not have an accurate picture of my cable box so I could not figure out how to properly connect everything. I called their customer service (which closes at 8pm, by the way) and they were able to help me figure out the problem in about 30 minutes.

I love the Tivo itself. I can pick programs by title and record "season passes" so that I get all first runs of my favorite shows no matter when they come on. That is my favorite feature.

The menus are easy to navigate and pretty intuitive. You can change the volume of the Tivo sounds, which I also like.