We bought an identical device for personal use over two years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed it. While the broadcasters would prefer we sit through endless commercials and watch programing at their convenience rather than ours, we prefer to be in control of our evening leisure hours; and the Tivo allows just that. The current purchase was a gift for our son whose work hours preclude much live evening viewing and whose leisure time is valuable, but who does like to keep up with some television programming. And, he loves the device as much as we do. We recognize that with digital and HD programming moving forward rapidly the analogue capability of this device may soon be obsolete for many technophiles -- but who cares. We're not interested in magnificent on screen presentation, just a decent picture at a time that better suits our needs.