I'm also a huge TIVO fan. We have one of the original units in one room which Brad has "hacked" in order to make DVDs from concerts he records, and an HD unit, about a year old, in the our media room - the HD unit is acting up so I guess it needs some kind of repair.

I record far more than I watch, but love the fast forward - way faster than on a VCR. You can get through something like Dancing with the Stars in about 15 minutes if you skip all the talk and just watch the dancing. Skip the bickering on Amazing Race! It's great for ice skating and other shows like that. I never watch anything "live" - lots of season passes set.

I would caution you on the automatic recording of wish list stuff - only do it if you narrow it down by sub-categories like Kim suggested. We just set them up manually and then look at the results and select from that.