TIVO has changed my life! :) All the benefits have been pretty well described here. I love watching shows on my own schedule; fast forwarding through commercials, watching shows in less time; never missing an episode of a favorite; quickly rewinding and repeating something I couldn't hear, didn't understand, or want to see again; and recording one show while watching another previously recorded show. We actually have the 2-tuner unit so we can record two shows plus watch live TV.

We did end up turning off the "Suggestions" because it hardly ever came up with anything we actually wanted to watch, and it cluttered up our list.

Love it! Highly recommended.

Dena