You'll wonder how you lived without it!

We've had TIVO (140 hour) for 5 months and love it. So much so we may get another (40 hour) for the upstairs TV. Subscripton service (12.95/month and 6.95 for multiples) is well worth it. Cable bill is expensive for us and had very little value...until TIVO came along! Extremely easy to use, a terrific "filtering" for searching the TV guide, and the ability to create actor/director/title wishlists is awesome.
"Season's Pass" feature to grab you favorite shows is not
possible with cable DVRs. Tivo invented the device, and is clearly the best at it. Some cable companies rent DVRs with "no expensive equipment to buy"...yeah, but can you take it on vacation with you? Tivo is yours, and you can use it as a storage device for music and photos (though we haven't done this yet). The ususal DVR features of pause, fast forward
over commercials,is great. But our most favorite: 8 second replay for "What did he say??". One button and you're seeing it again!! Can't stand watching TV without it, and finally our cable bill has something worthwhile to see, when we want see it.