I am a tivo convert - I <3 my tivo and would never go back to watch tv without it.

That being said, I'm peeved that tivo have stopped selling lifetime subscriptions and are forcing everything into a pay as you go plan. I despise monthly service plans - I hate feeling like I'm buying the same thing over and over again.

If my tivo ever breaks, and is unfixable, I may build my own box and use the open source tools that are out there instead of paying $12.95 a month to pick up the tivo programming guide.