[harry_hitch]

Have had it since the first roll out. Have had very few minor issues over that period of time. Can't remember having a missed recording. As with most people, it has rarely needed a reboot too. Although, I have had to reboot twice in the last couple of months, but only when trying to load the BBC red button. I still remember how the V+ worked and how slow it was. I find TIVO is still faster.
Whilst this is moving away from your question a bit, (apologies if I should not do this, still a little naive on here) Wishlists are an excellent feature, as is the recover your deleted shows. I have found suggestions to be very helpful and incredibly tuned into to what I like to watch. Whilst the apps are a little disappointing, I am sure we will see some real treats come our way shortly. As mentioned previously, recording hiccups is a really great option to have (thankfully I have not had to use it yet though.) Finally. Having recordings/shows placed into seperate folders I find saves a lot of scrolling through pages of recordings (it also lets you simply press on play on a group of recodings for one one show and will play from the earliest recording, and automatically move onto the next recording.) I have stated previously in another thread that I can live without HD, but there I am not sure if I could go back to another STB now. It does take a couple of weeks to bed in, but once it is going, you will not be sorry.

I think thats my ramblings/gushing over, I seriously recommend you give TIVO a chance though.