Few new products make life so easy that you forget how you lived without them. The automobile, the ATM machine, and e-mail certainly qualify. Digital video recording will ultimately be added to that list. It’s just impossible to explain how cool it is. The RTV-5504 is no exception and has a plethora of features to prove it. FireWire and/or HD capability would be nice additions, given that we live in a digital age, but if you’re not up to the razor’s edge of technological advancement (still using a VCR?), then this product is for you. Quite frankly, if you watch TV—ever—I can’t imagine how you get by without a DVR.
Photography by John Phillip
Description: RTV-5504 digital video recorder with 40 hours of recording capability (at the
lowest quality setting)
Connections: Two audiovisual inputs and outputs with left
and right analog audio and composite video; one S-video input and output; one progressive component output; one antenna/cable input
Contact: ReplayTV
www.replaytv.com
800.933.5899
Price: $549.99 (includes
3-year subscription to the ReplayTV service)
