So, I finally broke down and bought myself a TiVo. I loved it when I had it at my own apartment, and I figured that I was missing so many shows because I was simply forgetting to set up the VCR that I'd just get the damn thing already. I had thought that I wouldn't be able to get it because I don't have a phone line installed in my apartment -- I'm completely wireless. But then one of my co-workers showed me that the new Series2 TiVos can connect through the Internet. Yay! So I bought a wireless adapter so the machine could connect through my wireless network. Then I got it home and turned it on. And it wanted a phone line. It would not budge on this whole phone line thing! Finally, I found a single line in an obscure customer service article on TiVo's website. Wouldn't you know it -- the damn thing needed a phone line for its initial setup. So I went upstairs to my very nice neighbor who introduced herself a few nights ago. Could I borrow her phone line? Very graciously, she let me MacGyver up two phone cords out of her apartment, down the stairs and into my TiVo. It called in and got the info, and I disconnected it and thanked her very much. Then it needed its initial download. And it still hungered for the phone line. So I had to go back upstairs, beg for the phone line again and run the phone cords. It downloaded, and I again disconnected and thanked my neighbor. Now, I can't get the TiVo to recognize the wireless adapter. And, based on articles I've read in the manual and online, I have a sneaking suspicion TiVo still hungers for the phone line so it can download some more stuff. I'll have to call them in the morning. You know, for a device that's supposedly so modern, it's not taking into account that so many people are cutting the cord. According to a Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association study, 5 percent of Americans are completely wireless without a landline phone, and research group InStat expects that number to increase to over 30% within the next five years. So thank goodness for long telephone cords and gracious neighbors.