I loved my TiVo, almost everything about the end to end experience was flawless. Just recalling the ‘be-bip’ sound of interacting with the UI still brings me joy. The interface was as simple as you could ever hope for (and structurally similar to the navigation in iOS). Up, down, left, right, pause, rewind, fast forward, thumbs up and down. Everything was built on simple consistent primitives and everything felt immediate, in a way no TV has to me in more than a decade. Even the control felt nicer in your hand than the usual slab of plastic. Coming home to new episodes of Star Trek it had kindly decided to record always gave me a warm feeling that this smart little box was on my side. Too many devices feel like a fight against something utterly soulless these days.