I picked up a Philips hdr112 14hour unit off of Ebay for $10 with the intent of letting the kids use in there room for the basic dvr functions. I have never owned a tivo before and did a little research and understood that the series 1 would provide this function without a sub. When I recieved the tivo and powered it up it had ver 1.3 software and 5:lifetime under the subscription. From what I have read i believe that this is a good thing. I am now planning on using this for our main tv and venture into the tivo world. I am not sure yet if the modem works i hear that there were modem issues on early units. I am going to try the setup this weekend. I have no Idea where to start. Do I need to reset the unit first than go through a guided set up? Will the lifetime status stay with the machine no matter what? Do I need to call tivo or will the box just update and go? If the modem is bad I assume that there are ways around it. If everything sets up I plan on adding a larger drive or two to it. Are there limitations on drive size to this unit and what are some recommendations. Thanks in advanvced