Toshiba announced on Thursday they will be offering a combination DVD/TiVo device.

Las Vegas, NV, January 08, 2003 - Taking advantage of the recently announced licensing agreement between Toshiba, a primary developer and leader in DVD technology, and TiVo, the creator and leader of television services for digital video recording (DVR), Toshiba announced today that the company will be developing and launching the first product, a combination DVD/DVR product. This model will be the very first combination of DVD and TiVo technologies resulting from this partnership, with product scheduled for introduction in the second half of 2003. [Toshiba News vis Gizmodo]

It's a pretty keen idea combining the two. Of course now I want the next step, which is one with a DVD burner built in. That way you can not only record our favorite shows, but archive them too. Though, i could see the networks getting all bent out of shape about that (even though it already has a save to VCR feature.