I have a gazillion boxes of various sorts connected to the two TVs in our household, but the longest-serving one is my TiVo DVR. I got it when I moved into my present home and signed up for Comcast ...
It didn't take much to revive TiVo's stock; all it needed to do was make a deal with the biggest cable company in the country. This puts TiVo back in the game, but it still needs to score some runs.