I Think I Want a TiVo?
I’ve never really had a TiVo, though I’ve been using DVRs for years. The new TiVo HD looks nice, though – and I should be able to grab shows / convert them after connecting the unit to my home network. Kevin does it all the time, and he also recommended that I get my TiVo through some place that does hard drive upgrades for me. Other friends have told me:
I like TiVo, but I'm not all about paying a monthly (or even a 1-time lifetime) subscription for it. Try the Comcast DVR. – Spinn
(I just realized the fail in my statement – chances are that Comcast now charges the DVR. Probably $5-10/month? If that's the case, go for a TiVo. The smooth menus and overall better interface is worth the money, if you're going to have to pay it anyway. – Spinn
TiVo is very nice to have but for the price, it may be worth it to stick with comcast's dvr – Grant
I have Comcast DVR but you can only record like 15 hrs of HD content at a time. Definitely interested in exploring options. – Brian Daniel Eisenberg
if comcast charges for its DVR then go ahead with the Tivo – Grant
Chris- I love my HD Tivo. It's also nice to get rid of the Comcast cable box. The dual tuner PCMCIA cards are nice. I bought the 3 year prepaid. – Ryan
we have Directv DVR in my home and what sucks is you can only record 2 shows in the same time frame but you can't change the channel. so if you're recording A&E and USA at the same time, you can only switch between them two. i was told TiVo is almost the same thing. – Outsanity
Just do it. Been a Tivo owner since '01 on DirectTV. Last year I moved house and switched to comcast. I suffered the comcast DVR box for 1 week before buying a Tivo Series 3. Spousal approval and my sanity returned… – Steve Lacey
If you get a TiVo watch this vid we made re upping storage http://video.gearlive.com/vide… – Andru Edwards
TiVo is uncomparably better…but isn't TiVo supposed to built into Comcast boxes at some point? – George Lee
Luckily I got my HDR212 TiVo in 2000-2001 for $150-200 with a $249 lifetime subscription. $13/month x 7 yrs = would have been $1,170 by now! Awesome deal. Totally changed the way I watch TV. The fast-forwarding is much cleaner than with VCRs and scanning 1 hr in 1 min (60X) is very easy. Look into the after-market upgrading of HDs websites (Image your HD first!) and buying someone's used TiVo with a lifetime subscription. E-mail me if you want more details. – Mitchell Tsai
I have the HD DVR from Time Warner and hate it. Keep thinking about TiVo, but the price always gets me. Though at almost $15/month to "rent" the DVR from Time Warner, I might switch, I'm just not sure of the way it will interact with Time Warner. – Blake
I have the TiVo Series 3 HD and it's a great box. Never fails. You can stream audio/video from your Mac with the software you get with Toast, you can download shows to your Mac and burn them (if they're not flagged to not do it) and I've even burned Blu-Ray compatable DVDs with Toast 9. You can download podcasts and videos, but I found that entering in podcast RSS feeds doesn't always work. – Starman
My house is filled with Comcast DVRs – I like what they do, but I can’t stand how they do what they do. I won’t really miss VOD with a TiVo, either. Ponzi likes VOD, but I think she’d appreciate the networkability of a TiVo even more (though she’s using Windows Vista, and I’m primarily on OS X). There’s gotta be good desktop software for TiVo / TiVo data management, I’d only assume.
