Wish I had purchased sooner!October 31, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I went from a cable company DVR to the TIVO and I love it. I never knew how much I was missing. The one sent out had an issue requiring a daily reboot, I called TIVO and they replaced it quickly and I now have no issues. The customer service at TIVO is the best I have ever dealt with, they even emailed me the UPS label for the return.
TiVo HDOctober 28, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love TiVo. And this HD box takes cable cards, so you don't have to have a cable box AND a TiVo box just TiVo. It's a great product.
I didn't like that I needed to get a CableCard from Comcast...October 24, 2008 3 out of 14 found this review helpful
When I purchased this item I don't recall seeing information in the product description or specifications stating that I would require a "single or dual channel CableCard" from my cable company to use the HD function of the DVR.
I don't happen to like my cable company. When I told them I needed this they promised to get one for me, but never delivered. This is not unusual behavior for Comcast, and so I wasn't surprised.
We currently have a Series 2 DVR that I upgraded with a 500gb WD drive and it works just fine with the new Samsung 51" HD LCD we bought from our favorite electronics store - Amazon.com.
I'm disappointed that Tivo didn't just charge me an extra $20-$50 for the HD DVR and include the CableCard in the DVR. This is the fatal flaw in the product, in my humble opinion.
TiVO FAILOctober 16, 2008 4 out of 7 found this review helpful
The hard drive on the first unit I had failed within 7 months of purchase. So, you pay to have it replaced...about $50...and TiVo sends you a refurbished model (never mind that they hold the cost of a brand new model on your credit card until they receive your old one in return). The refurbished model they send out crashes and reboots every 10 minutes or so for no apparent reason...just not long enough to download any software patches that may be necessary for it to run smoothly (why they ship the items with old software, who knows?).
TiVo FAIL.
This product totally blows.
Works as advertisedOctober 14, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The recorder does all it is designed to do but I miss not having a built in DVD recorder as was in my previous TIVO unit. Even if it only recorded SD programming. The subscription price also seems a little exorbitant just because of the switch to HD.
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Special Features-
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