A DVR quandry

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by Nick Danger

 Our DVD player is much more complicated to me than the Tivo. And of course, I quickly become hooked on watching a program when I wanted to, in 2/3 the time because you can zap through all the commercials.

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I much prefer watching something on TiVo to a DVD because the navigation is so much simpler.
I think the ergonomic layout of the "peanut"-shaped remote has a lot to do with that.  

Because I tend to leave favorite programs on my TiVo I replaced it's hard drive with a larger one, which I dont think you can do with something rented from Cox.

[Wilbur]

My TV has a DVR built in.  No need for cable.  TV Guide is also included, which allows the DVR to have a channel guide and program like any other DVR.

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by Nick Danger


I got real excited about this, as our 3-year contract is set to expire soon. So I checked the Tivo site, but couldn't find anything about it. Got any additional info??

Personally, I find it worth it (at least for one), since the only thing that tends to go out on a TiVo is the hard drive, and I replace those with bigger ones anyway. I did have one original Series 2 have its power supply fail, but that's the only failure I've had out of 8 different TiVos I've had over the years. (6 standalones and 2 DirecTiVos..what can I say, gadgetry is an obsession of mine)

Since my 2nd and 3rd TiVos were activated prior to the price increase on the multi-service discount they're only $6.95 a month, so lifetime isn't a very good deal for those units.