 ChiyoSave Me Konata-ChanPremium
join:2003-02-20
Charlotte, NC
kudos:1 | I just signed up Hey this is great news for me /sarcasm. I have a a Comcast DVR but I'm paying $17 a month to have it and I've had 2 of them stop working.
I ordered a TivoHD for $249 from Tivo.com hopfully will be in my hands next week.... Now to get Comcast out to the house. I do agree with others though I don't like the fact I'm going to be losing Ondemand programming and that if I want to get satellite the thing is useless for the price they charge I want it to work with everything.
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | And when your Tivo breaks after 18 months you're out $249. |
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 aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
4 edits | said by jester121:And when your Tivo breaks after 18 months you're out $249. I've owned over twenty Tivos since 2001. I've never had one break.
And if people do have a problem it is typically the hard drive, which every dvr/pc has so they can all have a failure. But I have personally never had a TiVo or it's hard drive fail.
As far as hard drives, I've owned over one hundred fifty hard drives since the early 90's and I've only had two or three that have actually had problems that needed to be replaced under warranty. And those were not made anytime recently. |
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jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Good lord -- so you've paid (presumably) $200+ x 20+ Tivos? What happened to all of them?
The cable co will replace your DVR for free if it breaks, Tivo not so much. |
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Then spend an extra $30 and get a 3 Year Warranty from Squaretrade so you don't need to worry about it.. I've been using Tivo with 3 units (DT and HD) for almost 4 years and never had a problem. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | reply to jester121
said by jester121:Good lord -- so you've paid (presumably) $200+ x 20+ Tivos? What happened to all of them? The cable co will replace your DVR for free if it breaks, Tivo not so much. $200? i wish they only cost $200. the first few I owned were the DirecTV tiVos which were only a few hundred. then I got several of the DirecTV HD TiVos which were $1K each. then the newer S3 models were around $700.
The current, cheap model, the TiVoHd I have six of them and paid around $250 each for them.
I also had a couple of the S2 models that had NTSC tuners. Those are in a closet somewhere and I need to throw them out since they are worthless to me now.
I've either given away or trashed my old units. I always intend to sell them but never get around to it. Like my DirecTV HDTiVos. I was ready to sell them almost 3 years ago, after the S3 models came out. But I never got around to it so they are sitting in my closet. |
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jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Good lord... I guess if I had that much invested in Tivo hardware I'd be trying to talk them up too.... |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
2 edits | said by jester121:Good lord... I guess if I had that much invested in TiVo hardware I'd be trying to talk them up too.... I would have no problem leaving TiVo if something compelling came around that could beat what TiVo gives me. I could easily sell my current units, but there is nothing currently that can give me everything TiVo gives me. Moxi is probably the closest thing but still they don't give me what TiVo does.
with TiVo I can transfer any of my FIOS recordings to a PC for either permanent storage of burning to disc. |
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3 edits | reply to Chiyo
said by Chiyo:......though I don't like the fact I'm going to be losing Ondemand programming and that if I want to get satellite the thing is useless for the price they charge I want it to work with everything. I have a TIVO2 which I use with a Comcast digital cable box and through trial-and-error I am able to make use of my Comcast 'channel 1' On-Demand without much problem. It is a bit awkward in the execution because I need both my TIVO remote along with a Comcast digital cable box (the one equipped for Comcast DVR)remote as well.
Having finally been able to enjoy On-Demand I am not bothered by having to fiddle a bit to lock it in, but I'm sure i will eventually put it into a macro using a programmable remote. I suspect that most TIVO owners who make unsuccessful attempts to access On Demand are repeatedly destabilizing synchrony by continuing to engage in channel-surfing even when they manage to key up an On Demand offering. |
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 dddane
join:2002-01-10
Chicago, IL | reply to aaronwt
i've had one tivo get a bad hard drive out of the 8 or so i've had here since 2003 or so.
and replacing the hard drive yourself once it has gone bad is not the easiest thing in the world, requires linux based cloning software and a copy of the original disk (which tivo won't provide.., but you can make yourself if you plan and/or buy it online from others for $20 or 30). basically if your drive dies in a tivo, the average lamen would throw it in the landfill. |
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dddane
join:2002-01-10
Chicago, IL | reply to Sterlingo
but you have SD, not HD. the HD tivo requires a cablecard, which will not work with any inputted source (such as your digital cable box), only a cablecard. |
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aaronwtPremium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
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said by dddane:i've had one tivo get a bad hard drive out of the 8 or so i've had here since 2003 or so. and replacing the hard drive yourself once it has gone bad is not the easiest thing in the world, requires linux based cloning software and a copy of the original disk (which tivo won't provide.., but you can make yourself if you plan and/or buy it online from others for $20 or 30). basically if your drive dies in a tivo, the average lamen would throw it in the landfill. Actually it is one of the easiest things to do in the world. You use WinMFS, which is a program that runs in Windows. Removing the hard drive takes minutes and WInMFS is extremely easy to use. Epecially for a person that is used to windows programs.
Or there ar eother solutins if you need a new image. $20 and as long as you are able to connect the cables on the drive and a PC and boot from thedisc, you juts follow the easy instructions. They make it very easy since the program is doing all the work. No need to understand anything at all about linux. |
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