NS4683
join:2000-08-25
Hoboken, NJ | reply to ThomC
Re: Tivo Series 3 with Cablecard Install Experience
I have a Series 2 TiVo and I was really looking forward to getting a Series 3. I just can't justify the price tag at this point. But is this your first TiVo? How would you rate the quality of the recordings? |
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ThomC
join:2004-12-07
Katonah, NY
| said by NS4683  :I have a Series 2 TiVo and I was really looking forward to getting a Series 3. I just can't justify the price tag at this point. But is this your first TiVo? How would you rate the quality of the recordings? Used to have Directv Tivo DVRs. There is no conversion of the digital channels so it is "what goes in - comes out".
Analog channels look the same through the Tivo as they do straight into the TV. (IOW - BAD) |
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nydennis30
join:2003-08-11
Port Jefferson Station, NY | How is changing channels? Does it change at normal Cablevision speeds? or slower? |
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ThomC
join:2004-12-07
Katonah, NY
| said by nydennis30 :How is changing channels? Does it change at normal Cablevision speeds? or slower? Channel surfing is the same, but the guide is slower to load each page.
Here's my Pro's and Con's
Con's:
-Slower menu and guide page changing
-no picture in picture
-no 'info' surfing
-no way to see shows while in guide or menues
-esata port not yet enabled
-no interactive or VOD channels (this one I don't really care about, but thought I should mention it)
Pro's:
-DUAL BUFFERS THAT CAN BOTH BE PAUSED (HUGE,HUGE,HUGE)
-every recording has a 'resume from where playback left off' bookmark
-better search capabilities
-Wishlists
-the Tivo interface is so much easier to read
-the ability to eliminate channels from the guide
-one button to get to the guide or show info
-folders for recordings
-2 weeks of guide info
-slightly better PQ
Then there's the home network stuff. All I can say is "WOW". The DirecTV Tivos didn't have this so it's all new to me. Online recording scheduling, Podcasts, Internet Radio, MP3 playback and photo slideshows from your PC. Add third party apps and things like itunes playlists can be read. There is also an email client out there. Evidently the Series 2 DVRs also have multi room viewing and can make the video files portable. (This is not available on the Series 3 yet and may never officially be)
I'm trying not to be too big a Tivo-fanboy so don't get me wrong, the SA8300 is a fine box that does a good job,(I still have 2 of them). But the Tivo S3 is a big winner in my house. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT
| said by ThomC : ...the Tivo S3 is a big winner in my house. For $800 it better be. |
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
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said by ThomC :Con's:-no picture in picture -no 'info' surfing -no way to see shows while in guide or menues that's uber lame..what's the point of 2 cablecards if you can't do PiP.
-the ability to eliminate channels from the guide that's a must on all cableboxes 
i hate scrolling past 50 spanish channels i never watch
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ThomC
join:2004-12-07
Katonah, NY
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that's uber lame..what's the point of 2 cablecards if you can't do PiP.
The same could be said of having 2 tuners but only one buffer.
My preference is 2 buffers, (by a longshot). |
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MxxCon
join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY
clubs: | for a box that cost $800+ and run linux that's very lame limitation.
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DCIFRTHS
join:2000-02-18
Hartsdale, NY
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said by MxxCon :that's uber lame..what's the point of 2 cablecards if you can't do PiP.
Recording two channels at once (any combination of HD or SD). The S3 is a really nice piece of equipment. Worth every cent. |
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