My last Tivo was a DirecTivo from Samsung, this necessarily restricts my exposure to the version of the Tivo software that was available through DirecTV at the time (2.4?)
There are a few things that annoy me about Motorolla's DVR that's used by FIOS (season passes don't cross channels, that's basically the end of it), but all in all, my experience is comparable.
Everyone else's DVRs have come a long way since the positively shittastic ones that used to be out there. In my mind, there's no reason to buy a Tivo at this point, except that you can "own" it and might not have to rent a box from your cable company (of course you also lose features like on demand). This is completely offset by the subscription in my mind.
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J.Goodwin @ Aug 27th 2008 12:11PM
My last Tivo was a DirecTivo from Samsung, this necessarily restricts my exposure to the version of the Tivo software that was available through DirecTV at the time (2.4?)
There are a few things that annoy me about Motorolla's DVR that's used by FIOS (season passes don't cross channels, that's basically the end of it), but all in all, my experience is comparable.
Everyone else's DVRs have come a long way since the positively shittastic ones that used to be out there. In my mind, there's no reason to buy a Tivo at this point, except that you can "own" it and might not have to rent a box from your cable company (of course you also lose features like on demand). This is completely offset by the subscription in my mind.
Frankenstein Black @ Sep 1st 2008 12:46AM
When is this coming out? That's what I wanna know!
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/05/18/hands-on-with-the-motorola-tuning-adapter-mtr700/
http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/hands-on-with-the-motorola-tuning-adapter/812530/
Better yet, when will Tivo integrate it into a DVR (i.e. series 4?). Adding it to my already externally added hard drive-ed and sling boxed Tivo HD, is, well, getting kinda messy ;^(...