Bargain-Priced TiVo HD Arrives

Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:33AM EDT

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Looks like TiVo has followed up on its promise to deliver an HD-capable DVR that's a bit cheaper than the $800 Series3 model. Available next month, the TiVo HD will record up to 20 hours of HD programming (or 180 hours of standard def) for a much more reasonable price of $300.

The TiVo HD lacks the THX certification on the pricier Series3, and the hard drive is considerably smaller (the Series3 can record 32 hours of HD shows or 300 hours of SD programming), but otherwise most of the must-have features are here. You can record two shows at once while watching a third (provided you can get a couple of CableCARDs from your cable provider), and you get HDMI, component, S-Video and composite video outputs (along with an optical digital audio port).

Nod bad for $300, but keep in mind that monthly TiVo rate plans still apply: monthly plans range from $17 a month for a year-long contract to $14 for a three-year commitment, or you can pony up to $300 in advance for a full three years.

I have to admit that with the new low price, I'm giving the TiVo HD a serious look myself (currently, I'm suffering with the buggy Scientific Atlanta 8300HD provided by Time Warner Cable in Brooklyn), but something tells me that coaxing a pair of CableCARDs from Time Warner could be a time-consuming process. Anyone out there have any stories/advice?

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  • 46 Posted by sandragabor on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:03PM EDT Report Abuse

    Unscrew the cable cord from the back of your TVs and start living again!

  • 47 Posted by cemize on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:21PM EDT Report Abuse

    Direct TV has made every effort to make "things right" with my HD-DVR install. It works great. I found that my installers blamed "THEIR" lack of professionalism on Direct TV. My follow ups on the "ball dropping" with my initial order was not their (Direct TV) fault. Even then, they dropped any and all charges PLUS they gave me three months of HBO/Cinemax. My DVR is working as promised without any glitches. What is all the fuss now? (no I do not work for or represent Direct TV). I have been with them for 12 years and any time I needed something, they tried to make it right. (sub-contractors dropped the ball a few times though).

  • 48 Posted by adam_gershon on Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:45PM EDT Report Abuse

    I just got the Motorola DCH3416 from Time Warner ... After a week or so of use, it's a pretty good box. I was an early Tivo adopter and had the series 1 boxes until I moved last week. It was hard to let them go, but I NEED my HD!! The Motorola box is pretty responsive and the guide works pretty well. Maybe it's not as sexy as Tivo, but it has all the functionality and it's much cheaper. I do like to use On Demand from time to time, so that was big deterrent of the cable card route.

  • 49 Posted by jchris19782003 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:30PM EDT Report Abuse

    OK so I never used the Tivo but with expensive cable supplied inside my neighborhood I went with Dish Network. I get recording capability with the VIF 622 DVR Maybe the recording is or is not HD not sure but the capabilities are great, easy to use and the replay product is clear and much better than the non HD programming on tv. Anyway I know this is a Tivo story but I wanted to my 2 cents in anyway.

  • 50 Posted by tonymartin4536 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:16PM EDT Report Abuse

    IT MATTERS NOT IF ITS A HD. DISH NETWORK, TIME WARNER, COMCAST, ETC. TOO MUCH OF THE PROGRAMS, MOVIES, ARE OF POOR QUILITY. I WOULD RATHER WATCH A NOT HD, GOOD ARTISTIC MOVIE, RECORDED ON A VCR THEN SOME OF THE STUFF THAT PASSES FOR ENTERTAINMENT ON MOST MEDIA TODAY.

  • 51 Posted by collarncuffsboy on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse

    My roommate has been using Tivo for years now, and recently upgraded his two tv's to Tivo HD since he decided to get HD Cable. He says everything looks and works great. There was one problem with one box he bought, bought Tivo Customer Service determined it was a faulty unit, so he exchanged it and everything is fine now.

  • 52 Posted by g615483 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:05PM EDT Report Abuse

    I love the Tivo HD and am trying to find a way to intergrate them with my DirecTv. I called DT and was told that if I wanted to use Tivo boxes with my service I could but I would only be able to record one channel at a time! Is that true? Any ideas on how to connect TIVO so that you can record two shows?

  • 53 Posted by julz_99_us on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:44PM EDT Report Abuse

    Can I use a Tivo without paying the subscription? Isn't the sub just for the automatic recording and online tv guide anyway? Can I use a Tivo without a subscription like a VCR?

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