Tuesday, July 24, 2007
TiVo HD Review Roundup
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "ARTICLE" @ 02:00 PM
"A critical eye is peering in on TiVo's personal-flotation-device known as the TiVo HD, a $300 entry-level option into the company's DVR world, and we've got the roundup to prove it. The box, which TiVo hopes will attract thriftier (read, any) users to the previously pricey platform, features HDMI and component outs up to 1080i, dual CableCARD and M-Card compatibility, and Series3-style ATSC and NTSC tuners."
My family has TiVo (I bought it for them), and they love it. I've never had TiVo however, because it doesn't work with Time Warner Cable here in New York City. The Series 3 box, while nice, is just too unGodly expensive for me to justify parting with my money. Now this...might get me to jump. Might. I don't like the reports of sluggish UI (not that the 8300HD is a speed demon either), the eSATA port is inactive (huge downer), and it appears that Time Warner is moving to SDV (Switched Digital Video) in the next year or so. Once they do that, even this latest TiVo box would be obsolete. Doesn't exactly charm the $300 out of my wallet.
My family has TiVo (I bought it for them), and they love it. I've never had TiVo however, because it doesn't work with Time Warner Cable here in New York City. The Series 3 box, while nice, is just too unGodly expensive for me to justify parting with my money. Now this...might get me to jump. Might. I don't like the reports of sluggish UI (not that the 8300HD is a speed demon either), the eSATA port is inactive (huge downer), and it appears that Time Warner is moving to SDV (Switched Digital Video) in the next year or so. Once they do that, even this latest TiVo box would be obsolete. Doesn't exactly charm the $300 out of my wallet.
