TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder

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TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder

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Features:

The world's first THX-certified DVR, delivers the highest-quality home theater AV experience
300 hour recording capacity, twice as much as most cable alternatives; 25-35 hours of HD
Easily connect to your home network with built-in Ethernet and USB ports
Record 2 live digital cable channels at once, while watching a pre-recorded show

TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder

Editorial Review:

Record up to 300 hours of standard recording time or up to 32 in High Definition with this THX-certified digital video recorder that delivers high-quality, high-definition programming and allows you to record up to 2 live shows at once. Schedule recordings anywhere from tivo.com and the advanced TiVo broadband features, including digital photos, Internet radio, podcasts. The backlit programmable remote control is easy to configure to your TV.
CableCARD technology to access your HD digital cable channels
Supports digital cable, analog cable, and ATSC terrestrial over-the-air digital
Full 1080i output over component or HDMI
Extremely quiet box
Unrivaled Perfection
No other box comes close. Get the very-top-of-the-line sound, highest-quality picture, and the Emmy award-winning TiVo service all in one incredible digital cable-ready box.
Provides Access to Your Digital Cable Programming
Add high-quality entertainment to your home theater without adding clutter. Receive your premium digital cable channels in their full native HD format with CableCARD decoders (available from your cable provider). The TiVo? Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder is also compatible with analog cable and over-the-air digital HD (ATSC). Provides an all-digital connection to your high-end display: HDMI for video, SP/DIF for audio.
A True Home Theater Device, THX?-certified
It's not home theater without THX?-certification. The TiVo? Series3 HD box maintains all of the sharpness and detail found in the original broadcast-both in sound and picture-so you get the complete high-definition experience as it was intended.
TiVo KidZone
TiVo is the only DVR that gives you total control over what your kids see on TV. With TiVo KidZone, you get to choose which shows your children can watch and record. TiVo KidZone provides a separate Now Playing list that displays only the shows you pre-approve for you children, keeping their shows separate from yo

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

TiVo - Love / Hate Relationship:

Ok - here goes !
First - The Love:
* TiVo's best feature- its great being able to watching programs on "your" schedule and not the "TV program" schedule.
* Skipping thru the junk and commercials is heaven.
You can watch 2 or 3 programs using TiVo in the same time you watch
one live show.
* Menus are easy to use and it's "smart" ! TiVo can find your programs, advise if you have recording conflicts, has a program recommendation feature based on your preferences, can... more info

Great But Caveat Emptor!:

I am an early adopter and bought the HD Series 3 when it first came out. For programming, it can't be beat. Tivo, and particularly the online scheduling feature, make the cable company provided DVR's look pathetic. Picture quality is great, everything great. However....
You must be aware that some cable companies broadcast certain HD channels in what is called Switched Digital Video (SDV)format. This is a two-way format designed, in theory, for interactive operations between the viewer and the channel.... more info

Great DVR! But NOT for the budget-conscious...:

From the reviews I have read, TiVo Series 3 HD is the best TV experience. So far, I agree. But be prepared to open your wallet. TiVo box, TiVo subscription, etc. My alternative was Comcast DVR, which most reviewers have panned, so I ruled it out early on. I have never personally tried Comcast DVR.
With the Series 3, you *absoLUTEly* need TWO CableCARDs, regardless of card type (MCard or SCard). This is cited from the TiVo website. So be prepared to fight with CC (and their 3rd party installers) about... more info

Brand new TiVo was DOA (Dead on Arrival):

I received this item from Amazon, unpacked it and plugged it in. The result was the the item would not even power on. I would have returned the unit to Amazon but I called TiVo and they mistakenly told me to return it to them. Unfortunately, I received a refurbished unit in return. This was not Amazon's fault, but the fact that the first unit received from them did not even power on is the reason for the low rating.

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