My Review of the Tivo HD DVR

Up until just recently I had only owned Series 2 Tivo Boxes, 3 of them. It was perfect for analog cable, and until Comcast deactivated the serial port it was sufficient to control a digital cable box with. I was just fine until I first saw HD on a TV screen – then I was hooked. There was no turning back. I went out and bought a LCD HDTV and then purchased a Tivo HD at woot.com for a mere 179.99 – I ordered the cablecards right after and then I awaited their arrival. All I had to do was slide the Multi-stream Cablecard into Slot 1. then call the cable office and give them the numbers from the Tivo – it took less than an hour to get it up and running. Its performance has been highly satisfactory. I am able to do everything I did with my Series 2 Tivos – play music, movies and photos from my PC Server onto the Tivo HD, transfer shows and movies to and from my PCs, download web content from the internet and more. The HD channels work great and look beautiful – it is far superior to the Cable Co DVR! Direct ethernet connection, plus two USB ports and an esata port for an external drive – partnered with a RCA Surround Sound System and a RCA DVD Player/Recorder that upconverts my DVD collection to 720p thru the HDMI port, together they make quite the entertainment center.