TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder

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

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TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder Reviews

* And if you are thinking - Wow what a great rebate. And PLEASE don't get sucked into buying a "lifetime" Tivo subscription unless you like just love to gamble or waste money. * Menus are easy to use and it's "smart". Let me know cause I'm still waiting. -. * Dual channel HD is very nice and Tivo is addictive. It will drive you nuts to have to watch a "live" program once your use to Tivo and you will soon be buying another unit once the other family members horde in on "your TiVo" - lol. * TiVo's best feature- its great being able to watching programs on "your" schedule and not the "TV program" schedule.

First - The Love:. another disaster. Several calls to customer service, rebate service, tech service, and the janitor and you may finally get it. * I bought 2 TiVo HD units and both have failed in the first year. As much as I love the Tivo when its working,.

Ok - here goes. * DO NOT purchase the lifetime subscription service. The service subscription is for the life of the "unit" and. Now the Hate:. - TiVo reliability is abysmal.

there are also a LOT of units that have had problems, been replaced multiple times, and or just become useless after the 1 year limited warranty is up. You can watch 2 or 3 programs using TiVo in the same time you watch. I have read a lot of reviews about folks having units for years with no problems - but beware. Unless you're a addicted gambler or a fool - there is a very very good chance you will be parted from a huge (400.00) chunk of your wallet. * Skipping thru the junk and commercials is heaven. TiVo can find your programs, advise if you have recording conflicts, has a program recommendation feature based on your preferences, can download movies from Amazon and Netflix, watch You Tube, and a whole list of great feature that is growing.

O-boy. Some research on diff web forums as well as TiVo's 30 day replacement (no charge) and 1 yr limited replacement (min of 40.00 charge) will attest to the this. I would not recommend this unit to anyone due to very lousy warranty and reliability. one live show.

However, as of this writing (October 2008) it is still being tested according to Tivo tech support. However. I am an early adopter and bought the HD Series 3 when it first came out. For programming, it can't be beat. But be prepared not to be able to receive certain HD channels until the dongle is available if your cable provider broadcasts those channels in SDV. You must be aware that some cable companies broadcast certain HD channels in what is called Switched Digital Video (SDV)format. Picture quality is great, everything great. Tivo, and particularly the online scheduling feature, make the cable company provided DVR's look pathetic.

This is a two-way format designed, in theory, for interactive operations between the viewer and the channel. Tivo has created and is testing a device that will interface between the Tivo USB port and the cable line to solve this problem. That means that on my cable system, Cox, I cannot receive many HD channels including NFL Network and about 6 or 7 more. Tivo does not support SDV. So buy an HD Tivo by all means. You'll love it. It was supposed to be available early this year.

I am not clear on those details. From the reviews I have read, TiVo Series 3 HD is the best TV experience. Oh yeah, don't forget the TiVo-specific wireless network adapter. With the Series 3, you *absoLUTEly* need TWO CableCARDs, regardless of card type (MCard or SCard). Connects to your home wireless network. I have two MCards installed in my TiVo. This plugs into a USB port on the TiVo box. This is cited from the TiVo website.

TiVo box, TiVo subscription, etc. If you only have a vague idea what I am talking about, sorry, I can't help you. Don't be confused by the SD recording hours. No one buys the Series 3 to record SD. I have never personally tried Comcast DVR. If you don't care about On Demand-specific stuff, my understanding is, you can use the TiVo box as your converter box, and save the box monthly fee. AND pay a monthly CC fee for the second CableCARD.

So far, I agree. This is essentially a 500GB hard drive with a E-SATA interface. Also, you need to KEEP your existing cable converter box, if you want to keep On Demand.

But be prepared to open your wallet. My alternative was Comcast DVR, which most reviewers have panned, so I ruled it out early on. Triples your HD TiVo storage from 30 HD hours to 90 HD hours. So be prepared to fight with CC (and their 3rd party installers) about this requirement. Things like Howard Stern are ONLY available On Demand.

You will also need the DVR Expander, which is avail from amazon for $150. IT J.

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. I would have returned the unit to Amazon but I called TiVo and they mistakenly told me to return it to them. The result was the the item would not even power on. I received this item from Amazon, unpacked it and plugged it in.

It is probably one of the poorest designed UI's I have used in a long time. I have been without Tivo for over two years, and I have to say it has been painful. There seemed to be a lot of confusion online regarding which to pick Series 3 or HD. The new Series 3 has worked great.

That was a Tivo audiomark and should never have been removed. Usually only last 3-5 seconds and not very often, so it really isn't a significant problem. The guide is very nearly unusable, the DVR functionality is terrible. After suffering through the Comcast DVR for about two weeks I decided to get the Tivo Series 3.

So I needed to upgrade to a new DVR, stupidly I assumed Comcast would have made some progress since I left and I ordered an HD DVR from them as part of my cable set-up. When I lived in the US (Redmond, WA) I also used a Comcast DVR and Tivo. When I went to Comcast they said I could only have one CableCard until I returned my DVR, which still has some shows on it I need to watch. It had a number of annoying bugs, but in general was quite useful. I really miss with bleep-bleep sound when you fast forward.

The CableCard installation was a breeze, although I still need to get a second card so I can use dual tuners. I relocated to Beijing two years ago and just moved back to the US this summer. My only real complaint with the Series 3 has been some dropped audio, occasionally during a program (seems to happen more with HD) you will get a short period of video with no sound. At that time Comcast, at least in my area, was doing a trial with Microsoft using their IPTV back-end infrastructure, and their DVR was based on that technology. When I left I didn't have an HD TV, but I bought one almost as soon as I returned.

The only redeeming quality is the On Demand, but that really has nothing to do with the DVR. Since I have returned they appear to not be using Microsoft technology anymore and the new HD DVR from Comcast is just plan terrible. I would highly recommend getting a Series 3 Tivo if you watch even a small amount of TV.