Tivo is great! I too wasn't much of a believer at first but then I bought one and don't really know how I lived without it. Lead convinced me to get one about 4 months ago...hehe!
Just ordered the cable for our new house. I have know idea why my wife lets me handle these things. I fall for the "It's only a few dollars more for this package" spiel everytime. Needless to say I ordered all of the digital and premium channels. I also ordered a dvr since it was "free for the first 2 months". Oh well, you only live once.
FYI, TiVo just announced that you no longer have to pay an extra $99 for the "media home" option. Basically, you can use a TiVo to grab digital media (MP3's, DIVX, etc) from your computer and play them back on your home theater.
They've also reduced the cost of having extra TiVo's in other rooms of the house.
I just read that. The home media option is pretty sweet. Gives me the option of viewing all of my digital photos (over 4000) on my big screen, as well as access to all my MP3's. It even sorts them by the playlists I have set up in iTunes. The photos are also put in albums (through iPhoto if you're fortunate enough to have a Mac).
Never used it, but I assume there's a client software you put on the machine that acts like the server. That client then streams over a wireless or ethernet connection to the box which then acts as an interface to view your media.
Thought about getting TiVo, but built myself an HTPC running Windows XP. There are a lot of multimedia video cards (priced around $100-$200) that have integrated tv capture (even hdtv capture) functionality. They even come with a remote and all the software you need (like tv guide, video/audio players) and you can do almost everything TiVo does (play/pause tv, record, etc.) and more without paying those pesky TiVo monthly dues. At the end, you have one machine that does it all.
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This is not true. You can approach the functionality of a TiVo, but nothing offers the full TiVo function set.
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This is not true. You can approach the functionality of a TiVo, but nothing offers the full TiVo function set.
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I believe I used the word "almost everything". Only familiar with earler TiVo versions. What is the "full function set" of the newer TiVo's? Better yet, what can TiVo do that an HTPC can't do?
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