Friday, January 6, 2006
HD TiVo Series 3 at CES
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "HARDWARE" @ 03:00 PM
"The biggest features are that Series 3 will have dual tuners and be CableCARD and HDTV ready! The dual tuner thing should be qualified though, because it will actually have 6(!) tuners. It will have 2 cable tuners, 2 ATSC tuners (for high def over the air) and 2 regular old NTSC tuners. But it will only be able to record two programs at once, according to a sign at the booth. Other improvements include an SATA hard drive connection to add external storage, a display on the front that shows what's recording and a backlit remote. While it will still record in MPEG-2, the Series 3 will also be able to play back MPEG-4 video."
Tivo's really upped the ante with the series 3. It has added a lot of improvements that users have clamored for. If they would just tweak their subscription model a bit, so that if you had the lifetime subscription and the box dies or you upgrade you did not have to pay the fee again, I'd be very interested.
Tivo's really upped the ante with the series 3. It has added a lot of improvements that users have clamored for. If they would just tweak their subscription model a bit, so that if you had the lifetime subscription and the box dies or you upgrade you did not have to pay the fee again, I'd be very interested.
