Digital Home Thoughts: Tivo Series 3 Gets Thumbs Up From CableLabs, 180-hr Series 2 Box Disappears

"TiVo's HD-ready Series 3 box just got one step closer to being real now that it's been certified by Cable Labs. Sure, the cert may not mean as much as that golden FCC blessing, but it allows the box to be sold as compliant with various cable standards, including CableCARD. Meanwhile, the dual-tuner, 180-hour TCD649180 and 80-hour TCD64908 Series 2 boxes appear to have vanished, after initially appearing for pre-order on Amazon. We'll leave the rationale behind that to the conspiracy-minded among you. We're gonna keep waiting for Series 3, and hope that the dual-tuner, big-drive model stays in place for those units."



I wasn't too concerned with the dual-tuner Series 2, as I'm waiting for the HD Series 3 to come out anyway. The CableLabs blessing is a huge hurdle, and can only indicate that the Series 3 will be released sooner rather than later. I'm looking forward to getting one, with a caveat: depends on the price. I'm not a fan of TiVo's new pricing scheme, and I can only imagine how horrendously expensive the new HD TiVo is going to be. :?