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TiVo for HDTV: At Last!

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I have just posted a full review of my brand-new new Hughes HR10-DVR250 HD TiVo on my ControlAV site. If you have any comments on it, feel free to use this blog.

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  • Anonymous
    May 05, 2004
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    May 05, 2004
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    May 06, 2004
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    May 06, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    May 12, 2004
    Just installed the new Hughes HDTivo. One big complaint is the slow response time on getting the on-screen guide to show. Takes 2-3 second to change each page. Is this a series 1 issue?

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    May 12, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2004
    Great info, Andy. I was disappointed to see that there was no info at Hughes or DirecTV as I wanted to check out the manual and specs. You covered most of what I wondered, but I have one question...

    Does this unit offer an integrated guide? My Sony HD Receiver combines Satellite, Cable, OTA HD and analog signals into one nice list of programming so I don't have to switch back and forth trying to find something.

    Thanks much for any info you can offer.

    SBerg


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    May 17, 2004
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    May 17, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2004
    I will wait for things to shake out a bit.
    Knowing HD tivo is here and that I don't have one is killing me. Here is a list of questions I have.

    1) Will DirecTV offer more hd programming soon?
    2) How good is the on air hd broadcast?
    3) Any antenna recommendations?
    4) What will Voom's dvr and 4 room HD home network have in the way of tivo like software?
    This is set for release in the fall.

    If Voom's dvr and 4 room system software is as good as tivo I will say by by to tivo and DirecTV

  • Anonymous
    May 30, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2004
    WOW! I want one. Where did you get it?

  • Anonymous
    June 03, 2004
    Thanks Andy

    Is there a video quality setting like standard tivo? If so how many hours of HD at the best setting?

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2004
    Satellite TiVos have no concept of 'video quality setting' that stand-alone TiVos do as they record the bitstream directly from the satellite. You get the exact same quality it was broadcast in.

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2004
    While Enterprise has had a few good episodes in Season 3, it still is not worth the title "Star Trek: Enterprise".

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2004
    Does this unit record OTA HD and digital channels? My old directivo receiver could not record OTA signals.

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2004
    Brian, yes it can record OTA signals but only digital OTA. If your local channel is backward enough to only broadcast in analog, then this wont record it as it has no MPEG2 encoder: it just records the bitstream, be it satellite or digital OTA.

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2004
    TPV Magazine July/Aiugust reviewed the LG Electronics LST-3410A HD PVR (see http://us.lge.com/Product/proddetail.do?action=tv&prodId=LST-3410A&categoryId=010403 ). This can record OTA HD and unencrypted HD cable. It only has one tuner and a 120G hard drive, and it is not a TiVo, yet retails for more than the HD Tivo ($1199). If you are stuck with cable I guess its your only choice, though you still can't record HBO from cable with anything that I am aware of.

  • Anonymous
    July 07, 2004
    I purchased and set up this unit last Saturday and have found the unit to be very slow in resonding to the remote. For example: It may take 15 clicks on the Guide or list button for the guid to show up. Performance does seem to improve after a 30-60 minutes of use. Has any one else experienced this?

  • Anonymous
    July 10, 2004
    Anyone have anything to add about the TIVO lifetime subscription? Is it available for this unit?


  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2004
    Sorry tridub I have no idea. I've never done a Lifetime sub in any of my 3 TiVo's, I've always assumed they would be obsolete by the time I would start saving money on the deal, and I've mostly been right so far.

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    July 15, 2004
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    July 16, 2004
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    July 22, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2004
    I've had TiVo for a while now, and I don't think I would be able to stop using it. It is so convinient, plus I don't need to watch this stupid commercials!!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2004
    I've had TiVo for a while now, and I don't think I would be able to stop using it. It is so convinient, plus I don't need to watch this stupid commercials!!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2004
    I've had TiVo for a while now, and I don't think I would be able to stop using it. It is so convenient, plus I don't need to watch this stupid commercials!!!!

    Is that true that FCC is planning to do something about it? Ban it or so?

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2004
    sorry, I don't know what happen...

  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2004
    TiVo is a great thing. I don't need to watch those stupid commercials anymore! Recently I got this HDTiVo - That is even better. I put my article about it on http://www.hdtv-info.org/forum-28.html

  • Anonymous
    August 05, 2004
    There are some nice photos of INSIDE an HD TiVo here:

    http://www.robert.to/hdtivo/

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    January 01, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2008
    Tivo is not a bad option taking into consideration the amount of benefit we get. But the catch here is its capacity in the long run.