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What: TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour digital video recorder
How much: $19.99 after $150 mail-in rebate Shipping: Free in U.S. before Dec. 23 Where: Amazon.com (via TechDeals.net) When: purchase by Jan. 7 for rebate Click here for product review.
I haven't met a single Tivo user who doesn't think it's worth $12.95/month for the service (including my wife...who is now a big fan although she thought it was a waste until she experienced its benefits firsthand). Everyone would like it to be free, myself included. But at $19.95, I'm getting a 2nd unit. Let's call it a "quality of life" decision. I'm free to watch on my schedule, not someone elses, and place my priorities where they should be.
I've had my tivo now for two years. I can't imagine going back to living without it.
I hated the old days of stacks of tapes, trying to keep track of what was on what tape, where I was on a particular tape, tapes that would die before I got through them, degeneration of tape quality, etc.
And I hated searching paper guides, hoping to remember the names of specials I had heard about, often missing shows that I would have loved to see, if I'd only known it was on, missing reruns at weird hours, etc.
Then I got my tivo, and television watching became easier. Then the warrenty ran out, and I upgraded from 40 gig to over 300 gig. Now there's always a wide spectrum of shows to watch.
I don't have a decent machine at home that I can use to network to tivo, so I've not yet had the opportunity to move files off tivo and onto dvd. That's something to which I look forward.
I'd love to pick up a second tivo - and at this price, it would be a no brainer, but there's one problem. I only have one televison. I suppose I _could_ hook both against the same televison. But I already have a vcr, dvd, tivo, and cable hooked up to that television. One more thing and my brain might melt down trying to keep the connections plugged in right.
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I hated the old days of stacks of tapes, trying to keep track of what was on what tape, where I was on a particular tape, tapes that would die before I got through them, degeneration of tape quality, etc.
And I hated searching paper guides, hoping to remember the names of specials I had heard about, often missing shows that I would have loved to see, if I'd only known it was on, missing reruns at weird hours, etc.
Then I got my tivo, and television watching became easier. Then the warrenty ran out, and I upgraded from 40 gig to over 300 gig. Now there's always a wide spectrum of shows to watch.
I don't have a decent machine at home that I can use to network to tivo, so I've not yet had the opportunity to move files off tivo and onto dvd.
That's something to which I look forward.
I'd love to pick up a second tivo - and at this price, it would be a no brainer, but there's one problem. I only have one televison. I suppose I _could_ hook both against the same televison. But I already have a vcr, dvd, tivo, and cable hooked up to that television. One more thing and my brain might melt down trying to keep the connections plugged in right.