I haven't had a hardware problem with a TiVO other than one dead hard drive but my TiVOs are two Hughes DVR40s with hard drive upgrades to about 170 Hrs and 260 Hrs and a DirecTV R10 with about 140 Hrs of upgraded hard drive. All my TiVOs are direcTV units and they limit the software upgrades. The last one caused some rebooting problems that TiVo would probably have fixed more rapidly than DTV allows.
If you get used to a TiVO I doubt you will like any other unit as much. The interface is slick although some people criticize it for looking cartoony. The guide data is good but occasionally falls behind the networks last minute rescheduling- more likely a network problem. Find a friend who has one or play with one in a store with for a few minutes. That should tell you if it is different enough than the FIOS unit to be worth it. On Dec 6, 2007 2:31 PM, Paul Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have FIOS and think (as I have seen blogged) that DVR functionality > is buggy and the interface poorly designed. This make lean in the direction > of getting TIVO. Anyone have opinions about the quality of their > hardware/software? > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
