I have 3 Tivo's, the earliest is an early type 2. They all have lifetime contracts, and none has broken. Well, the HD one crashed in the first 2 months, and they replaced it without a peep--paid the postage both ways. My only expense was packaging at UPS because I'd trashed the original box.
I have found Tivo very reliable and totally addictive. I now feel imposed-upon if I actually have to watch something in real time. Most of the things I watch record at times I would never consider watching live. I always fast-forward the ads. I use the captions, and during the conventions I discovered that the slowest fast-forward speed still shows the captions. I could read and evaluate the speeches at normal reading speed and decide whether they were worth listening to. Tivo is like high-speed internet. Once you have it, you never consider dial-up good enough. I love knowing the names of each episode so I can choose which ones to record. I bought my HD when I did because the free service was available then. I suspected they had something new in the pipeline, and I was right. However, on my 42" tv, the newer, better resolution wouldn't look any better (says Consumer Reports.) My newest Tivo came with a wifi receiver, and I didn't have a clue what I was doing but set it up myself. When in doubt, I chose the first option, and to my amazement, it worked. Suzanne Blake _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
