Once upon a time Glen Farney shaped the electrons to say... > As I understand it, the S1 boxes will have VCR like functionality, > that is record by time and channel is still available (wonder how > you set the clock).
Right. > I hear S2 boxes are bricks without service, door stop with a hard > drive. Do they not have the same feature ? Correct, TiVo changed the unsubbed behavior when the 2.0 software shipped. That caught the last few Sony SVR-2000 Series1 units (so rare that the generalization is made that all S1 boxes work without a sub - the truth is all except these last few Sonys do) and all S2 and later units. It is really a change in the firmware that was coincident with the manufacturing change to ship the new software. But the easiest way to demark it for consumers was any box that shipped with 1.3 or earlier works as a basic recorder without a sub, while any box that shipped with 2.0 or later does not. With the caveat of Toshiba and Pioneer units which include TiVo Basic. > My new HD box has the similar "record by time and channel" option, > I'm hoping that 10 years from now when I upgrade to some S-HD box > that this one has the same functionality. Nope, the S3 and TiVo HD are bricks without a sub. Just like the S2 you can do some basic trickplay on Live TV, and watch existing recordings (from when they had subs), but that's about it. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
