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TiVo TCD652160 HD Digital Video Recorder
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Customer Reviews

Works great for me.
I’m using this with a rabbit ear OTA antenna and it works great. Right now I’m getting both analog and digital channels which is sort of a pain because I have two channels for each station with the same exact programming (not counting all the little split off channels like 7.1, 7.2, 7.4…). I’ll be happy when they cut the analog broadcast off in February 2009. But, I love being able to get PBS stations from all over So Cal. I have about 60 channels now!

Probably worth the money
I finally broke down and bought a TiVo after trying some DIY solutions. Although SageTV, BeyondTV, etc. do well enough for SD TV, I found trying to record HD episodes was really difficult. TiVo’s user interface is pretty slick, and if you can get your cable guy to install the cablecards right after 2 or 3 tries, it’s definitely worth the money, subscription and all, EXCEPT….there are now rumors floating around on the tech blogs that the is a auto-delete flag feature. That is to say, the recorded program will auto-delete itself after a certain period of time (in this case approximately 2-3 hours after it was recorded). Assuming this is for real, I would have to say that it is a real deal-breaker. The advantage of TiVo is supposed to be time-shifting. I would think that this kind of auto-deletion defeats that whole purpose.

It was Not What I Wanted
I was not aware of all of the associated costs to fully use this product. So I cannot evaluate it fairly. I made a mistake in ordering it. I simply wanted to record HD TV shows, Nothing more.