HDTiVo Rocks!
There have been times in the past that I’ve been critical of TiVo, but with the recent service update 9.2, I have been a very happy user of the product. The service update, as mentioned on TivoBlog.com, included features that I’ve always wanted in the box including:
- Support for external storage albeit only available from a proprietary product
- Multi-room viewing between TiVos
- Most importantly for me, TivoToGo support including HD content
Like many families, we’ve started replacing our old televisions with HDTV’s, and it’s hard to go back to watching standard television. With the TivoToGo functionality, it’s now possible to download a show and play it on another TV as long as you have some sort of media player attached. It’s also possible to watch higher quality videos on your computer.
The only downside is that the HDTivo can only use eSata drives that are “TiVo Approved Devices”, as opposed to the Series 3, which allows any eSata drive to be used. I’m sure there is a nice licensing fee that TiVo gets for each external drive sold, and TiVo needs to make money somehow, so I can’t complain too much.
If you are in the market for new TiVo that supports HD, I can’t recommend the HDTivo too much!
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