[opendtv] The HDTV Dilemma: Pay for TiVo's Recorder Or Settle for Cable's?

December 28, 2006
The HDTV Dilemma:
Pay for TiVo's Recorder
Or Settle for Cable's?

By Walter S. Mossberg

If you just got a high-definition television, one of the best things 
you can buy to complement it is a digital video recorder, or DVR, the 
tapeless gadgets that save programs so you can watch them when you 
choose.

The trouble is, it's hard to find a DVR that can record in high 
definition, so most people wind up simply going with the bare-bones 
high-definition DVR capability built into the set-top box supplied by 
their cable or satellite service.

But TiVo, the pioneer in digital video recording, has recently 
entered the high-definition recorder market with a high-end, 
high-priced product. It's called the TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media 
Recorder and it sells for a whopping $800, as much as some HDTVs 
themselves. And that doesn't include the $12.95 a month it costs to 
subscribe to TiVo.

I've been testing the new TiVo and I like it a lot, but it's hard to 
swallow that huge price, especially since the new Series3 model 
doesn't include some nice features available on the much cheaper 
Series2 version, which doesn't record in high definition. It also 
can't handle certain cable features.

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http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20061228.html

 
 
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