It’ll cost you $799.99 to buy it and $13 a month to use it, but the new TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder might well be worth…at least according to a new article in the New York Times. The Series3 is the first digital video recorder from TiVo to support recording of high definition TV broadcasts.
The Series3 comes with 2 tuners and a 250GB hard disk drive, which while not as generous as the Sony VGX-XV80S, is quite a bit cheaper.
What sets the Series3 apart from the competition, however, is it’s feature set, at least according to the NYTimes. Chief among these attractive features, are on-line programming, wish lists and programmed ad skipping. A good collection of some 18 reviews/thoughts/comments about the S3 can be found at “TiVo’s New Series 3 – The Experts Weigh In” – these reviews are mostly quite positive, except when it comes to the price.
It’ll be interesting to see how the Series3′s aforementioned ad skipping coexists with TiVo’s own plans to sell ads through it’s DVRs.
Costly, Sure, but It’s Nirvana for TiVo Fans – NY Times, September 21, 2006
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What’s going to happen when everyone skips ads? Product placements galore?
I don’t mind paying the unit price for something like this, even if it’s a lot. It’s the monthly fee that really gets to me.