The HDTV Dilemma:
Pay for TiVo's Recorder
Or Settle for Cable's?Walter Mossberg
December 28, 2006
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.
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Topic - The HDTV Dilemma - clarkjohnsen 11:34:33 12/29/06 (10)
- Cable DVR horror story... - rditmars 15:23:10 12/29/06 (2)
- Maybe a local EAS test? - johnvb 16:29:43 12/29/06 (1)
- Yikes! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:07:31 12/30/06 (0)
- No dilemma - there's nothing to record. - Victor Khomenko 11:52:41 12/29/06 (6)
- YMMV, but that buggy whip attitude toward HD technology makes you look a bit like crotchety ol' Andy Rooney! - Audiophilander 23:33:42 12/29/06 (0)
- No, but there's no telling either, with him. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:52:18 12/29/06 (4)
- Just the opposite - he is completely predictable. - Victor Khomenko 15:54:12 12/30/06 (3)
- You are more correct than me. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:51:52 01/01/07 (1)
- Rhetorically speaking, maybe, but how is that difficult when your hero has a batting average... - Audiophilander 20:51:46 01/01/07 (0)
- Only on certain topics which require a proper defense. - Audiophilander 22:16:01 12/30/06 (0)