Comments on: How About A Lightweight Series 3 TiVo?

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:17:56 +0000

OK, it is back.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:17:17 +0000

That’s how I noticed it - going to TiVoBlog.com that *was* the first post, now *this* is the first post again.

Try logging out of the software and flushing the cookies for the site, then hitting it - then you’ll see it like an outsider.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:17:16 +0000

Sorry…for some reason it got marked as “private” you should be able to get it now :). Thanks for letting me know…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:15:36 +0000

Seriously? It works for me….is anybody else having this problem? Trying going to tivoblog.com do you it should be the first post there… strange!

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:05:45 +0000

If I follow that link I get:
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Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn’t here. Try searching for what you are looking for or browse the archive.
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I think you hid it.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:52:52 +0000

Right here…I don’t think it ever went down.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:48:24 +0000

Weird, where did your Series2DT post go? It was up just a little while ago.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:03:20 +0000

Unfortunately, as much as a Series 3 might intrigue me, I won’t touch it with their new pricing policy. Lightweight version or not.

What about the new pricing plan don’t you like? You can still get a TiVo for $12.95 ($6.95 multiple units)/month. The only difference that I’m not crazy about is the inability to get a lifetime subscription which I haven’t taken advantage of anyways.

By: Mark V

Mark V — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:28:31 +0000

Unfortunately, as much as a Series 3 might intrigue me, I won’t touch it with their new pricing policy. Lightweight version or not.

By: TiVoBlog | Unofficial TiVo News, Information and Commentary » Blog Archive » Series 2 TiVo With Dual Tuner And Built In Ethernet!

Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:02:41 +0000

[...] PosiCat: They may just continue selling it… [...]

By: PosiCat

PosiCat — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:32:31 +0000

They may just continue selling it along side the Series 2, which does most of what people need. Just because they come out with a new Series, doesn’t mean they need to automatically discontinue the old one. They complement each other fairly well.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:46:59 +0000

It’s likely they will release something different than the current Series 2 for the low-end market. Next year they won’t be permitted to sell OTA analog tuners, so at the very least the current model will have to remove that. Also the new Taiwanese model (TGC) seems to have slightly different hardware including an ethernet jack, so it’s possible that platform could be reused in some way.

Producing a dual-tuner device without the assistance of the cable folks (CableCARD or on their network) is folks with a cable or satellite box would need TWO to make it work. It could be possible to split analog cable or OTA (would have to be ATSC) amongst two tuners though. Someone smarter than me can let us know if that’s possible.