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Summary: Pray you get one that works Part 2. The nightmare continues
Review: Well no sooner did I post my original review, I found my Replacement TIVO waiting at the UPS office.
I took it home, hooked it up, set it up, and lo and behold... They sent me another one that does not work. This time the thing makes a horrible noise and the picture freezes up. It skips parts of the program it records and seems to get worse the longer you attempt to watch a recording. Looks like I will be doing another 2 hours on the phone. If you buy a TIVO you are nuts, this is a true peice of junk.
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Summary: A TiVo Fan
Review: When I first got my TiVo I didn't know what to expect from it, I've read many review stating that it has changed that persons life. I though that those people were just TiVo sales people hyping up what looked to be just a VCR on steroids. But when I started up my TiVo and got the 299.99 service lifetime fee I notice right away that TiVo would make a major difference in my life. Instead of rushing home to watch a show I could take my time knowing that TiVo had everything covered. Plus the feature that allows you to pause rewind and fast forward is worth the fee itself, imagine skipping through any irritating TV commercials or the boring parts of baseball and basketball games, or how about rewinding and using slow motion to watch that NASCAR crash again and again, or that dunk over and over. Imagine never missing your favorite shows and having quality entertainment in your TiVo 24 hours a day. All you have to do is watch it before it gets deleted for space. (Space is the one drawback, if I knew how many shows I would want to record I would have gotten the 80 hour TiVo)It is the greatest thing out there and is so simplistic anyone could use it. The thing that separates this DVR from all the others are the Season Pass Manager(It records an entire season of episodes such as all of Friends, Survivor, or The Daily Show), The constant service updates that makes sure the show gets recorded even if the TV schedule changes, The View by Actor/ or Actress Feature, and once again the simplicity of the TiVo separates all the poorly made dvr's out there. If you are thinking of buying a dvr don't make a mistake and buy something other than TiVo. The only bad thing about the box is that there is a small delay when you change channels, and the 299.99 lifetime service fee or 12.95 monthly service fee may seem way too much but after you start using it you'll see that it is worth it. PS. The remote control in my opinion is like the frosting on the cake. It is very easy to use after the small learning curve.
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