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Summary: Will change your life!
Review: I agree with all of the glowing reviews here on Amazon. This product has changed my television watching habits forever. Having only owned this model for a few weeks, I am already amazed at the change--now I can watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it and I never have to deal with programming a VCR again--in fact, I unhooked my VCR from my system!
Amendment to this review: 8/29/01
My Tivo automatically downloaded and installed its newest software, making a great product even better, if you can imagine. My favorite new feature is the ability to have your Tivo search out and record pograms by a very sophisticated set of search criteria. Amazing!!!!
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Summary: Tivo: Get One !!!
Review: I have had my Tivo for 6 months and it's the single best electronic improvement to enter my home - ever. Easy program selection, fast scanning and dedicated, professional customer support staff that will answer your questions and solve your problems. If you have a digital video signal (such as DirecTv) and a Dolby sound system, you'll love it even more. You'll never use your VCR again (except for old movies you just can't find anywhere else but the local video store).
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Summary: A must have!
Review: I got my Phillips TIVO last week and now I couldn't live without. The only disapointment is that "30 hours" of recording time is only 30 hours if you can accept low quality recordings. For high quality recordings the limit is a mere 7 hours. Still, it's an excellent service.
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Summary: It is just simply amazing
Review: I can now record all the good childrens programs and ignore the bad ones. There is a lot good programs, splintered on many different channels, but with the TiVo I don't have to care. It does all the recording for me at any time. And I can skip the commercials, so that the kids don't have to see it.
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Summary: Can't live without it!
Review: Just wanted to put in my two cents about the reviews here that mention poor picture quality. I read these reviews before I bought the unit and insisted that I be able to see it in action before buying it. I found that the poor picture quality seems to only come through when the signal is sent through the TV tuner (channel 3 or 4). Using the direct line in to the TV produced a clear, sharp picture. I feel this is important to keep in mind for videophiles like me who want to get our money's worth out of the video products we buy.The Tivo concept is great. Now that the unit has learned my preferences, I can't wait to get home from work each evening to see what it's recorded for me. I find myself watching less and less live TV since Tivo has recorded the shows I want to watch. I have both cable and DSS, so there's lots to choose from. It's nice not to have to weed through it all.
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Summary: Tivo 30 hr unit
Review: I found Tivo to be everything I had hoped for. I have cable and Dish Network and the picture is perfect as far as I can see. It takes about 4 hrs todo the complete setup. But it is well worth it. It has changed the way I watch tv. I now only watch what I have told Tivo to record. I hardly ever watch live tv. The tech support you get if you have any problems is great. The feature I like the best are the season pass which is when you tell Tivo to record a show anytime it is showing. I also like the pause button when I do watch live tv. I find Tivo to be the best video toy I have bought to date. I bought the 30 hr Tivo. I will never be able to watch everything that it records. I do not surf the channels anymore and I never have to watch any commicials anymore. It has a lot of additional features but I would typing here forever. I found Tivo to be worth much more than I paid for it.
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Summary: This is the best product I've ever bought !!!!
Review: Rarely does a product completely change the way you do something in your life, this one did. I watch what I want, when I want and if I need to stop for some reason I do, knowing that I can easily resume later. It completely lives up to its hype, its amazingly easy to use (we never even opened the manual), and I can't imagine living without it. We work a lot, and thus being able to pick exactly what programming we want to watch and when is pretty great. In 15 years of VCR ownership, I was rarely able to record a show correctly, I've never messed it up with Tivo, press one button and it does the rest, automatically, week after week, its that easy!!!
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Summary: Great Idea, Still Needs Work.
Review: Here are thee shortcomings as I have seen them over the past year with TiVo: 1) It is very sensitive to power surges or little brown-outs. When the lights blink off in the house, the TiVo tends to lock up, and this 'frozen state' can only be reversed by unplugging it for a few secs and then plugging it back in and waiting for it to cycle through its start-up menu (2 mins). 2) "Pause", which is by far the coolest thing about TiVo for me (like "pizza guy knocks, don't want to miss this next play"), is pretty time-limited. After 30 mins of pause, it starts playing again. Once it starts playing again, you cannot get all the way back to where you paused it. 3) "Record" is nice, but nowhere near 30 hours at any resolution you could stand to watch. Even at the best resolution, the picture is seriously degraded from the original. 4) I'm getting a little tired of the $9.95 per month. I know I agreed to it, but it really seems a little too much, considering I paid for the hardware and the menu (which is what the $9.95 is supposed to be for) is no better than what my digital cable provider or DSS system provides. Overall, I like it, but it should be improved before getting 5 stars from anyone.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Five stars - this thing is the best. You'll find yourself watching more TV but spending less time doing it. Very easy to use and does its job perfectly.
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Summary: inferior "live" tv picture quality
Review: After connecting the Tivo system and waiting the three hours for the download I was so very dissapointed. Watching live tv through the tivo system produces a less than perfect picture. In essence, the system is always recording the signal on the hard drive so that one can pause, rewind, etc. Therefore, one is not watching "LIVE" tv but rather a recorded signal. I own a sony wega tv and the live tv signal through the tivo was terrible. Grainy, less than sharp, almost like a vcr recording. I am returning the system and will hope that the future brings to us a perfected system.
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