I wish earlier models included an Emmy symbol the year TiVo was awarded one. Even if you can't read the OLED display from across the room, you can still tell from a glance (on a unit not in Standby mode) whether what's recording on a tuner is a scheduled recording of yours or not (Suggestions are not named on the OLED scheduled recordings are).Ĥ. I almost bought the wrong kind because they haven't learned that the 'e' stands for 'external'.)ģ. (BTW, I hate that people selling cables try to sell 'internal eSATA cables'. I did determine that one splitter was blocking some frequencies and had to ditch it.Ģ. My TWC really wanted the TiVo to be the only thing connected to the wall, but could tell from my setup that that simply was not feasible. Also, CableCards seem to be really picky about how many splitters there are in the cable. The $300 price point is the magic number and when it comes in watch out because these will start flying on the shelves.ġ. THX: I don't have a home theater (working on that but gotta be a little more frugal now) so I wouldn't worry about it. You can't see it half the time and its so small its tough to read from across the room.Ĥ. I wish the OLED wasn't even there and I had $50 back. Then you get yourself a $50 enclosure and $300 1 TB drive and your rocking for approximately the same price.ģ. Tivo Series 3 have an eSATA connection that can be enabled through a backdoor code (see h p?t=350510 on how to do so).

So when they come out make sure they try to flash the cards before they leave HQ and know someone on the other side that knows how to provision.Ģ. The problems are in two places: one - firmware upgrades can take FOREVER, it literally took my 3 days to update the Cablecards, two: provisioning the TWC head-end folks have not quited figured this out yet and it took the guy talking to a friend to get the cards provisioned correctly.

None of this is Tivo's fault as much as its lack of understanding on the cable company side. It just took for times for TimeWarner to actually get cable going. Make sure when you talk to the provider that they ALWAYS bring 2 Cablecards. I just purchased my Tivo Series 3 (the wife and I are Tivo nuts and we just bought an HDTV so it was required) and here's my notes so far.ġ.

Mediaportal 2 cablecard