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Post by dkennedy on Sept 16, 2008 13:04:13 GMT -5
Well, I just couldn't pass up a good deal from ebay. I found a TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder for $250 and I took the plunge. Now comes the real money...paying Tivo $399 + NY State Tax = $430.92 for lifetime service or paying one of the Tivo sellers on ebay just $349 for lifetime service.
One thing is for sure...these Tivo's with lifetime service sell well on ebay...which means...after this experiment...if I move to Satellite, I have a market for my Tivo.
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Post by Skaggs on Sept 16, 2008 14:35:22 GMT -5
Have you contacted TWC yet to have them come install the cable cards?
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Post by hurnik on Sept 16, 2008 16:55:07 GMT -5
I think for the extra $50 you would've been better off with the TivoHD instead of the Series3.
But that's just me. I seem to remember that in addition to having to pay for TWO S-cards, there was something else that the S3 wouldn't do that the HD would (or maybe handled more elegantly)?
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Post by Skaggs on Sept 17, 2008 5:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by dkennedy on Sept 17, 2008 6:47:25 GMT -5
I think the Tivo HD XL will be my next purchase. The reason I took the plunge on the discontinued series 3 was because of the larger hard drive 250 vs 160, the OLED screen, the glow remote and the ability to add unsupported esata storage without hacks.
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Post by dkennedy on Sept 17, 2008 6:48:52 GMT -5
Have you contacted TWC yet to have them come install the cable cards? Not yet. I want to wait until I receive the unit and hook it up with lifetime and experiment with esata before engaging the TWC. |
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Post by dkennedy on Oct 14, 2008 18:32:32 GMT -5
Ok. TWC tech installed two CableCards (multi-stream) on my Tivo. Everything went ok (better than I expected). I get all the HD channels and digitals except for channel 210 Military channel. Did that one go over to the dark side (SDV)?
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Post by Skaggs on Oct 15, 2008 5:35:16 GMT -5
Ok. TWC tech installed two CableCards (multi-stream) on my Tivo. Everything went ok (better than I expected). I get all the HD channels and digitals except for channel 210 Military channel. Did that one go over to the dark side (SDV)? You don't need the multi-stream cards, the single-stream will work. But, as long as they have them working, you are good. TWC doesn't charge extra for the M-cards. The Military Channel on 210 is NOT using SDV. I just checked in the diagnostic menu. Also, a complete list of SDV channels is available here. |
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