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BlackBetty
10-19-2008, 09:21 PM
way too dead here.
true298
10-19-2008, 09:52 PM
I am and it's working great. Shocking, I know. It's been a month with no problems..
briandigital
10-19-2008, 10:27 PM
Yup. And it's still buggy. I'll post if it ever gets better. Or if I get bitten by a bigger bug.
brytrinque
10-20-2008, 06:59 AM
I'm having no problems at all with it.. Comcast even had a survey company call the other day to see how they could make it better.. It is now very comparable to my DirecTiVo series 2 I had a few years back
dtynd888
10-20-2008, 10:15 AM
It has none of the cool features of the TIVO

You can't network it.

Can't transfer shows between units

Can't show Pics or MP3s

All the fun stuff is gone... its just a DVR with the TIVO guy... I had mine for 15 min then returned it....

Shame it was 2 bucks cheaper!
dtynd888
10-20-2008, 10:35 AM
It has none of the cool features of the TIVO

You can't network it.

Can't transfer shows between units

Can't show Pics or MP3s

All the fun stuff is gone... its just a DVR with the TIVO guy... I had mine for 15 min then returned it....

Shame it was 2 bucks cheaper!

NO MOVIES AS WELL
true298
10-20-2008, 02:03 PM
um ya but it's better than the comcast DVR. I never used any of the other TIVO features anyway...
gostan
10-21-2008, 09:26 AM
um ya but it's better than the comcast DVR. I never used any of the other TIVO features anyway...Why is it better? I have a Series 3 and a TivoHD and just added a Comcast DVR for the wife. I am not really sure how the Comast/Tivo DVR is better than a Comcast DVR?
brytrinque
10-21-2008, 10:39 AM
Why is it better? I have a Series 3 and a TivoHD and just added a Comcast DVR for the wife. I am not really sure how the Comast/Tivo DVR is better than a Comcast DVR?

Cleaner Guide, Search feature, Wishlist, Season Pass Manager, ability to change between tuners easily, suggestions
BlackBetty
10-21-2008, 12:22 PM
Cleaner Guide, Search feature, Wishlist, Season Pass Manager, ability to change between tuners easily, suggestions

:up::up:
miricle
10-23-2008, 08:43 PM
way too dead here.

I'm still using it. Not too bad. I still need to reboot the box every few weeks, but can't complain too much. I'm just planning on holding on to this box until Tivo releases series 4 or whatever their tru2way Tivo will be called. I don't want to purchase a TivoHD (I have 2 series 2 boxes with lifetime) because I would probably only do lifetime service unless I get a second HD TV.

Other than needing to reboot, my only real bug I keep running into is the fact that if you pad a wish-list recording, it wants to cancel everything on the second tuner which overlaps the entire length of the wishlist recording.
Naugahide
10-27-2008, 10:34 PM
I suspect most of us have gotten rid of comcast tivo and don't have a need to poll this forum very much. I just came back to see if much had changed, and it seems that it has not.

NO MOVIES AS WELLTrue, kinda sorta. You can access all your premium channels, but you can't access Comcast On-Demand via a TiVo box, but many of us don't care about it (most of its content is second rate) and many are happy with amazon unbox, and others are keeping a comcast digital box just for using comcast on-demand.
NCARalph
10-31-2008, 08:22 AM
Our real Tivo box should be here next week, and Comcast can try to foist their piece of junk off onto someone else. It's failed too many times for my wife to put up with it an instant longer.

In addition to it's ability to actually work, a real Tivo can access Amazon now and Netflix by the end of the year.