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09-13-2006, 01:11 PM
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What ONE feature makes you want a Series 3 TiVo
What is the number 1 reason you bought (or are considering buying) a S3? Also, please don't thread-crap. If you're not getting one or waiting because it won't do MRV, is too expensive, etc. etc. please refrain from posting in this thread. What's the numero uno thing for you? Keep it positive.
Don't list number 2, 3, etc. Just focus on the very top feature or aspect of the Series 3 that you're excited about.
Here's mine: Playback smoothness
OK, that's probably a crappy description. I've got a Motorola DCT6412 (and two TiVos of course). With the Moto you're never sure if it got the command. Sometimes it responds quickly to a pause or FF command. Sometimes it doesn't respond at all -- which really sucks trying to FF in a football game and you zoom past the next plays at 4X.
My Tivos by contrast give me so much control. The comfortable feel of the remote and the button placements... the ease of popping the 30 second skip button a time or two and the replay button once. My TiVos respond instantly. It's the difference between driving a great big Ford Crown Vic where the big boxxy car floats all overr the road and driving a Ferarri.
OK, that's mine. What's yours. REMEMBER - ONE THING - THE TOP ITEM PLEASE - FOCUS.
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09-13-2006, 01:13 PM
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Super Moderator
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Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
Dan
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09-13-2006, 01:14 PM
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Fish. Butt.
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Originally Posted by Dan203
Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
Dan
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Ditto...
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09-13-2006, 01:15 PM
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Location: Minnetonka, MN
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Haven't gone HD yet, because my S1 & S2 tivo's wouldn't record HD.
My S3 will.
Ding!
Chris M.
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09-13-2006, 01:15 PM
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Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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native output
I'd go nuts if they supported control via automation systems.
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09-13-2006, 01:19 PM
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More hair, less 30lb
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It's not a Comcast moto 3412... 
Seriously, I can't wait to get back into a TiVo, esp one with moe than 12 hours of recording time.
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09-13-2006, 01:19 PM
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Location: Tampa, FL
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Record HD cable with TiVo
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How good can it be, if it isn't HD?
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Engadget HD
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09-13-2006, 01:23 PM
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Reed & Juliet's CPA
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Location: Cumming, Georgia
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Originally Posted by Dan203
Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
Dan
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+1 as well
For now, this will only be recording HD (so I won't be too upset if I can only get 1 CC to work). I am still keeping my Series 2 for the brunt of the recording.
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09-13-2006, 01:23 PM
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REcording HD cable on 2 tuners!
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09-13-2006, 01:23 PM
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Reliable HD recording. My Comcast 3412 is so flaky that I can't trust it to record important things. I actually have my Series2 in the bedroom recording all of our important series as a backup, because the 3412 has screwed us too many times. That alone makes the S3 worth it in my mind. The rest is icing on the cake.
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09-13-2006, 01:26 PM
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Location: Laredo, Texas
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Any HD recording; Moxis are scarce in my Charter market (and I hear nothing but horror stories about them anyway).
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09-13-2006, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan203
Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
Dan
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same
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09-13-2006, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RickStrobel
What is the number 1 reason you bought (or are considering buying) a S3?
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Freedom of choice in program sources. Today I have choice between comcast and RCN, and Verizon FIOS will make three; I also get decent OTA digital reception. I can switch providers without needing to change out the DVR.
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09-13-2006, 01:36 PM
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Do'h! HD recording of course. What about HD recording do you like? There are other HD recorders out there like the crappy Moto from my cable company.
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09-13-2006, 01:39 PM
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The Question
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Storage expandability
(yes, I know the S3 doesn't have it right now, but I'm confident that it will soon be available...and even out of the box it has more storage than my Comcast 3412)
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09-13-2006, 01:40 PM
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Location: WI
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Originally Posted by quango
Any HD recording; Moxis are scarce in my Charter market (and I hear nothing but horror stories about them anyway).
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To replace Charter's Moxi....called to have it replaced because it's slow as a snail...plus recording two HD shows at the same time is iffy at best. Was told they have no more, even as replacements for defective units. Ordered 2 cable cards with no questions.
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09-13-2006, 01:41 PM
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Omega Consumer
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Reliable recording of OTA HD.
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09-13-2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by RickStrobel
Do'h! HD recording of course. What about HD recording do you like? There are other HD recorders out there like the crappy Moto from my cable company.
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The difference in picture quality between HD and my S2 TiVos is night and day for me. And this year the majority of programming is going to HD, so the more HD I can get the better. My crappy Moxi only holds 12 hours of HD, so right now I have to pick and choose what I record in HD. With a couple of S3s I'll have some breathing room and be able to record everything in HD.
Dan
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09-13-2006, 01:42 PM
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We have chickens!
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Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
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09-13-2006, 01:49 PM
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HD recording with TiVo's superior interface.
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09-13-2006, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan203
Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
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+1
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09-13-2006, 02:01 PM
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Receive and record OTA HD (my TV doesn't have an internal tuner).
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09-13-2006, 02:19 PM
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No one's gonna say the remote?
Seriously, I fail to see how anyones answer wouldn't include some combination of "HD" and "TiVo".
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09-13-2006, 02:47 PM
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Recording HD, period.
Of course I love the TiVo interface but if there was a cheaper (and decent - not that Sony thing I've read horror stories about) way to let me record OTA HD signals, I'd take it.
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09-13-2006, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan203
Easy.... Recording HD using TiVo interface.
Dan
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For me as well though I will add:
To be able to upgrade the unit for larger capacity. I absolutely HATE how small the drive is in my Motorola. 2 Nice 2.5 hour HD recordings and the capacity is 75%+ full.
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09-13-2006, 02:55 PM
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light-up remote
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No one's gonna say the remote?
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the light up remote will work great when i am watching skinemax in the dark.
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09-13-2006, 03:00 PM
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1 of The Curs'd 200
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Some combination of HD and Tivo
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09-13-2006, 03:08 PM
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Dual live buffers.
It was hard going from the UI on the DirecTivo to the one on the Comcast/Motorola 6412, but not as hard as giving up dual live buffers. I would have gone back to DirecTV and the HR20, but DirecTV misread its user desires and omitted it for some inexplicable reason.
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09-13-2006, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
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HDTV plain and simple - now I can finally use one. My S2 will take care of my networking needs (TTG etc).
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09-13-2006, 03:14 PM
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Location: Vienna, VA
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Dual tuner HD recording. Helps iron out the messy timeslots.
And the interface. 
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