I Messed Up!

I see a few on ebay for less than that and a couple on amazon for about $100 more.

 

It sounds to me like you avoided dealing with a shady character. No mess up.

 

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I think you did a good thing passing on that deal

 

Its a matter of opinion i guess but i do not think the TiVo HD is ugly at all.

 

The real beauty of any machine is that which it does, especially if what it does is done superbly.

 

I agree 100% - if the biggest problem someone has with any electronic gadget is that they don't like the way it looks then I think they should consider themselves lucky.

Thanks,

 

me either..I think the Series 3 is ugly

 

I have one of each. Just went and checked them out to see what all the fuss is about. The only time I ever look at them is when I dust (not that often). Yeah they're different, but neither is ugly or pretty. They're just boxes sitting on a shelf where I never look.

 

I watch my HD TV using the TiVo, not looking at the TiVo, if the TiVo was a work of art and did not record my TV programs with great reliability I would dump TiVo in a second, I guess some people like the neon lights that some desktop computers now have on the front panel and side window, I like to pay for function not looks, if you can get both great, but I not going to not use a TiVo because i do not like its looks. (until this thread i never gave it a thought, and the 20 or so friends i help install a TiVo for never talked about the TiVo look)

 

I was thinking of electronics, that output to a TV picture (I do care about) or speaker sound (I also care about), but i do not care about the shape of my speakers behind a grill cloth or the looks of a TiVo on a shelf. A car, home, clothes you purchase are a different matter, if I thought all things were just functional and looks did not matter I would sell my wife's diamond ring and purchase a glass replacement, would do the job (especially if I wanted to end my marriage).

 

I solved the problem of all those "ugly" components. I covered the glass doors on my cabinet with auto window tint. Still can see displays in the dark and remotes work fine. $120 Tivo HD from Sears clerance looks pretty darn good to me, behind tinted glass or not...

 

Either way it looks just fine. There's nothing wrong with the way the THD looks. However, I do like my S3 better... only because it shows what SPs are recording without the need to turn on the TV.

 

In the past, components had lots of buttons, knobs, and switches (the more the merrier). The "new" look appears to be much more minimalist. I don't find myself paying attention to the looks, but to the function, as lessd mentioned. My latest computer is plain black, and it does all I want it to do. The only time I look at it is when I need to get a DVD in or out.

I understand that some will like one appearance over the other, but performance-wise, I don't see anything in my S3 to make it more desirable than my HD.

 

I sold my S3s and replaced them with THDs. I wouldn't buy a S3 even if it costs less than a THD.