I'm want to buy three Lifetime Tivos on eBay

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I have a Lifetime Series 3 (with OLED), unmodified (stock HD), for sale too. Haven't put it up on ebay yet.

It's in great condition, I never had any problems with it. I just upgraded to a Premiere a month or so ago.

Contact me if interested!

 

I agree... I just switched from original S3 to Premiere and the Premiere with HD is faster than the S3 running SD.

One reason I waited to upgrade to the Premiere was complaints about the HDUI but they seemed to go away with the latest UI update.

I'm quite happy with the HDUI speed.

 

Keep in mind, we have a forum dedicated to buying and selling Tivos.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&f=68

Let's not turn this thread into a free for all.

 

Your net connection might have something to do with that snappy HDUI performance. I've read that if the network connection is slow or flakey the HDUI lags waiting for the content from the network.

(Which seems like a bad design to me; why not load instantly and fill in the downloaded crap if and when it arrives? But a fast stable net connection would mask that kind of design limitation)

 

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So the HDUI is a no go unless you have a network setup?

 

Effectively yes. You need a network connection either wifi or Ethernet for the HDUI to work as designed. You can use the SDUI on the Premier without a network connection just as with the S3 models.

 

I have a home network and my S2s and S3 and various computers can see each other on it with the cable modem turned off or disconnected from the router.

To be nitpicky about it, the HDUI is a no-go without an Internet connection.

You could probably hook it straight to a cable or DSL modem's Ethernet jack, possibly needing a crossover cable to do so, if nothing else in the house needs internet access, although since you're here that's probably not the case.

But that's the deal with the HDUI, it has to be talking to TiVo's servers all the time.

Which puts you at the mercy of TiVo not ever having server problems.

 

Not necessarily. If lifetime was purchased for that TiVo using MSD that TiVo doesn't qualify for MSD on other TiVos.

Since my original LT is a Series 2 I know to be very careful with it.