I'm planning on buying a widescreen tv (Samsung HLR5678W it looks like) that will allow HD. I have a TiVo S2 standalone. Comcast San Francisco tells me that I'll need a new cable box and that I can choose between a 2000, a 5100, and a 6412 by going down to the cable store and swapping out my existing motorola digital box.
Anyone have any experience with any of these boxes? The comcast rep indicated that the serial port is enabled (but I've been told things by comcast in the past that turned out not to be the case) so that shouldn't pose a problem. They aslso said that they had s-video, which would be a step up from the rca cables.
I think the 6412 is a DVR as well - any problems using that for recording HD and using my TiVo for regular non-HD recording?
Thoughts on what I should expect for picture quality from the TiVo on the big tv?
Anything I'm missing that I should be considering?
Thanks.
Ron
Anyone have any experience with any of these boxes? The comcast rep indicated that the serial port is enabled (but I've been told things by comcast in the past that turned out not to be the case) so that shouldn't pose a problem. They aslso said that they had s-video, which would be a step up from the rca cables.
I think the 6412 is a DVR as well - any problems using that for recording HD and using my TiVo for regular non-HD recording?
Thoughts on what I should expect for picture quality from the TiVo on the big tv?
Anything I'm missing that I should be considering?
Thanks.
Ron