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Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - M A V I C - 08-26-2010
TiVos never appealed to me. Why spend $$ on a box, then either a $$$ for a lifetime subscription, or $$ as a monthly fee, other than the HD no upgrade options, can't do much else...
My custom built media PC is still chugging along just fine. Before too long I'll upgrade it and put a dual HD tuner in ($80) and it'll do HD. I'll probably upgrade the OS at some point too. But for now, it plays TV, DVDs, my media library, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu...
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - pinion - 08-26-2010
MAVIC: Because people don't want to mess about with an HTPC. They want a box that does it for them that they can put on their Best buy card.
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - graylocks - 08-26-2010
pinion wrote:
MAVIC: Because people don't want to mess about with an HTPC. They want a box that does it for them that they can put on their Best buy card.
What pinion said - except i bought mine from Amazon.
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - M A V I C - 08-26-2010
graylocks wrote:
[quote=pinion]
MAVIC: Because people don't want to mess about with an HTPC. They want a box that does it for them that they can put on their Best buy card.
What pinion said - except i bought mine from Amazon.
I was trying to explain my own thought process.
I understand people love to blow money
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - pinion - 08-26-2010
MAVIC: Also, you're interface on your HTPC isn't anywhere as nice as TiVo's.
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - M A V I C - 08-26-2010
pinion wrote:
MAVIC: Also, you're interface on your HTPC isn't anywhere as nice as TiVo's.
I disagree. Friends have TiVos, so I've seen the interface quite a bit.
Here's a couple screenshots for comparison:
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - colonel panic - 08-26-2010
M A V I C wrote:
TiVos never appealed to me. Why spend $$ on a box, then either a $$$ for a lifetime subscription, or $$ as a monthly fee, other than the HD no upgrade options, can't do much else...
My custom built media PC is still chugging along just fine. Before too long I'll upgrade it and put a dual HD tuner in ($80) and it'll do HD. I'll probably upgrade the OS at some point too. But for now, it plays TV, DVDs, my media library, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu...
It's all about ease of use. I have a two TiVos and a Mac Mini (that I use as a HTPC). My wife loves the TiVos and hates the the Mini HTPC for the simple reason that it is cumbersome and not elegant like the TiVo. Eventually everyone will catch up with the TiVo, but right now nothing comes close.
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - Bill in NC - 08-26-2010
Love my TivoHD for OTA.
Cable company DVRs are $20/month here.
Lent a friend an old Series 2 so they could dump both their cable DVRs (one non-DVR digital cable box is included in the monthly nut)
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - pinion - 08-26-2010
MAVIC: Thanks for the screenshots but I've actually navigated both those and in my opinion TiVo wins. Of course, that's just my opinion
Re: TiVo - Circling the Drain? - M A V I C - 08-26-2010
colonel panic wrote:
[quote=M A V I C]
TiVos never appealed to me. Why spend $$ on a box, then either a $$$ for a lifetime subscription, or $$ as a monthly fee, other than the HD no upgrade options, can't do much else...
My custom built media PC is still chugging along just fine. Before too long I'll upgrade it and put a dual HD tuner in ($80) and it'll do HD. I'll probably upgrade the OS at some point too. But for now, it plays TV, DVDs, my media library, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu...
It's all about ease of use. I have a two TiVos and a Mac Mini (that I use as a HTPC). My wife loves the TiVos and hates the the Mini HTPC for the simple reason that it is cumbersome and not elegant like the TiVo. Eventually everyone will catch up with the TiVo, but right now nothing comes close.
My wife has no problem with the MCE interface. I can understand why Mini would cause problems.
The TiVo interface is gimmicky, looks like it was designed by a Photoshop newbie...