08-26-2010, 08:02 PM
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...