http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/ Engadget Comments for TiVo planning a new "Premiere" DVR? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
With 4 buffers please!]]>Dec 30th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
I want not a series 4 but a TiVo that does not demand I subscribe (eh-hem) pay to record stuff.]]>Dec 31st 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
And I want people like you wake up and realize that you pay to record with any DVR. Cable and Sat companies cram hidden fees all over the place to pay to record just like TiVo does. TiVo may be a bit pricy, but the experience it provides over some POS cable company DVR more than makes up for it.

For example, with Time Warner I would have to add on 8 dollars for the box, plus another 8 dollars for DVR functionlity, per month. 16 dollars vs the, what, 12 a month from TiVo. The difference is with TiVo you have to also buy the box, but I'll still choose TiVo any day.]]>Dec 31st 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
I do not pay anything to record with my windows 7 media center pc... sure it has a high upfront cost, if you don't already own a computer (which you probably do, as you're on engadget), but its so much better than any standalone dvr ever could be...]]>Dec 31st 2009 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
You pay to keep the PC on 24/7. Looking at my power bills, each Linux server I leave on costs me over $10 a month in electricity. Took me a while to figure out why my bills jumped up so high. ]]>Dec 31st 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Some times I like to fall asleep to the TV and if I have to start a new show every time the next one goes off it can prevent falling asleep.]]>Dec 31st 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Tivo will play all episodes in a folder by pressing play when the folder is selected. This is not an arbitrary playlist b/c typically only the same series is in the same folder, but it can play multiple episodes back to back.]]>Dec 31st 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Better "playlist management" is more of an issue for video jukeboxes where you might have an entire series on disk and want to proceed through it as if you were watching it episode by episode on regular TV.]]>Dec 31st 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=438541&page=2]]>Dec 30th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
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CableCard, the technology, wasn't really that much of a failure. It's more the FCC upholding the requirements of CableCard that they admit to failing. Like for instance, you can't get PPV with a CableCard box. Or the fact that most CableCard installers are complete idiots simply because they haven't been trained properly.

I on the other hand had a great experience with my CableCard installation simply because installers weren't involved. I picked up 2 cards from Comcast, called them up to activate and pair with my 2 ATI DCTs, and it just worked.]]>Dec 30th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
This is the direction that the industry should have been originally pushed into: something where a cable box looks like a sort of modem that can be controlled by TVs, computers and other home electronics devices.]]>Dec 30th 2009 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/hooray]]>Dec 30th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Lopsided boobs.]]>Dec 30th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
The rumour was it was just the software; but perhaps something new and shiny is coming our way?]]>Dec 30th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/This is true and is the first thing I thought. But I can't imagine VirginMedia using CableCard (Whatever that is)]]>Dec 30th 2009 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
It's far from a rumour: http://investors.virginmedia.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=205406&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1359213&highlight=]]>Dec 31st 2009 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/However, they are in really in competition with the cable DVRs (not really Media Center, sorry Ben) and those are even more abysmal, so there really isn't any pressure to upgrade.]]>Dec 30th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Recall that the current TiVo is around a Broadcom SoC from early 2007. Newer, faster SoCs have since replaced the part that TiVo used in its design. A newer SoC could double the performance of the TiVo to support more compelling user interface features (i.e. HD) and superior network throughput.

The Moxi uses one of these newer SoCs its design to support a HD UI and multi-room streaming.]]>Dec 30th 2009 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
http://www.rcn.com/j/tivo]]>Dec 30th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/That is why I finally broomed DirecTV. WTF happened to the "agreement" they announced a while back? I thought that meant a new DirecTV/Tivo box was in the works???]]>Dec 31st 2009 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/I wish I could broom DirecTv. Unfortunately I'm so thoroughly invested in the Sunday ticket package (something I only use four months out of the year) and I so hate Time Warner that it leaves me little alternative other than Dish, and I don't find that package compelling. Either my patience will be rewarded or punished- hopefully Tivo and DTV will decide it's the former with something special that doesn't cost me a future child.
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As a Series3 owner who puts things in a nice wood stand, it's SUCH a pain having to yank the thing out so that installers can get to the slot. They fixed it on the HD, and now they're going back? Come on!

Love my Series3, love my cards, but it's a pain in the ass location. I had to have Cox come out 3 times in a year to deal with cable issues (mostly their fault, but there were booster issues because I was living in the boonies and 100+ feet from the drop), and every time I had to yank my box out of my stand so they had "easy access".

Yes please to the Series4! Even if they are looking forward to the new "gateway" structure, that's way too far off to wait. ]]>Dec 30th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 30th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
My Samsung cable boxes have no S-Video ports on them and they use a Broadcom chip. Maybe Tivo is using that particular one. I think it's more like a cost reduced Series 3 with some enhanced hardware. The top cover might have a gazillion holes on it to deal with ventilation. Thats what most digital cable boxes use and it works fine for keeping them cool and quiet. ]]>Dec 31st 2009 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
No monthly fee is required to use TiVo. You can pay extra upfront to eliminate all future fees. Many TiVo users do that.

As far as viewing habits, all viewing information is collected and reported anonymously as per the TiVo user agreement. The only information tied to your viewer data is a zip code. Furthermore, TiVo allows you to call and "opt out" to halt all data collection.

Many cable and satellite DVRs collect and report similar viewing information through the coax and/or network connection, and not all offer the same level of privacy that TiVo does. I'm not aware of any cable or satellite provider that allows you to call and "opt out" of data collection.]]>Dec 31st 2009 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Yes you do. You can buy it and set it on fire if you want.

As for the box itself, if this thing has the same bugs the THD STILL has after years on the market, then I am reluctant to touch it.

Feel free to fix the analog tuning glitch any day now, Tivo. It's only been, what, a year. Way to be on your game.]]>Dec 31st 2009 5:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/
Tivo HD didn't have one either. This is nothing new. ]]>Dec 31st 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Dec 31st 2009 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/tivo-planning-a-new-premiere-dvr/Jan 4th 2010 8:05AM