Unlike everyone else commenting here, i actually OWN this unit--Premiere XL. I like it very much. I upgraded from a Series 3 HDXL. This one lets you record 2 HD shows at once, and watch a third, allowing the normal pause, rewind etc on the third. I love the unit partly because of Cablecard. No more rat's nest of wires, no separate tuner, snappy and reliable channel-changing. The backplane/processor is finally fast enough to manage a terrabyte of video without a laggy interface--unlike my Series 2 DT that I'd upgraded.to 320GB. For all of the folks suggesting WiFi, consider transferring 10 gigabytes (2 hour s of HD) over CSMA WiFi. WiFi is slow and unreliable, particularly when transferring to other wireless clients/TiVos. Run a wire. I'm happy not to have to have paid for an integrated WiFi Adapter that I wouldn't use. I like the new 30second skip function--makes it trivial to skip commercials. I like the back lit remote with an improved button layout (select in the middle of the directional rocker). The online scheduling & ToDo list is vastly improved over what I saw with my HDXL. The bottom line is that TIVO is still the best DVR on the market by a wide margin, and this TiVo is the best one yet. They've jacked up the processing power to enable them to 'evolve' the feature set with far more flexibility. Tivo has always evolved their feature set over years but they were very limited because older generation of units which were more ASIC driven--with very little general-purpose processing power for things like new and evolving web technologies. Maybe a HULU app will show up in the future--maybe even rendering network-attached non-MPG video streams. They're poised with this newest generation of hardware with multi-core general-purpose CPU's. It seems likely. Even if they don't this is still the best-of-breed DVR. Sell your old one on eBay. You'll get good money for it if it has a lifetime subscription. .
@karlfife 802.11n would allow instant multi-room HD streaming, rather than copying the ENTIRE show from one Tivo to another which is ludicrous and far from instant.
Not everyone wants to run CAT5 all over their house.
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Unlike everyone else commenting here, i actually OWN this unit--Premiere XL. I like it very much. I upgraded from a Series 3 HDXL. This one lets you record 2 HD shows at once, and watch a third, allowing the normal pause, rewind etc on the third. I love the unit partly because of Cablecard. No more rat's nest of wires, no separate tuner, snappy and reliable channel-changing. The backplane/processor is finally fast enough to manage a terrabyte of video without a laggy interface--unlike my Series 2 DT that I'd upgraded.to 320GB. For all of the folks suggesting WiFi, consider transferring 10 gigabytes (2 hour s of HD) over CSMA WiFi. WiFi is slow and unreliable, particularly when transferring to other wireless clients/TiVos. Run a wire. I'm happy not to have to have paid for an integrated WiFi Adapter that I wouldn't use. I like the new 30second skip function--makes it trivial to skip commercials. I like the back lit remote with an improved button layout (select in the middle of the directional rocker). The online scheduling & ToDo list is vastly improved over what I saw with my HDXL. The bottom line is that TIVO is still the best DVR on the market by a wide margin, and this TiVo is the best one yet. They've jacked up the processing power to enable them to 'evolve' the feature set with far more flexibility. Tivo has always evolved their feature set over years but they were very limited because older generation of units which were more ASIC driven--with very little general-purpose processing power for things like new and evolving web technologies. Maybe a HULU app will show up in the future--maybe even rendering network-attached non-MPG video streams. They're poised with this newest generation of hardware with multi-core general-purpose CPU's. It seems likely. Even if they don't this is still the best-of-breed DVR. Sell your old one on eBay. You'll get good money for it if it has a lifetime subscription. .
@karlfife 802.11n would allow instant multi-room HD streaming, rather than copying the ENTIRE show from one Tivo to another which is ludicrous and far from instant.
Not everyone wants to run CAT5 all over their house.