The difference between COX's DVR UI and a TiVo is night and day...a decent analogy would be the difference between Windows 3.1 and Windows XP. I'm not kidding. Everyone I know who has used both believes the COX DVR is almost not worth using. The only reason they do is the number of additional HD channels. If you don't have HD, there's no advantage at all.

As previously mentioned, the "expiration" flag has never been set deliberately. And to my knowledge, TiVo has never caved to the networks on any content restrictions or rights management.

Wow. Just wow.

I've always hated Cox for their horrible support and some of their programming practices, such as moving channels to their Digital service to encourage basic customers to switch (and thus spend more) and, of course, their two-cable system they took FOREVER to resolve in Fairfax County, Virginia.

But this could make me switch. It really could. Digital cable, with many more HD channels...with my beloved TiVo interface? I'll wait until it's available, but when it is...ooh baby!

We'll see. The devil is often in the details.

I find it astounding that people are freaking out over THREE laptops catching on fire. THREE. How many Dell laptops are out there? A few MILLION? It's not like every dell on earth is exploding. THREE. C'mon, people, let's be reasonable here. Dell has issued a recall, issued a recall a year ago, and contacted all of their customers (we were one) to tell them about it. They're taking the proper steps, but even if they weren't recalling these batteries, it's THREE OF THEM. You shouldn't be freaked out about your laptop!

And Engadget, much as I love you guys, are only fanning the panic. With such comments in your last article as "Dell execs knew and did NOTHING!" when they did issue a recall, and the story you linked to, even YOU said you couldn't verify the source.

Sure, it's a blog, but can we get a tiny bit of journalistic standards here?

"Hardware has never been Tivo's plan, it was also the service side of things." This is the case. TiVo has always been positioning itself to provide VOD and PVR interfaces for content distributors (cable companies and satellite TV companies).

Return this for an E70? Can an E70 run Remote Desktop? Don't think so.

Company preordered ours a couple weeks ago, should get them tomorrow. Going to synch 'em up with EAS and see if they can do the job of our Blackberries.

Lack of AUK2 DirectPush stinks, but it's "in the works" (I know, they always say that), and until then, unlimited SMS for $15 a month is an adequate business solution.

J, can I have your old Tivos? :)

I'm currently running an HR10-250 hacked up to 800GB, and love the combination of HD and TiVo. The TiVo interface is just a compelling in my TV watching.