TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder
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Manufacturer: TiVoBrand: TiVo
Edition: Electronics
Model: TCD648250B
Color: Black
Publisher: TiVo
Studio: TiVo
Music Label: TiVo
Product features:
- The world's first THX-certified DVR, delivers the highest-quality home theater AV experience
- 300 hour recording capacity, twice as much as most cable alternatives; 25-35 hours of HD
- Easily connect to your home network with built-in Ethernet and USB ports
- Record 2 live digital cable channels at once, while watching a pre-recorded show
- TiVo service subscription required
- AmazonBasics Ultra-High-Speed HDMI Cable Braided (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics 3RCA Component Video Cable (6 Feet)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Braided Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (6.5 Feet/2.0 Meters)[Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel][OLD MODEL]
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Customer Review: Expensive but worth having.
Summary: 5 Stars
Like others who purchased the Series 3 TiVo. I also had problems with the cable company (Everest) being somewhat ignorant about cable cards. The cable company supplied my cards over the counter and I installed them myself. The cable card setup was easy. As instructed in the on screen setup, for each cable card I called in to my cable company to have the card authorized. Before I was able to receive my decoded digital and premium channels, I received two calls back from Everest to repeat and verify the four ID numbers of each card (2 numbers on the card itself & the 2 internal numbers that appear on the TV screen). After that Everest got the cards fully authorized and the cable cards were decoding properly by allowing my digital and premium channels to pass through.
A week later, one cable card went bad (not allowing my digital and premium channels to pass through). I took the card back and received another one. But unlike the first two cards this one was not in a plastic protective sleeve with a form to record all 4 ID numbers on. I requested the form and went home and installed the card. This new card was also defective. I spent most of the evening working with Everest trying to get the card up and running. Everest decided to send out a technician the next day.
The technician arrived at my house and he personally called in and verified all of the card numbers but he was still not able to get my TiVo up and running. Without any troubleshooting the technician swore that everything was fine with the cable card and that the problem was with my TiVo. He said I should have purchased one of their DVRs and then he would have been able to help me because it is their product. After he left I was not satisfied with his service call.
I remembered from all of the customer reviews that I read about the series 3 TiVo. The problem was consistently with the cable company and not the TiVo. I pulled the card out of TiVo and personally returned it requesting a brand new one. The new one that Everest handed me was in a plastic protective sleeve with a form to record all 4 ID numbers on. I took it home and installed the new card. I called in the new ID numbers and in 30 minutes Everest had me authorized and the new cable card was decoding properly (allowing my digital and premium channels to pass through).
Do not let the cable technician mislead you. If you are not getting your digital and/or premium channels the problem is not with your TiVo. The problem is with the cable card not decoding properly.
FYI: The cable card's purpose is to block digital and premium channels. With the cable company's authorization the cards are allowed to decode your digital and premium channels and allow them to pass through to you.
Just remember the problem is not with your TiVo. The problem is with a defective cable card or that the cable card is not authorized properly by the cable company.
After the cable card nightmare, I have been totally enjoying the Series 3 TiVo. I would not want to have a TV without it. With all of the recorded programs in my "Now Playing" list there is always something that I really want to watch. I no longer have to just settle for what ever I can find on live TV. With TiVo my TV viewing is now much more productive instead of being just nothing more than a time waster. In conjunction with the Thumbs Up and the Thumbs Down that I have placed on each program that I have viewed the "TiVo Suggestions" now knows what kind of programs that I like. I now just use the "TiVo Suggestions" to select what I would like to record. Because of the Series 3 TiVo, the picture Quality has improved so much. I feel that it is so good that I can put off buying an HDTV for a long time. I'll just wait until HDTV prices are much more reasonable.
Buy the Series 3 TiVo instead of the Series 2 TiVo because the Series 3 has 300 hours recording time. You will soon fill up the 300 hours recording time.
Description of TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder
World's first thx -certified digital video recorder delivers high-quality home theater a/v experience with 300-hour recording capacity easily connects to home network with built-in ethernet & usb ports records 2 live digital cable channels at once while user watches a pre-recorded show finds & records shows by title actor sports team or keyword schedules recordings anywhere from the web includes remoteDigital Cameras and Photo Categories
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