Another former Tivo customer chooses SA

[Sean]

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A machine from Scientific-Atlanta, in Time Warner Cable trials in my
area, lets you record two channels simultaneously and watch the
recordings on any TV in the house.

....

But TiVo's multi-room capability is limited -- your home needs a
computer network, you need to own two boxes and you must transfer a
show from one machine to another via the network first.

My experience with the Explorer 8300 was my first exposure to the joys
of digital video recording, and with my irregular work schedule I soon
decided I didn't want to live without it.

As soon as the trial period was over, I was on the phone with Time
Warner Cable, adding the box to my monthly bill.

http/www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/18/review_dvrs_can_be_used_all_around_house/

 

[Guest]

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Tisk tisk...

Glitches occasionally showed on my recordings as partially pixelated images
but typically disappeared in a moment and were no more than minor
annoyances.

TiVo, which has a devoted following, still has some advantages. It has
better search capabilities
for finding programs, you can schedule recordings over the Internet and
you can transfer programs
to your computer to take on the road.

PLUS a TiVo can do HDTV, and this thing can't....

All above are absolute deal breakers for me.

Plus I'd never go cable over DTV, so as far as I'm concerned it's a
non-product.

Sean wrote:

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>As soon as the trial period was over, I was on the phone with Time
>Warner Cable, adding the box to my monthly bill.
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Ric Seyler

 

[Guest]

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"Sean" <none> wrote in message
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>
> My experience with the Explorer 8300 was my first exposure to the joys
> of digital video recording, and with my irregular work schedule I soon
> decided I didn't want to live without it.

So what he's saying is that he's never used a Tivo. Yet he is comparing them
as if he has.

Ken

 

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"Sean" <none> wrote in message
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>A machine from Scientific-Atlanta, in Time Warner Cable trials in my
> area, lets you record two channels simultaneously and watch the
> recordings on any TV in the house.
>
> ...
>
> But TiVo's multi-room capability is limited -- your home needs a
> computer network, you need to own two boxes and you must transfer a
> show from one machine to another via the network first.

Call it what you want but with the SA unit you need set-top boxes on any TV
you wish to watch a program on. This amounts to the same thing as a network.
The one advantage I see is that you can stream the video over the cable
(network) rather than having to batch copy from one machine to another. Plus
with 2 Tivo boxes you could simulate the same setup and that is record 2
different programs while watching 2 other programs on separate TVs in the
house. So other than the streaming video I don't see significant
advantages.

TC