No, No, No, No
Tivo just works – period.
It really is one of those things you have to use to
fully
appreciate. No PC solution will come close.
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What annoyes me the most with TiVo is that most of the people do some hack on it to
be able
to use it the way it suits them like HDD upgrade, network connection, using
it
on analogue port of ADSL line etc. In all those cases you are breaking the
warranty and TiVo doesn't want to support it, so
you
are basically in the same level like with any PC solution where you rely on
support from friends, forums, usergroups
etc.
You don’t have to hack it, just use it out of the
box
and it works. The hacks are to increase capacity or just to tinker. You
don’t alter the basic functionality or performance of the box in
anyway
Then, with TiVo, if you cannot fix it, or
make it work, you lose your £200 subscription (if you went to that option,
but
most people ultimately will because it's cheaper). Also, you lose your box
because you cannot use it for anything else (maybe recover
HDD).
Whats going to go wrong, disk trashes
- get a new disk
–
The subscription is with the Motherboard. I’ve heard many tales of
TiVo honouring the warranty
even
after HD upgrades.
Don