I'm struggling to find the words to describe the dismay I am feeling about my hunk of junk Tivo.

I have had (and am still using) a series 1 for many years and it for the most part works perfectly.

However I just cant use my Series 3 reliably.

If ever the power fails or I have to reboot it, it won't start and I have to leave it off for 24 hours before it will recover.

Going to some menu items causes it to lock intermittently then of course I can't reboot.

And now the video has started breaking up, and of course rebooting it has caused it to not restart.

If I knew of an equivalent or better alternative I would run over the thing in my car.

Ringing support is like talking to children, who never call back or actually offer anything useful (like a fix or a new one).

I have been through all the signal strength garbage with no effect, I can alter the displayed signal strength from 98+ down to nearly nothing and it makes no difference. It's not too weak, It's not too strong all my other stuff works with it except the Tivo.

I feel completely ripped off.

Rohan