Hi Andrew
I have been reasonably impressed with the TiVo. I'd give it an 8 out of 10.
The 8 points are all for the ease of recording, playback, timeslip, etc. It's just so easy to pick a show from Now Playing when you want to watch a recording. Being able to watch the start of a show while recording the end of the show is really useful. Picking shows to record from the Program Guide is terrific and much easier to do than a VCR. The quality of the recordings are also very good
There are a couple of downsides:
My TiVo won't change the channels on my STB (Teac DVB300) so at the moment I can't program the TiVo to record using different channels. I was just unlucky here and hopefully I will be able to capture my STB IR codes for use with the TiVo.
When the action is fast moving and the camera is panning quickly there is some pixellation but I think this might be an issue with all Digital recorders using compression/decompression.
A couple of times my wife has wanted to watch the recording in another room in the house - oops sorry dear you can't do that.
Overall though I wouldn't go back to a VCR. By the way the help I have received from this forum and the OzTiVo mailing has been fantastic.
How are you going with your TiVo?
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