Interested in seeing what your Series 3 TiVo will look like when you bring it home from the store? Too late, we've been asked to remove the photos. Here's an old photo from CES to hold you over. It's like this, but being unboxed...
Tivo Series 3 Unboxed
Reader Comments
(Page 2)22. A shame that TIVO dropped lifetime subscriptions (from the consumer perspective, that is)--this pricing is getting to be a bit, perhaps, insane?
Posted at 9:45PM on Aug 31st 2006 by Mike
23. Does it have component input?
Posted at 11:26PM on Aug 31st 2006 by ??
24. For people with Comcast, this is NOT the box that you'll be renting from Comcast. Tivo will be putting their software on a Motorola cable box. There might be a Tivo brand on it, but it won't be a Tivo box.
Posted at 11:42PM on Aug 31st 2006 by pedro
25. I still love my old ReplayTV... that auto commercial advance feature ROCKS! it's: "we'll be right back after these messages - welcome back to..." BAM! No searching for the remote... no fumbling for buttons. It's sooooo nice that I can live without HDTV ... you have to experience it to appreciate it fully.
Posted at 11:48PM on Aug 31st 2006 by Gary
26. i love my ReplayTV with automatic commercial advance. You have to experience it to appreciate it... no searching for the remote... fumbling with buttons... No seeing the commercials in fast-forward. It's just "We'll be back after these messages Welcome back.."
Posted at 12:02AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Gary
27. CRTC Bring Tivo into the CANADIAN Market
I want to use this SEXY TIVO but cant because its not in the Canadian Market :(
Posted at 1:01AM on Sep 1st 2006 by CRTC Bring Tivo into the CANADIAN Market
28. Can't wait to see how AV streams between 2 of these babies! We need a review bad.
Posted at 1:03AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Nate Thelen
29. Comcast won't be distributing this box. They will be sending the TiVO software to your existing Comcast DVR.
Posted at 1:19AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Nate
30. OTA HD would be sweet if I didn't live in the damn mountains. I am at the mercy of my cable company. Oh well, at least the view is nice ;)
Posted at 1:26AM on Sep 1st 2006 by GameJerk
31. As far as the firewire cable not being there, I work at Time Warner and we have a few models availible with firewire just in case someone asks for it. We have no requirement to provide them on every box.
In anycase, this is TIVO, not Comcast or any other cable company.
Posted at 2:21AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Jon
32. Very nice... but way to expensive. I would jump on this for maybe up to $500 - but for now they have priced their unit off my must have list. Plus the monthly charge. I'll stick with my old Pioneer Tivo. No sale.
Posted at 8:26AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Tom Turow
33. I'd have to agree that I can't see the demand for an $800 device + subscription fees that does little more than the $12/month Motorola/Comcast device does. Granted, that device isn't the greatest, but also can't see many people willing to drop an extra *grand* to upgrade to the Tivo system.
34. It's very much a shame they dropped the lifetime pass. Thankfully I got mine but I won't be buying anymore and paying a monthly charge.
I agree TIVO drop that price some as well on 3 and bring back the lifetime.
Posted at 10:00AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Jason
35. the insane thing about this isn't (just) the $800 price. It's the monthly fees - which not only includes the Tivo fee, but 2 x the cablecard fee from your local cable provider ($3 in my case). $12.95 + $6 per month on top of $800? AND it's not even cablecard 2.0 (meaning no VOD channels)? NO THANKS.
-yo
Posted at 10:16AM on Sep 1st 2006 by yo
36. What speed is the ethernet port? OMG, it has an ethernet port!!!!
Posted at 10:35AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Kracko
37. Aw c'mon - no pics INSIDE? I want to know how we can go about hacking it. No doubt it will require a socketed PROM mod but what else have they done? Pop that drive out and let a few folks have a go at it to see what makes it tick. What's the software look like once fired up and runnnig? What version? what new features? Pics of the hardware are nice but they pretty much confirm what I've been seeing and hearing for months now. Need to see somethnig that makes me want to give up my DTV SD box....
Posted at 11:08AM on Sep 1st 2006 by BLKMGK
38. Angel Martin: Great it's finially here! Tivo should consider a better price point for current tivo customers. HD content is still limited, and should give an incentive it's loyal customers to upgrade!
Posted at 11:52AM on Sep 1st 2006 by Angel M. Rodriguez
39. Ooh, an external storage connection. What kind of drives can it handle, and how big? And does anyone know if the optical audio out will handle Dolby Digital?
Posted at 12:21PM on Sep 1st 2006 by London
40. www.mythtv.org
100 times better and have been watching/recording HD via OTA and from my cable company via firewire for over a year now!
Once Tivo ditched their lifetime subscriptions they lost me as a customer.
Posted at 12:40PM on Sep 1st 2006 by I ditched my tivo
21. #11 I am right with you. OTA rocks, screw the cable company and DTV. HD OTA for free is the best way. All the other junk will either be for sale on iTunes or delivered over ITVN.
Posted at 8:58PM on Aug 31st 2006 by n0pa