Comments on: My little Hughes HR10-250 Tivo HDTV vs. Microsoft’s Media Center Edition Review (scroll down to the review if you want to skip the history)

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:23:00 +0000

Hi all,
I had a TiVo series 1, have a TiVo series 2, AND have an HR10-250 with DirecTV, AND I was hoping to buy a new Series 3 TiVo until I read that it is only for cable. I *love* TiVo– no question about it that the ergonomics and usefulness are tops. I think the HR10-250 is WAY underpowered. Sometimes when I click to record something, I have to wait 3 minutes until the “Please Wait” icon disappears. As for the picture, it’s great, but not as good as OTA HD,directly to my Sony KDP-57XBR2, an older projection TV. I was planning to buy the new TiVo for the better quality, but do not plan to go to cable. Anyway, I don’t know about the MMC, but can tell you that the TiVo leaves little to be desired….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:29:00 +0000

With regards to Satellite vs. digital cable, my friend has digital cable, and on his 43 inch widescreen TV the clarity is horrible. And I’m not just being picky, all of my housemates noticed that the reception was worse than on my 57 inch TV with satellite hookup. I was interested in the cable option for a while because of Video on Demand, but after checking out both, I don’t think its worth the loss of clarity.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 01:50:00 +0000

drop direcTV for cable? sure, if you like getting jacked for an extra $10-15 a month in taxes and fees, plus fewer channels. and having most of your channels actually being analog. i could go on…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:07:00 +0000

http://dealdatabase.com/forum/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:05:00 +0000

Annon, You should give TiVo a try. I think you will really love it.

www.tivoblog.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Aug 2004 09:44:00 +0000

I’ve never played with a Tivo, but I’m curious about it. However, I really LOVE my MCE box! Coolest thing I’ve ever purchased. I too bought the HP box, but in hindsight I should have gone with Dell – better expandability.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 20:12:00 +0000

tivocommunity.com is GREAT.

Also, for someone (which I can appreciate) that seems to be a gadget freak, check out http://www.harmonyremote.com – this remote will get you from 4–>1 and you will love it (high WAF as well).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 08:22:00 +0000

Better yet, drop DirectTV and get reg. cable...

Alex Raiano
http://www.tivoblog.com

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 07:38:00 +0000

Actually, the DirecTV/ TiVo boxes have disabled USB ports (for now). you cannot use them to connect to the net to do the dial out like you can the standalone series 2 TiVo boxes. Believe me, this is a sore spot for me too, as I am paying to have a land line for the sheer purpose of dialing out for the daily call. Granted, you don’t *need* to have it connected to the phone jack (you’ll just start getting a nag screen – all the guide data is actually pulled through the sat anyways), but those nag screens annoy me personally. others can live with them no problem. Hopefully an update in the near future will “unlock” those USB ports and I can drop my land line altogether.