HD TiVo Series 3 @ CES

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HD TiVo Series 3 @ CES

MegaZone has news and pictures of the new TiVo Series 3 at CES! From his post it sounds like what a lot of people have been waiting for TiVo to deliver.

The biggest features are that Series 3 will have dual tuners and be CableCARD and HDTV ready! The dual tuner thing should be qualified though, because it will actually have 6(!) tuners. It will have 2 cable tuners, 2 ATSC tuners (for high def over the air) and 2 regular old NTSC tuners. But it will only be able to record two programs at once, according to a sign at the booth (warning 900k picture).

Other improvements include an SATA hard drive connection to add external storage, a display on the front that shows what's recording and a backlit remote. While it will still record in MPEG-2, the Series 3 will also be able to play back MPEG-4 video.

It should be available later on this year. Take a look at MegaZone's full post and his pictures (coral cache) for the full story.

by George Hotelling January 5, 2006 in TiVo

Comments

Are there any estimates of the retial price when it is released?

Posted by: Jeff at Jan 5, 2006 5:21:41 PM

Yes, yes, yes! This was the only thing I was hoping to see from CES. Now we just have to wait until "mid-to-late 2006". It seems so far away :-(

Posted by: Chris at Jan 5, 2006 8:04:56 PM

No pricing info as of yet.

Posted by: MegaZone at Jan 5, 2006 8:14:49 PM

I hope it's not too much...I would like to be able to sell my current set on eBay in order to buy the new one. Should be interesting to see how this develops.

Posted by: Michael at Jan 5, 2006 8:27:34 PM

Rumor is that it will be $500-800.

Posted by: me at Jan 5, 2006 9:00:11 PM

I'm confused about the dual CABLEcard. Can it record from one or do I have to rent 2 in order to record two things at once. It sounds bad ass ,but wish it records in mpeg4.. Oh well, at least they added SATA.

Posted by: Robert at Jan 5, 2006 9:14:15 PM

Hooray. I've delayed buying an HDTV until an HD TiVo came out. It won't be long now.

Posted by: Charles at Jan 5, 2006 9:43:12 PM

Recording MPEG4 in real time is not likely, but playing downloaded shows would be nice.
I expect lots of people will pull HR off-air and only need/use one cable card.

Posted by: John Woodell at Jan 5, 2006 10:17:11 PM

Does anyone know if comcast supports cablecard yet?

Posted by: matt at Jan 5, 2006 10:58:11 PM

Yes, Comcast does - ALL US digital cable providers do, it is an FCC mandate.

Posted by: MegaZone at Jan 6, 2006 1:18:40 AM

To "me": I'm confused about the dual CABLEcard. Can it record from one or do I have to rent 2 in order to record two things at once. It sounds bad ass ,but wish it records in mpeg4.. Oh well, at least they added SATA.

If your cableco only offers 1.0 cablecards, then yes, you'll need two to get dual signals. The 2.0 cards, however, can go dual on a single card.

Posted by: Joe at Jan 6, 2006 8:04:18 AM

I guess us satellite users can just sit on a tack. There are no S-Video or even composite imputs on this box nor is there serial control or IR blaster support.

Not that being a satellite user (Dish Network) I could use the dual tuner features (would need two satellite recievers) or of coruse the CableCARD but it would be nice to buy a Series3 because it would be more future proof, like maybe if Dish miraculously became CableCARD compible in a few years) or I switched to a different provider (less likely)

One of the things I REALLY love about my Stand Alone Series2 is that it's provider independent, and that it works with satellite, analog or digital cable, whatever I've got.

Posted by: Robert Aitchison at Jan 6, 2006 8:23:17 AM

But dose it support WPA, users have demanded it for ages and tivo just ignores it.

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Posted by: Sterling at Jan 6, 2006 8:42:49 AM

Does anyone know how many full HD hours "up to 300 hours" means?

Posted by: Lynn at Jan 6, 2006 9:39:01 AM

About Time! I almost gave up on TiVO and HD... too bad it's all cable / OTA centered, seems like they've declared war against the DBS providers... i'm not sure how i'll like it w/o being able to use my DISH.

The box looks nice, but I think it's a big mistake not recording to MPEG4, file sizes for HD MPEG2 are HUGE... at least they thought ahead with the ESATA connection, that leaves hope for a RAID type ESATA Box giving us the possibility for TB external storage...

Good idea being able to *hopefully* playback MPEG4 content from computers (and hopefully MPEG2 TS files) that might be the only smart move / advantage in this series 3 unit. I know I now download more HD-like Divx and Xvid content than I record and watch SD on my current Series 2 Tivos... (my network media player has almost replaced my old S2 tivos, hey it plays 16:9, high def well)... we'll see...

Posted by: Angelo at Jan 6, 2006 11:00:12 AM

The box unit still encodes analog content as MPEG2, like the current units, but it supports playback of advanced codecs such as MPEG4 AVC/H.264. This will open up the possibilities of broadband content using more efficient codecs, including HD downloads.

Posted by: kbennett at Jan 6, 2006 11:49:12 AM

I have to say, I'm very excited about this new series of TiVo's. I'd love to see Comcast renting this out, too; but only if they don't go and cripple it as to not work with TiVo ToGo or other networking features.

Any ideas if the USB has 2.0 drivers this go 'round? Is the ethernet jack full speed (100Mbps)? I'm asking since the series 2 TiVo's had USB 2.0 jacks but only USB 1.1 drivers.

Also, will this have WPA encryption support for those who want to go wireless but don't want to compromise their existing networks?

Posted by: Jason Coleman at Jan 6, 2006 11:57:14 AM

Recording MPEG4 in real time is not likely,...

So who can explain to me why recording mpeg4 in real-time seems to be so darn difficult for television content, when the latest crop of HD Camcorders seems to be able to do it just fine?

Posted by: Randle at Jan 6, 2006 1:53:53 PM

Is it forseen that this will be the box that Comcast will offer for rent through its agreement with TIVO?

Posted by: Scott G at Jan 6, 2006 2:37:43 PM

No, the agreement with Comcast deals with TiVo porting its software over to Comcast's existing cable DVRs (Motorola, at first, IIRC, and late SA).

However I suppose in future it's possible the agreement might be expanded to include some kind of deal with the Series 3. But for now the only deal TiVo has with Comcast is with the existing cable set top boxes.

AFAIK, that is.

Posted by: no name at Jan 6, 2006 4:37:41 PM

THIS is our salvation over the horizon since DirecTV is determined to rid itself of pesky customers by dumping TiVo.

I'd even go to Comcast to use this puppy if it's as promised.

My worry is Comcast WILL figure out a way to screw it up. Just because they have to support CableCard doesn't mean they have to do it with sane pricing. What if they say EACH CableCard is an extra $20 a month + $20 for HD (total $60-$80 extra for two cards in this TiVo) or somesuch but you can still get the craptastic Motorola DVR for an extra $10 a month?

Posted by: Mike Easter at Jan 6, 2006 6:09:47 PM

"My worry is Comcast WILL figure out a way to screw it up. Just because they have to support CableCard doesn't mean they have to do it with sane pricing. What if they say EACH CableCard is an extra $20 a month + $20 for HD (total $60-$80 extra for two cards in this TiVo) or somesuch but you can still get the craptastic Motorola DVR for an extra $10 a month?"
That would be illegal as per US gov regulations

Posted by: Wendell at Jan 6, 2006 7:49:40 PM

I thought that comcast doesn't charge for the cablecard.

http://www.comcast.com/Support/Corp1/FAQ/FaqDetail_2651.html

Posted by: Rolander at Jan 7, 2006 9:32:35 AM

To the "Why no mpeg4 recording" question.

If the video is coming into the box as an mpeg2 stream, it would be difficult to transcode it to mpeg4, where on a camcorder, the data is coming in as a raw stream (or at least less complex/compressed than mpeg2) and compressed on the fly to mpeg4.

Its sort of like how coverting an mp3 to aac is waaaay slower than aif or wav to aac.

Posted by: Pete at Jan 7, 2006 10:42:06 AM

Yes, but can we hack it?

Posted by: TiVoBug at Jan 7, 2006 1:45:29 PM

When recording analog signals the Tivo will encode them in mpeg2.

When recording digital signals it will record the bits as they are encoded and sent by the digital provider. Thus the support for the many playback file formats.

Posted by: wardude at Jan 7, 2006 2:13:55 PM

If this thing costs more than $800 then what is the point - you can get the new Windows Vista HTPC with an HD cable tuner that supports CableCard and have a full-fledged PC for a similar price and no monthly fee. I love the TiVo interface as much as anyone but TiVo faces so much competition now not just from cable/sat companies but also from HTPCs as the price of PC hardware has dropped.

Posted by: wayner at Jan 8, 2006 9:39:00 AM

I hope the transfer of shows will work between series 2 and series 3!

Posted by: Jeff at Jan 8, 2006 10:58:09 PM

Where did you pull that number from wardude? Tivo says pricing hasn't been set yet.

Posted by: kbennett at Jan 9, 2006 12:20:51 PM

Based on the current price of hardware I think that as a stand alone: Buy it and its yours this will be around $500. But most of these and all Tivo will be moving to a cell phone model. Free Hardware (or free after rebate), and you pay a monthly fee. I recently cancelled my Tivo and they contacted me (to get me to come back), and the rep told me about there upcoming service model. I think you can find some info on it online. Its not really a secret.

Posted by: Wendell at Jan 9, 2006 12:23:48 PM

I am very happy to see that Tivo is sticking with HDMI and also added a external SATA connector. I hope some one makes a external RAID drive device that does RAID-5 or what ever raid. Doing software raid does tax any computer device. I don't know why Tivo is sticking with MPEG-2 I don't know if they did not have a MPEG-4 encodeing / decodeing chipset to stick in the box. It is just funny they are willing to do MPEG-4 decode but not encode. Anyway I don't like the lack of a RJ-45 connector on the back of the unit. There seems to be a Ethernet plug connector on the back. That makes me ask the question "so do I have to buy a Ethernet RJ-45 to what ever that plug is dongle?". If Tivo does not support WPA on there USB Wifi dongle. You can always buy a WET54G 802.11G to 802.3 bridge. That way you can have a secure WPA network butn not have to deal with Tivo's lack of support for WPA with there device. The other Advantage of this is it works just like a 802.11 device would but it talk 802.3 ethernet via a RJ-45 cable.

Posted by: mmiller at Jan 9, 2006 3:12:07 PM

I did not see the MPEG-4 reply I have a question for you sir. Would you not put it pas t Comcast to start switching some channels to MPEG-4 so they could bran more channels into there current channel lineup. Not that I think Comcast would spend the money to upgrade there MPEG-2 channel encoding equipment to MPEG-4. The one reason I would like to have a Tivo that could encode MPEG-4 is what if a DBS providor starts to support CableCard. Think about it no box for there users to buy they just get a dish and a CableCard. Work a deal out with Sony or 3rd party company to make decoder boxes but use the CableCard standards to provide access to your content.

Posted by: mmiller at Jan 9, 2006 3:19:04 PM

SO there is really NO WAY a satillite user can use this thing? Talk about the big screw-job for us rural Tivotees that can't get cable! I guess it's back to the VCR....

Posted by: bluemike at Jan 9, 2006 4:28:51 PM

Complain to DirecTV and Dish about the lack of TiVo on satellite. It's out of TiVo's hands.

The Series 3 box is for cable and OTA only; there is no point in TiVo adding extra cost and complexity to a box that is not intended for the satellite market. Sorry, guys, but non-integrated DVR boxes don't make sense with satellite from a business perspective; too small a market. TiVo has to chose its battles wisely and can't afford to make the Series 3 box any more expensive than it is going to be, all to mollify a handful of users who might want to use this thing to control a satellite box.

Satellite users still have the Series 2 box if they want to use TiVo.

Also if TiVo wins its patent suit against Dish, don't be surprised if you do see new TiVo deals with both Dish and DirecTV.

Don't panic.

Posted by: Don't Panic! at Jan 9, 2006 7:20:21 PM

mmiller - That is an RJ-45 10/100baseT Ethernet port on the back.

And DBS providers *can't* support CableCARD, even if they wanted to. CableCARD is just the access card, the physical tuner is in the the device. DBS tuners are completely different form QAM digital cable tuners.

Well, I guess DBS could adopt CableCARD as their access card - but you'd still need a different receiver. CableCARD devices, like the Series3, do not have DBS tuners.

Posted by: MegaZone at Jan 10, 2006 12:01:03 AM

Don't Panic! - You are correct sir. I only looked at Series3-back-1.JPG. If you look at Series3-back-[2-3].JPG or Series3-back-closeup-1.JPG you see that it is a RJ-45 jack. Anyway thanks for making that clear.

As far as the DBS providers supporting CableCARD they could will they who knows. I did know the DBS tuners and the CATV tuners are diffrent and you could not use the same reciver for both.

My point was if they ever did adopt CableCARD and let 3rd party venders make reciver/DVR/PVR devices for them. That would take some of the over-head/cost they sometimes eat for these devices.

Posted by: mmiller at Jan 10, 2006 2:19:09 PM

If they're going to add a telephone jack I certainly hope they add support for Caller ID

Posted by: vasilemj at Jan 10, 2006 3:07:02 PM

We just put up an interview with TiVo, where they demo the Series 3. Check it out here:

http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/ces-2006-video-tivo-series-3-video-interview-first-look-0108051437/

Posted by: Andru Edwards at Jan 10, 2006 3:19:12 PM

Does any 1 knos anything bout tivo series 3 how much is it goin 2 cost?

Posted by: walter g at Jan 13, 2006 11:27:57 PM

Hmm, I've seen a couple of messages saying that the S3 will still record in MPEG-2 but nothing addressing whether or not they'll record that information in a standard resolution that doesn't need to be transcoded for DVD. Will there still be recording qualities or will it be akin to the DirecTivos where it's one size fit all? I saw a photo of the new version of Tivo Desktop that seems to indicate it will transcode for other devices (PSP, iPod). Does the hardware do it before the transfer or does it transfer and then spend 6 hours transcoding on my box?

Posted by: Gowan at Jan 17, 2006 4:18:13 PM

Multiroom Viewing

Does anybody know, if the Series 3 will be compatible with series 2 Tivos for standard
definition multiroom viewing?

Posted by: GrapeApe at Jan 18, 2006 4:10:51 PM

Tivo could have easily put any kind of HD input on this thing and it would have been usable by satellite users.

How difficult is it to put a component, vga, dvi or hdmi input on it? Just one of those would allow any type of user to get one. They're just limiting themselves to cable.

Posted by: Sid at Jan 21, 2006 9:42:50 AM

Sid,

Word up. This is simply false:

Don't Panic said: "Sorry, guys, but non-integrated DVR boxes don't make sense with satellite from a business perspective; too small a market."

The idea that it's not practical to have separate recording and processing of the video is silly. So there's a decoding of the incoming signal, then you have the signal as it's passed to the HD monitor out of the Tivo. Well, cut out the decoding part, add an HDMI input, and you're there.

"TiVo has to chose its battles wisely and can't afford to make the Series 3 box any more expensive than it is going to be, all to mollify a handful of users who might want to use this thing to control a satellite box."

I think it's more than a handful of users. DirecTV and Dish Network have a pretty large subscriber base. And it's not to "mollify" me: I simply won't buy one of these units if it won't work with DirecTV (and no, I won't switch to cable because of it; I subscribe to DirecTV for the NFL package, which isn't available anywhere else). I'm not going to be grumpy but complain while giving my credit card number. They will lose me as a subscriber. And once I have bought something else, I will be permanently lost.

"Satellite users still have the Series 2 box if they want to use TiVo."

I certainly do. For standard definition. But I want something for HD. Since Tivo won't provide that, I'll buy something else when it's available, whether it's DirecTV's or someone else's.

Posted by: Rick at Jan 25, 2006 1:35:38 PM

Has anyone heard a definitive price yet?

Todd Lokken

Posted by: Todd Lokken at Jan 26, 2006 8:57:56 AM

Tivo should takethis software firm (www.slickscreen.com) over. They make a Tivo-like web browser. It's pretty neat.

Posted by: Tivo Fan at Jan 28, 2006 5:47:55 PM

MPEG4 encoding and DirecTV explanation!!

Encoding from analog or digital (mpeg2) to mpeg4 is VERY processor intensive and I highly doubt this S3 has a processor capable of handling that...therefore when it encodes an analog signal it's doing it into mpeg2. The reason those crappy mpeg4 camcorders can do it is because they're doing it in a very low quality..nothing close to HD..it's closer to webcam quality. Recording an analog signal is the ONLY time the S3 encodes. Any digital signal via OTA or cablecard is NOT encoded, it's copied bit by bit to the hard drive. By supporting mpeg4 playback (decoding), that means a cable operater could switch to mpeg4 streams and the S3 should have no problem recording and playing back the mpeg4 stream....futureproof!

DIRECTV
This S3 box is not for the sattelite guys, it's a cable only box. It would not make sense for Tivo to build an all-in-one box to support every single input on the planet...it would cost the end user $1500+ for a box like that. Hopefully Tivo will come out with a Dish and DirecTV version of that...assuming they can legally do so...they MUST have a dish/directv decoder built into them to record HD via satellite. Because Dish and DirecTV have proprietary DVR's, Tivo would be a competitor and I'm sure the sat execs will do whatever they can to prevent this. Tivo does have an S2 HD Tivo for DirecTV, so you do have an alternative to this new S3 box.

It's the satellite company's fault that Tivo doesn't offer a box for Dish/DirecTV customers. Write your sat company an complain. Encourage them to adobt the cablecard standard which is what they should do. But, because they're greedy bastards, they probably never will. The only reason cable adopted cablecard is because the FCC forced them to. If it weren't for the FCC, cablecard would never have happened. We should be writing the FCC and our gov't representatives to encourage them to force the cablecard standard onto satellite just as they did the cable companies.

I switched from DirecTV to Comcast about a year ago because the HD offering is so much better and the Comcast HD DVR is only $9/month instead of paying $800 (back then) for the HD Tivo...with this new S3 comming out I'll probably never go back to satellite.

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Posted by: c.Lake at Feb 20, 2006 11:52:58 PM

So if I got this series 3 tivo, I wouldn't have buy a hdtv with cablecard slots or built-in hd tuner? Or I wouldn't have to get a digital cable box from comcast, just a cable card. If so I'll definitely be getting this.

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If this thing gets legs, I'll buy it. I have a Sony HDG-HDD250 which is a comparable product (fewer tuners) with TV Guide. Words cannot describe how bad the TV Guide service is and how attrocious the Sony unit performs (slow, buggy and abandoned by Sony).

This TIVO is sorely needed.

Russ

Posted by: Russ at Mar 6, 2006 5:33:34 PM

There is probably some sort of copyright violation under the DMCA or something when it comes to recording HD off of the component or DVI output of a satellite box. The only satellite receiver which permitted this directly out of the box was the Dish Network model 5000 back around 2001. When it first came out it could output HD content on an ATSC modulator which could then be picked up by an HTPC and recorded. Those 5000's were hot items there for awhile until Dish Network changed from QPSK to 8PSK modulation only on the HD channels making them useless for HD. I seem to recall the MPAA threatening legal action if Dish didn't find a way to disable the unencrypted recording capability of the 5000. Also the new HDDVD formats do not allow output of HD content through analog connections so that the content cannot be recorded.

I'm sure SOMEONE will figure out a way to do it though...

Posted by: simulacrum at Mar 10, 2006 10:43:57 PM

If I switch / uprgrade my Series 2 to a Series 3 box, can I "transfer" my service number from my S2 to my S3 box?

Posted by: Bob at Mar 15, 2006 2:22:30 PM

If I switch / uprgrade my Series 2 to a Series 3 box, can I "transfer" my service number from my S2 to my S3 box?

Posted by: Bob at Mar 15, 2006 2:22:31 PM

Excellent news here. With the news of DirecTV of creating their own DVR, I was worried I may be left without my Tivo. I have tried every other DVR under the sun and nothing compares to my TIVO. The only people that like all these other 'generic' DVR's are people who have never used TIVO. Plain and simple.

Posted by: Thanos at Mar 15, 2006 6:18:30 PM

Will this box work with pay per view and video on demand or will I need the cable company's box and this? Comcast is my provider. THANKS!

Posted by: colin at Mar 15, 2006 7:20:40 PM

Will Tivo come out with one of the series 3's with a DVD player in it??

Posted by: james at Mar 22, 2006 12:34:09 PM

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Posted by: a z lyric at Apr 13, 2006 6:36:29 AM

I'm buying a Panasonic HDTV that does not have a CableCard input (or a DVI for that matter) - just HDMI and components (and S-video). Does anybody know if I'll still be able to use the upcoming HD Tivo?

Posted by: Steve at Apr 13, 2006 9:00:18 AM

I wouldn't hesitate to dump my Tivo for a nanosecond. The GLACIAL pace of progress in the company astounds me. NOW we get ethernet? Wireless should be built in. Where's my keyboard support? Oh, and my MOUSE while you're at it. (The peanut is cute, but when I start "cleaning up" my Tivo queue, it's a bit tedious. Why can't I check a box next to each show and then do a bulk delete?)

Their interface is good, but it ain't THAT good.

I've had an HDTV monitor for a year now (DON'T buy a Samsung by the way) and haven't watched much in the way of HD content. Their is a Sony Vaio sitting directly behind the unit which plays back DVD's along with just about any other format you can think of. Also makes a great web browser. I organize files the same way I do on my computer because it IS a computer.

The only missing piece, far as I'm concerned, is how I get that machine to record an HD signal. When that happens, I yank the hard drive out of the Tivo and put it to good use.

Danielsan-->
Breaking up with Tivo isn't THAT hard to do...

Posted by: Danielsan at Apr 15, 2006 11:04:25 AM

It appears as though the big cable companies have a sweet deal with Tivo. They have been losing ground to satellite customers and trying to entice people back to cable. Well, a lot of us won't do it. If there is no way to get HD Tivo with satellite then we'll just live with it. A lot of us are tired of these market manipulations. Sorry to hear it though, we had looked forward to HD tivo with our Directv.

Posted by: LJ at Apr 27, 2006 10:53:26 AM

Anyone know if (or expect that) my lifetime subscription to a Series 2 will be transferrable to the new Series 3? Thanks in advance!

Posted by: Matt Boyd at May 13, 2006 7:27:43 AM

No, the lifetime subscription is limited to the unit it was purchased for.

Posted by: Tivouser at May 18, 2006 5:28:25 AM

That is not true. I moved my lifetime subscription from my Tivo 1 to my Tivo 2 free of charge.

But knowing big business and their change from DTV to Cable only, I bet they'll screw us all.

Posted by: Mike at May 25, 2006 4:40:11 PM

Maybe a stupid question: Since there are
coax inputs, can you hook your satelite reveiver to the Series 3 there?

I personally haven't notice that big an improvement from coax to s-video on my series .

I was considering Dish. I may now stay with cable. :(

Posted by: Fingerlakes at Jun 11, 2006 12:22:55 PM

What about the DirecTV HR10-250 HDTV TiVo? I've seen them at Best Buy this week for $399, and for less on eBay.

I see that TiVo makes no mention of this on their site, and you can sorta see it on DirecTV's (but when you click the order now link suddenly you're looking at the DirecTV DVR.)

I'm just about to pull the trigger on a Sony XBR HDTV, and want to have TiVo with my DirecTV - is there any reason to NOT buy one of these? Is there a gotcha that I'm not seeing?

Bill

Posted by: Bill at Jun 20, 2006 9:28:09 AM

Where's the series 3?!?!?!

Posted by: Tom at Jun 22, 2006 1:04:34 AM

Regarding Bill's question about the DirecTV HR10-250:

Be aware that the HR10-250 cannot receive the new MPEG4-encoded local HD channels. DirecTV has started making HD feeds of ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX available in major metropolitan markets. In order to receive these channels you must have the new H20 receiver (which is not a DVR) or you must wait for the new MPEG4 HD DVR which is supposed to be released this summer.

Posted by: Josh Johnson at Jul 5, 2006 10:25:33 AM

i have the hr10-250...it's true...no local channels in HD unless you live in NYC or LA...unless you buy an over the air HD antenna for 25 bucks like i did...works great...can smell the swamps on nature shows and count every dirty pore on the actors faces on close ups...the same will be true of the series 3 since it too has over the air HD inputs so it may not be my main receiver for my HD TV since i have Directv...but once the new shows start in the fall it will be a VERY well used 2nd receiver that can be part of my tivo home network (the one thing the hr10-250 can NOT do)

Posted by: ratty at Jul 20, 2006 3:43:06 PM

I talked to someone from Directv this past week about when the new HD Tivo would be coming out and she said this fall. We'll see!

Posted by: Steve L at Jul 27, 2006 5:59:18 AM

Will it have WMA or AAC capabilities, not just MP3?

Posted by: Chris at Aug 22, 2006 2:57:23 PM

Series 3 is announced to the world on 9/12 and available for sale on 9/13.

http://www.tivo.com/series3hdDvr.asp

Posted by: Jason at Aug 24, 2006 8:44:51 AM

Where did you come up with the 9/12 and 9/13 dates for the Series 3?

Posted by: Rick at Aug 26, 2006 5:18:19 PM

Ok, here is the skinny, I just got a VIP pre buy option on the series 3. They are $799 and have an option to transfer lifetime from another box for $199. That is right $998 if you want a series 3 with lifetime. And then only if you have another box with lifetime. Seems VERY steep.

Posted by: Derek at Sep 12, 2006 6:39:36 PM

I just read on another blog that Tivo has disabled three of the best features: (1)the one that lets you watch programs recorded on your tivo in the living room on a Tivo in other room (2) the abilitity to transfer shows from your Tivo to your iPod, (3) the ability to plug in an external hard drive to expand your storage space. I'm just amazed they would do this. I've been routing for Tivo for so many years, and it looks like this might be the death of them. So sad. Is this all true?

Posted by: John at Oct 2, 2006 9:16:50 PM

Hey Im trying to get referrals for Tivo points. If your planning on purchasing a Tivo can you put riddick021@gmail.com as your referral? I will paypal anyone who uses my account as a referral $15. Thanks.

Posted by: riddick021 at Oct 18, 2006 6:01:18 PM

This is the mobile phones seller, we sell all kinds of mobile phones,

email us via flousmobilestore@hotmail.com

Posted by: Flous Tan at Oct 27, 2006 4:33:55 AM

I have comcast. And I have two Tivo HD3. 1 card in each. They offer the 1st Cablecard free of charge to subscribers. And only a $1.50 for each additional.

Posted by: Genesis at Sep 13, 2007 11:14:55 AM

HD TiVo Series 3 @ CES

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