CES: High-Def TIVO

TIVO lovers, met HDTV. Your favorite PVR just got a whole lot better. TIVO pulled out all the stops on this one and I think I can clearly say this is the most powerful and feature filled PVR ever made. This unit has everything. Dual tuners (2 NTSC, 2 ATSC and 2 cable tuners), HDMI and component output, dual cable cards, Ethernet port and SATA expansion port for easy storage addition. What else could you want? You want Cable Card 2.0 support...that's cool. It has that too. They even upgraded the remote and backlit it. The unit has a cool front display that indicates the shows name and time.

The current TIVO has not had major upgrades in years and I think that is what they want with this unit. They are throwing everything they can into it to increase the shelf life. Except to see it for sale in the last part of '06 and there is no word on price yet.

Click on for TONS of pics including the remote and back panel.

[WAldenIV Posted Jan 6th 2006 3:46PM]

Question: Do the Motoralla HD Cable boxes with built-in DVR that Comcast (and others) provide actually record in HD when using the DVR feature?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 6th 2006 4:20PM]

My guess is yes. Since the signal is digital it would be easy to record the stream digitall on the hard drive. I



Its about time Tivo came out with this. As excited as I am the unit is coming out a little late if it debuts towards the end of the year.

[WAldenIV Posted Jan 8th 2006 11:12AM]

Does anyone have a more definitive answer?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 9th 2006 5:14PM]

Wayne -- yes, I have a Motorola 3412 from Comcast and it records HD programming in high def. Quality of the recordings is identical (picture and sound) to the live broadcast.



The Comcast PVR functionality is _really_ bare bones, though -- no recommendations, very limited season pass functionality, etc. I can't wait to try TiVo's new box.