TiVo provides a number of features that your cable DVR lacks.
Primarily, it's simply more reliable, more intuitive and easier to use. It also offers things like: * WishList search, whereby you can have it automatically record shows based on actor, director, genre or keyword (for example, put in the name of your favorite Hockey team and it will record everything featuring that team.) * Suggestions... you can rate every show you watch using the Thumbs-Up or Thumbs-Down buttons on the remote. TiVo will use your ratings to figure out what kinds of shows you like, and will automatically record shows it thinks you will enjoy. * Home Media Option/TivoToGo, which lets you view media from and send recordings to your PC and from your PC onto a portable device.
With the Series 2 units, you will need a separate cable box from your cable operator in most cases; the TiVo will control the cable box in order to tune in the correct channels to record. Rogers uses Scientific Atlanta cable boxes, which work well with TiVo S2 units.
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TiVo provides a number of features that your cable DVR lacks.
Primarily, it's simply more reliable, more intuitive and easier to use. It also offers things like:
* WishList search, whereby you can have it automatically record shows based on actor, director, genre or keyword (for example, put in the name of your favorite Hockey team and it will record everything featuring that team.)
* Suggestions... you can rate every show you watch using the Thumbs-Up or Thumbs-Down buttons on the remote. TiVo will use your ratings to figure out what kinds of shows you like, and will automatically record shows it thinks you will enjoy.
* Home Media Option/TivoToGo, which lets you view media from and send recordings to your PC and from your PC onto a portable device.
With the Series 2 units, you will need a separate cable box from your cable operator in most cases; the TiVo will control the cable box in order to tune in the correct channels to record. Rogers uses Scientific Atlanta cable boxes, which work well with TiVo S2 units.
So yeah, hope that helped.