[Brian Posted Nov 16th 2009 11:08AM]

Technically it’s still O-L-E-D. And SATA is Serial A-T-A. :)

For the past 5 or 6 years I have been using Media Center except for about 18 months I had Tivo HD which I got rid of and went back to Media Center once the CableCARD hack came out. So I have forgotten a few things about Tivo.

Some things you mention about the Tivo is true but what I am just talking about is the actual guide and recorded TV. Now that you mention the guide not showing what is set to record is annoying. That was really my only complain about Tivo, besides multi-room. But the guide and recorded TV screen look great and there isn’t a reason to change the look. Looks essentially the same as Media Center. But there isn’t a need to change that part of Tivo. Just all the other junk they put into Tivo shouldn’t be there, such as youtube.

A lot of the stuff you mentioned also have the same flaws in Media Center, like not being able to change the font. And there is an easier way then going to the To Do list, which I never used. Just try recording it from the guide and it will ask you if you want to continue to record it, then you know it is already set to record. But you shouldn’t have to do that.

My biggest gripe about Media Center is not being able to record the buffer and not having recorded TV show up grouped and sorted by date, as Tivo can do.

I also only have seen Comcast and DirecTV boxes and they are just complete garbage. They were so unusable to me in so many ways. But I can’t comment on other providers. I do have FiOS every place around me but my condo complex I am fighting with the management to allow Verizon to come in and install it for free. Been fighting for months. :(