[Will's semi-regular rant] Tivo Series 3, please come rescue me

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Will OConnor

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May 17, 2006, 2:21:43 PM5/17/06

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From the Hell that is a Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR. Time Warner Cable. My God, this thing is terrible. It is so flaky, I can’t rely on it to record my favorite shows, sometimes they just don’t get recorded, or get cut off 2/3 of the way through the program. Or just deletes recorded programs on its own, even though there is plenty of hard drive space. You can’t look up a show by title, other than picking the first character. Keywords – nonexistent. Tivo will often record a show it thinks you might like based on past recording history or keywords, which often lead to great programming being recorded that I otherwise would not have picked to record. I used to catch a lot of obscure documentaries and educational programs that way. Forget about it with this DVR, it only records what you tell it to. The user interface is so cumbersome and ugly you would think the engineers didn’t graduate from high school. It’s pretty embarrassing compared to a Tivo box. You would think since DVR’s have been widely available for about 6-7 years now, that someone would be able to come closer to emulating the Tivo experience. Anyway, since I have an HD TV, and gave up my HD DirecTivo by switching to cable, I am eagerly waiting for Tivo to come out with the Series 3 box which can record HD broadcasts. I don’t know why it is taking so long to come to market, they should have released this mythical box at least a year ago. I want it now!!