HDTV TiVo Now Shipping

davco9200 writes "After over a year of waiting, the HDTV TiVo from Hughes (HR10-2350) is finally shipping. People have been receiving their first unit and you can read their first impressions. Suffice to say: they love it."

Comments

Re:For DIY'ers

[JDevers]

Well, for starters he is referring to a VERY underpowered Via based CPU on a mini-ITX platform, NOT a dual-PPC970 workstation. Saying one can't do something is different than saying the other can't.

100 channels of HD

[poptones]

for the last years I've had just a few channels - I cancelled my tivo subscription long ao because I didn't find $70 a month worth of stuff to watch in exchange for the $70 or so a month I was paying. But lately I've been wondering what I might be missing.

The other day I was laying in a hospital bed waiting to go into surgery to get my deviated septum fixed. Decided to flip on the TV and see what I've been missing... flip... flip.. flip...

I turned it off and went to sleep until the nurse came in and gave me a shot of demerol.

It would be great if there were something on to watch. As it is, though, all I ever watch anymore is Survivor and Star Trek and West Wing. If I want to see west wing in HD or Star Trek I just download it from usenet - and it ain't locked down, as I would imagine these gadgets are.

If Hollywood wants me to subscribe to one of these services, they better start showing something worth paying for.

No, scratch that... they better start showing a lot of stuff worth paying for. And without the DRM nonsense.

Re:Boooooo Hisssss

[numbski]

BTW, I own an HDTV that I specifically made sure had none of this BS on board. Same goes for my HD Direc TV receiver.

The fact that this is being supported now sickens me.

Regular DVI inputs could potentially get a downrezzed or blank picture depending on content providers.

THAT had best be FUD, otherwise I would be seriously PO'D. I don't pay for 'content protection'.