Only people who do not own TiVo would say this. It is exactly the smart recording features (such as searching for keywords in description, recording all new showings of a program, record all appearances of an actor, or director, or writer...) that are so valuable. TiVo is definitely NOT just a digital VCR! And those who have ever used a VCR to time shift can attest that it is a pain.
Anyway, just a note that only the ignorant would claim the features are not of value. As far as deleting the auto-recorded programs, they get deleted automatically if you run out of space (easily upgraded) and request a show to record. These shows stay happily out of your way until you are bored and want to see if there is anything good on. This just increases your chances that the answer will be yes.
Garmin is working on a version of this WITH bluetooth. Currently, however, there is a conflict with the bluetooth and the GPS. Since Garmin is a GPS company, it makes sense that they would choose that of the two if they can only choose one. They WILL fix the interference and introduce a unit with both soon enough.
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Only people who do not own TiVo would say this. It is exactly the smart recording features (such as searching for keywords in description, recording all new showings of a program, record all appearances of an actor, or director, or writer...) that are so valuable. TiVo is definitely NOT just a digital VCR! And those who have ever used a VCR to time shift can attest that it is a pain. Anyway, just a note that only the ignorant would claim the features are not of value. As far as deleting the auto-recorded programs, they get deleted automatically if you run out of space (easily upgraded) and request a show to record. These shows stay happily out of your way until you are bored and want to see if there is anything good on. This just increases your chances that the answer will be yes.
Garmin is working on a version of this WITH bluetooth. Currently, however, there is a conflict with the bluetooth and the GPS. Since Garmin is a GPS company, it makes sense that they would choose that of the two if they can only choose one. They WILL fix the interference and introduce a unit with both soon enough.