While Engadget got the story early this afternoon that the Tivo HD was ready, it wasn't clear when the box would debut, as the site said, "Supposedly it's launching this week, possibly as early as tomorrow." But if you're keen to pick up a TiVo that's HD-capable, and won't cost you more than half a grand, even before subscription fees, you can do that tonight.
As for our living room, while we were initially tempted to upgrade our aging Series 1 machine to a Series 2 and retain our lifetime membership, we're sticking with our first model, for now. We don't yet have HD, and aren't going there immediately. But when we do, it's good to know TiVo won't ask us to mortgage our home.
Louis,
ReplyDeleteYou've simply got to get an HD TiVo if you already have an HDTV to watch it on. It's a revelation! The coolest thing is that both the Series 3 and HD store the native digital streams for both HD and digital cable. No more crummy recompressed picture...
Oh, yeah, nice to talk to you again! :)
Stephen