TiVo TCD649080 Series2 80-Hour Dual-Tuner Digital Video Recorder

Got this to have at my son's house when I visit. I love it! They love it too! Easily set up, never miss a show again!!

We have Dish Network but have discontinued most of the regular and local channels ( get OTA HD for locals via antenna). I just subscribe to 2 international channels which are a must for my family. After building a computer PVR and loading Sage TV software I found out that it was very user unfriendly. Finally I got a good deal on Amazon ($185 with $150 rebate) and bit the bait. What the heck, it would only cost me $30 plus a year's programming ($129). Well I am hooked. My wife, who was very skeptical of it ( based on my previous attempts) was pleasantly surprised to see that it was so easy to program and watch events. The picture quality is very good. Sometimes a different program records but it may be due to Dish switching the programming in the last minute.

If the disk gets full often I will buy a larger 500 G disk and replace it. It is fairly easy to do it. I might even consider purchasing lifetime programming if the 1st year goes without a hitch.

After spending years with Cox Communications DVRs (Motorola and then Scientific Atlanta) and dealing with all the problems they cause (not recording everything, not recording at all, crashing, dying etc.) we decided to try TiVo. I have yet to find a flaw with this piece of equipment.

It records what its supposed to, when its supposed to. I love my new TiVo.

This is my third Tivo unit. After many years of faithful service, my second tivo started to give me trouble. Although both units have 80GB HDs in them, this new one features dual turners so I can record two shows at once. With the rebate that was in effect at the time of purchase, the final cost was $68.00. Considering it would have been over[...] to repair the other Tivo, this was a no brainer. Be aware that the series 2 Tivos cannot handle HDTV. If you have HDTV, you need to get the series 3 Tivo.

I am so grateful for the reviews posted here that warned me that set-up could be a nightmare. Since I was prepared, I wasn't surprised when it took four calls to tech support to get wired up and running. The first call took almost an hour, which got me connected through a receiver so that I could use my speakers, not my TV's speakers. I was treated with great patience and kindness, despite my extreme lack of competence with this type of thing. The next two calls (to get the TIVO wireless USB adapter connected to the internet) were much less helpful, but the fourth call set everything straight quickly.
As for TIVO itself, now that I have a few weeks under my belt, it is easy to program, and a quantum leap into the 21st century for us.