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Tivo Series 3 HD pwns my soul...

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SHOWOFF_A16

Ok so last month I broke down and bought a new Laptop from Best Buy. I used my Reward Zone card and got double points on the computer and accessories. So here I am 30 days later with $200 in Best Buy rewards and being the gadget freak I am it was burning a hole in my Banana Republic khakis BTW I am a Banana Republic FREAK and even have my own personal shopper at one of the stores here in Kansas City.

So anyway I open my email to pull the link to my certificates and low and behold there is another offer in the email...

"Buy a Tivo Series 3 HD from any Magnolia Home Theater Store inside a Best Buy Location and recieve $200 off" I though it was too good to be true so I printed off the coupon and strolled into my local Best Buy at 119th and Strang Line in Olathe armed with my $200 in Rewards Zone certificates fully expecting some type of catch to be involved. After 10 minutes of all 4 sales reps and one manager telling me that they have never seen something like this before and calling to verify that it was in fact a real deal they salesperson gives me the thumbs up while he's on the phone that "yes Chris you can use this coupon".

So proudly I marched out to grab the box and get this over with before someone kills me for stealing my 5th Tivo. I have wanted this thing for almost a year now and just couldn't bring myself to plop down $799 + tax for HD recording capabilities. But here I am picking this bad boy up for $300. Holy Shit.

I get home as fast as the law can't see me driving tear open the box and realize that I need 2 Comcast cable cards...SHIT. I get everything connected and hook my standard coax line in just to see how it all shakes down. I get through the guided setup register the Tivo online and name it "HD Pimp" for my home networking and setup the resolution to 1080i. I am STOKED even though I don't have it all running up to speed yet with the cable cards the menus and everything else looks amazing. I watched the tutorials in HD and even started mapping out my Season Passes off of the other Tivos and transferring my stored movies and content. It was like Christmas.

When I get the Cable Cards in sometime Saturday between the hours of 9am to 7pm I'll let you know what happens next.

Comments (5)

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TANK·
How bigs the HD and how many hours of HD content can you record on it? I know SD is about a gig per hour, just curious what HD is.
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SHOWOFF_A16·
32 hours of HD and 300 hours of SD in low quality. SD at best quality is about 150 hours which is a LOT of TV. \r \r I BETA tested a bunch of features for Tivo last year like buying movies via download and als buying movie tickets through Fandango through Tivo. I get my weather and traffic through Yahoo on my Tivo as well. There is just so much more to Tivo that just recording TV. One of my other ones has a DVD burner in it. I have a HUGE stack of movies from that thing.
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SHOWOFF_A16·
I have a 130 hour Tivo that I have NEVER filled up with best quality SD recording BTW.
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WallyBR·
That's the only piece of kit that could get me to get rid of my DirecTiVo HR10-250. Niiiice.\r \r If my cable provider didn't suck so bad I might consider it. :(
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SHOWOFF_A16·
Record up to 300 hours of digital cable programming with this THX-certified digital video recorder that delivers high-quality, high-definition programming and allows you to record up to 2 live shows at once. \r \r Record 2 live digital cable channels at once, while watching a prerecorded show \r Massive 250GB hard drive provides up to 300 hours of digital recording time, depending on the quality you select; records 25-35 hours of high-definition programming \r THX-certified DVR delivers a high-quality, high-definition home theater experience