TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
As a ReplayTV, and now TiVo, owner I can truly say - AWFUL
I bought a Replay TV when they first came out and after more than 6 years my original unit is still performing flawlessly.  It records what I want, when I want it. <br /> <br />So why did I choose to add a TiVo and not another Replay?  I am asking myself the same question...  when I am not frustrated enough to cause myself a heart attack over the purely inane functioning of my TiVo.  <br /> <br />Where the ReplayTV has brought us nothing but iPod-like joy - the TiVo brings nothing but aggravation.   <br /> <br />The Replay gets what I want, when I want it - the TiVo trys to figure out what I like and constantly fails...  I ask it to record certain programs - it won't.  Leave it on pause,  and it starts on its own after a while.  Try and simply change record options and the TiVo 'computes' for sometimes 3-5 minutes as it tells you \\"This might take a moment\\".  It takes the 6 year old Replay 4 seconds to perform the same function.  They sure can inject advertising messages everywhere,  every night though.  Gotta hand it to them TiVo engineers.  Slick. <br /> <br />FOR PETE'S SAKE YOU CAN'T EVEN TURN IT OFF WITHOUT GOING THROUGH TWO MENUS!!!!  That's TiVo's way of saying \\"Thanks sucker!\\" to us fools who bought lifetime service contracts...  their way of making sure that lifetime is as short as possible. <br /> <br />They need not worry...  as soon as I scrounge up the cash for a new Replay TV unit I am going to give myself the HUGE pleasure of SMASHING my TiVo unit into tiny little pieces. <br /> <br />I HATE MY TiVo.  HATE.