TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
Tivo does not disappoint ...
Hello,<br /><br />I bought the Tivo 80 Hour Series 2 DVR 1 week ago.<br /><br />It was very easy to set up the service on the tivo.com website. I logged in and 5 minutes later, my account was created and active.<br /><br />It took a little over an hour to run throught the initial setup of the Tivo box. The part that takes the longest is the download (via phone line) of the program guide and other data tivo needs for the initial setup.<br /><br />While running through the setup , the tivo box re-started itself. I was a bit upset at first, but, when I noticed that it saved all the information entered during the setup. All I had to do was click-thru all of the previous screens until I got to the point where I was when the box re-booted. This was good to see because It would have been very disapointing to have to re-enter all the information again.<br /><br />Once the initial setup was complete, I found out why Tivo is the bomb. It was very easy to learn how to use the system. I started scheduling shows and Olympic events for recording right away. After scheduling a few shows, I decided to just watch some live TV.<br /><br />I turned to a show that caught my attention. After about 15 minutes and when the show started to get good, lo and behold, I hear a know on my door. I thought ... \\"oh, I got tivo now, let me pause live tv .... \\" ... and so I did. I hit the pause button.<br /><br />It was my grandomother at the door. I asked her to come in , offered her a beer and she hit me up for a loan. After about a 25 minute chat and once I wrote her a check, she was on her merry way.<br /><br />I quickly focused my attention back to the Tivo and the show I was watching. I hit the play button again and continued watchin the show right where I left off. Very cool.<br /><br />Besides being able to pause live tv and schedule programs to be recorded to be watched at my conveniece, there are 2 additional features that impressed me about my new TIVO.<br /><br />One is the ability to schedule a show online via the tivo website. You can do this with your tivo connected to a phone line , but , you must schedule your show online 36 hours in advance. I have my tivo connected to my home network and high speed internet access. This was very easy to do. Once you have your tivo connected to your home network, you can go online and schedule shows to be recorded, but , it now requires for me to schedule my show 1 hour in advance.<br /><br />Two, now that I have my tivo connected to my home network, I have access to all my digital photos and all my mp3's !!!!<br /><br />Now I can show my photos on the tv and play all my mp3's on my a/v receiver and sound system.<br /><br />Long are the days when I had to prepare music for my parties and burn the cd's in advanced. With tivo I can play anyone song from my over 10 gig mp3 collection on my tivo.<br /><br />Now that is cool.is the ability to schedule a show online via the tivo website. You can do this with your tivo connected to a phone line , but , you must schedule your show online 36 hours in advance. I have my tivo connected to my home network and high speed internet access. This was very easy to do. Once you have your tivo connected to your home network, you can go online and schedule shows to be recorded, but , it now requires for me to schedule my show 1 hour in advance. <br /> <br />Two, now that I have my tivo connected to my home network, I have access to all my digital photos and all my mp3's !!!! <br /> <br />Now I can show my photos on the tv and play all my mp3's on my a/v receiver and sound system. <br /> <br />Long are the days when I had to prepare music for my parties and burn the cd's in advanced. With tivo I can play anyone song from my over 10 gig mp3 collection on my tivo. <br /> <br />Now that is cool. <br /> <br />