TiVo TCD540040 Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder
TiVo-great, but not for DISH Network
I recently bought another TiVo since the DISH dvr I had was not anywhere near the easy, fun, near-perfect time-delay machine that TiVo is. When I returned the DISH system, I was nearly cursed; seems they know themselves what a 'work in progress' their own dvr is. But I persevered and happily attached the TiVo, which worked for all of about 2 days. Then, DISH got angry and 'back' at Tivo by placing a screen saver on the DISH network. It works this way: when the DISH network or your TV is off for any length of time, for instance waiting for TiVo to record something you've ordered, DISH blacks the screen and throws in its logo, floating around the screen. When you return home and turn it on to watch your TiVo, all you'll have is the DISH logo...for hours if your show was that long! So the lesson here is, don't think you can go home again to TiVo if you have DISH; they've figured out a way to sabatage TiVo and force you to 'rent' theirs or buy one outright. Just another example of the Enron culture at work, this time named DISH.