I have to admit not having a lot of great things to say about TiVo over the last 6-7 years. When I moved from ReplayTV to TiVo, it was for HD support. At the time the latest and greatest was the TiVo HD, which although better than the cable company DVRs, was a pretty big disappointment to me for something with 'HD' in its name. It was slow, laggy, had an SD interface, with lots of bugs that to this day have not been fixed.
And when the premier debuted, I was unimpressed enough to pretty much ignore whatever TiVo was doing, and just stick with what I had until it failed.
No such luck! Next month, Comcast will render my TiVo HD's useless with their mp4 "upgrade", so after a Saturday's worth of research, it was off to Best Buy to replace my 2 HD's with a Bolt and Mini.
Wow! This is how a set top box should work. No lag, no missed/delayed button presses (no matter how fast). Even the Mini on 100base-t is snappy as heck. Love the micro switches in the new remote! Both of these things are simply a joy to use (although I still wish their use of space in the UI was a bit more efficient).
I am having a problem with the Bolt not seeing the HD's so I can transfer my shows (even though the Mini sees them), so I called support... and I also called sales on Saturday to see what my options were. On both calls it was clear TiVo had stepped it up by an order of magnitude from my recollection of what their service was years ago.
I was very vocal about my disappointment with the TiVo experience with my HD's, so it is only fair that I share my satisfaction with their latest series. This thing is way cool!
And when the premier debuted, I was unimpressed enough to pretty much ignore whatever TiVo was doing, and just stick with what I had until it failed.
No such luck! Next month, Comcast will render my TiVo HD's useless with their mp4 "upgrade", so after a Saturday's worth of research, it was off to Best Buy to replace my 2 HD's with a Bolt and Mini.
Wow! This is how a set top box should work. No lag, no missed/delayed button presses (no matter how fast). Even the Mini on 100base-t is snappy as heck. Love the micro switches in the new remote! Both of these things are simply a joy to use (although I still wish their use of space in the UI was a bit more efficient).
I am having a problem with the Bolt not seeing the HD's so I can transfer my shows (even though the Mini sees them), so I called support... and I also called sales on Saturday to see what my options were. On both calls it was clear TiVo had stepped it up by an order of magnitude from my recollection of what their service was years ago.
I was very vocal about my disappointment with the TiVo experience with my HD's, so it is only fair that I share my satisfaction with their latest series. This thing is way cool!