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i find myself wishing i could tivo ( or would it be radi-o oh wait its already called that maybe radio-o oh whatever)radio broadcasts i listen to a lot of sports talk radio and wish i could pause interviews or good converstions while i run in the bank, store etc.

Mark...there is a HiDef two tuner TiVo......but it is only for DirecTV. It actually has FOUR tuners.....two satellite and two OTA...but only two things can be recorded at one time though......and it does DD5.1.

Dang Curtis...do you sell Tivo's? You're a wealth of Tivo info!

And costs $1000. Not bad, really, for all that functionality. No matter what people tend to say about it, it's a 4 HiDef tuner AND a DVR, for heaven's sake!

LOL!! I have been using a TiVo for four years....and used to follow the technology closely.

There are more and more DVRs coming onto the market, but none of them is able to match the TiVo software for ease of use and functionality...IMO.

I haven't tried anything else, but I'm so happy with the TiVo, I don't really feel any need to. Well, that and I have a box with a lifetime subscription!

Yes...I struggle with that $1000 cost of the HD DirecTiVo.

When I finally go HD....I do not know what I am going to do. The service I like right now is Voom...but currently they do not have a DVR, one is in the works...and I do not think they licensed TiVo.

I think I can give up TiVo for another DVR....but I do not think I can give up the dual tuner features.

When I go HDTV, I'm certain of one of two things:
1) TiVo will offer a standalone unit for HDTV
2) TiVo will be out of business.

It's one or the other, since I'm waiting until they force me to go HDTV (and get all the standards ironed out.)

Or until my TV mysteriously dies.

See, that's the thing Ken.

I agree that the TiVo is by far the best implementation of the idea...without a doubt.

But once I got that big Samsung sitting there, and I found out that I could have hi-def in an hour from my cable company by simply switching my box on my own AND at only $15/month TOTAL with that DVR box... it was a no-brainer.

I checked out the satellite services, but none had good alternatives to local hi-def channels. (Concord is in a little bit of a valley and getting any of the Boston stations via antenna is extremely unlikely and unreliable... leaving us with one affiliate only. Voom would be my choice if I could get my local channels on my own).

Anyway, as I've said... I can't say enough good about TiVo, but when you have a choice of it or, for almost the same money, having hi-def, 5.1, and a two-tuner DVR with MOST of the functions....!

I miss TiVo's WishList looking out for Hitchcock films.... but I miss it less while watching hi-def!

And Curtis: What I really wish is that the companies that are providing these other VTRs licensed the TiVo service for them, such as the box you're talking about. Then, I could watch Hitchcock in hidef!

So you've been assimilated w/ Tivo? Sounds like you have a stand alone supporting HMO. I was I had HMO on my HD Tivo...

Just to catch up, digital out is ONLY available on the HD Tivo box which I have. Yes, it does DD5.1. HOWEVER, the HMO is not currently supported on any of the DirecTivo combo boxes, SD or HD. Rumors are that it will, but who knows when...

Spiff, question for you and other Axioms owners. So we spent this money to get Axioms and listen to them on our great CD players and high quality cables. Now we start using MP3s. [Mind you, I won't complain, because I just bought myself a 20 GB iPod...] How big of a sound difference do you notice w/ well ripped MP3's vs. CD's? I know that when I listen to the DirecTV music channels, I can tell a bit of difference vs CDs, even compared to my mid-quality CD's. Curious, if people think the MP3's sound the same, better or worse.