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Series 2 or Older Unit
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Posted by: johnnync

Well - got feedup with DirecTV and cancled my subscription. Now I have no Tivo - made the mistake and went to the darkside -- ReplayTV. Well I see the light and the Replay is going to be making a trip to the BestBuy return counter. Replay had lots of nice features but to many bugs for me to handle.

My question is should I go with the new series 2 or one of the old 212 tivos? The only advantage I see in the series 2 is the home media option. Does anyone know if that functionality be offered on the older models in the future? I can find older ones cheap and upgrade them and add ethernet but not sure if I am shorting myself of anything.

Posted by: brettatk

Well I can definately tell you that any Series 1 will not be capable of HMO. It is still up in the air whether Series 1 will receive any future enhancing sofware updates. But if you are at all interested in the HMO, I'd get a Series 2.

Brett

Posted by: phone1

It's well documented here that TiVo will never offer HMO to Series 1 users. What was so bad about DTV - did you have a combo unit? Most combo owners here would rather gnaw off their right hand than give them up.

Posted by: johnnync

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Originally posted by phone1
It's well documented here that TiVo will never offer HMO to Series 1 users. What was so bad about DTV - did you have a combo unit? Most combo owners here would rather gnaw off their right hand than give them up.

I've had issues with their protection plan and my feeling of a lack of customer focus. Plus they don't offer locals in HDTV, hardly anything in dolby digital and digital cable was cheaper.

Posted by: russwong

If you are really interested in HMO, then get the Series 2. I personally am not, but I have a Series 2, just because my Series 1 is getting old and the Good Guys Warranty is almost over. If you don't care about the HMO options, then stick with a Series 1, plus you can hack the series 1 to do a lot of the stuff HMO is going to give you.... hmmmm