TiVo TCD649080 Series 2 80-Hour Dual Tuner Digital Video Recorder
- Record two basic cable channels, or one basic and one digital cable channel, at once. Does not record two digital cable or satellite channels at once. Supports recording from cable and satellite sources only; will not record over-the-air antenna.
- Up to 80 hours of digital audio/video recording capacity (NTSC); works with antenna, cable, digital cable, satellite, and combinations
- USB and Ethernet ports offer ability to stream digital music and photos from a computer to TiVo and transfer programming to PCs
- TiVo service includes Season Pass, WishList, program guide, digital music, digital photos, and online scheduling
- Everything required for installation is supplied; subscription to TiVo service is additional requirement
Product Description
The world’s first, best, and easiest-to-use digital video recorder just got better. Now, record two shows at once! Only the TiVo service gives you the freedom to watch your favorite shows any time, anywhere.Amazon.com Product Description
The TiVo Series2 DT does something that only DirecTV TiVo users have enjoyed up till now–the ability to record two shows at once. This dual-tuner (DT) TiVo Series2 is the first standalone DVR that’s optimized for households with cable television. Now, you’ll never have to miss any of your favorite shows–even if they’re on at the same time. It also offers the same entertainment services as other TiVo Series2 DVRs, including digital music, digital photos, remote scheduling, and hassle-free favorites recording. All this and the famed luxury of being able to pause and view instant replays of live television, too. TiVo DVRs record television programming directly to an onboard digital ATA/IDE hard drive, eliminating … More >>
TiVo TCD649080 Series 2 80-Hour Dual Tuner Digital Video Recorder
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5 comments
Manuel A. Rodriguez on December 22, 2009 at 10:27 am
Cuando me entusiasme en comprar el TCD649080 en ninguna parte pude observar que para poder grabar los programas de TV nececitaba pagar una suscripcion ni tompoco se me notifico que solo era para uso exclusivamente en USA. Lo compre con una direccion en Fort Loderdale por intermedio de un amigo piloto, quien me lo trajo. El equipo , claro, llego muy bien, pero por lo anteriormente dicho me encuantro muy disgustado porque siente que perdi mi dinero.
When I get excited in buying the TCD649080 in any part I could observe that to be able to record the programs of TV nececitaba to pay a subscription neither tompoco I am notified that single era for use exclusively in it USES. Buy it with an address in Fort Loderdale through a friend pilot who brought it to me. The team, clear, arrives very well, but for the previously this thing me very upset encuantro because it feels that I lost my money.
M. Steffens on December 22, 2009 at 10:35 am
I stupidly bought from the TiVo site itself. This was a gift, so I listed myself as the purchaser and the recipient as the subscriber. TiVo immediately distinguished itself by notifying the recipient that I had bought them a gift. I successfully got them to delete that email without reading it, but TiVo continued to send them lots of updates about the status of the order, the shipment date, etc. I called to cancel, and was given to a cancellation specialist (interesting that this is an actual job there, isn’t it?) so I could get the order cancelled. Surprise! I couldn’t cancel the order, but he advised me to put up a sign refusing the order. Unfortunately, he didn’t tell me that it would be coming, not from TiVo, but from some fulfillment center in Texas. Naturally, since I hadn’t put up a note to refuse a shipment from that location, it got through. I was then told to take the product, on my own time to a UPS center and send it back. What I didn’t realize at the time was that this was also going to be on my dime. Still, I was happy just to get rid of the thing. Three days AFTER I took it to UPS and shipped it — which was itself two days after the unit was erroneously delivered — I was told a prepaid shipping label was awaiting me at some UPS center, identified only by number, not address. At this point, more than a week after TiVo notified the gift recipient that the return had been received, I am waiting for my money back, during which time I am also paying interest for the outstanding funds. So, the outcome was that they notified the recipient of a gift I was giving (despite everything in the order talking about it being a gift), I had to pay for the return, I had to use my car and my gas and my time to return the item, I get to pay interest on money they still haven’t returned, and I still have to buy a gift. Since they couldn’t be bothered to return the funds promptly and I couldn’t afford to buy things without those funds available to me, I missed out on the Black Friday specials on similar items. I figure TiVo will have cost me a couple hundred bucks when all is said and done — assuming I ever actually get my money back. If you care about getting actual customer service, don’t buy from these people. The only reason I gave them one star is that I couldn’t award less. Update 12/14/2007: I *still* don’t have all my money back. TiVo now says I *might* have it back the day after Christmas.
AMAZON RATER on December 22, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I just got the DT box to replace 2 tivo series boxes. Basically you get the same box with the excepttion of recording 2 shows. For me was better because now I pay only 1 bill insead for 2 boxes.
But tivo has been very slow to release better boxes. If my cable company would have a better box that doesn’t crash I’d be using it. Thee box has 2 tuners, HD, more space and etc…
Tivo 2 dt is not worth it for new subscribers. But for returning tivo users then yes.
Roger D. Hough on December 22, 2009 at 2:46 pm
TiVo, when new is a great toy. But after the first year I questioned it’s worth before renewing the subscription. What did it do? It copied programs, provided a program schedule, provided speed control Slowmo etc. and would record shows following what you choose. If you have cable or satellite you already have a program guild and after a few months of use I turned off the selective recording, ask it to record football and any program with foot and ball gets recorded and in less than a week your 80gig is clogged. So I let the service lapse figuring that I could record the programs manually, if there was ever any over time it always cut it off. Well no, if you do not subscribe that function is turned off and your TiVo unit becomes a boat anchor. No if I decide to get into the DVR market again I will use the Satellite of Cable DVR, same functionality for the same about the same fee and I don’t have to pay hundreds of dollars for a boat anchor.
Robert Absher on December 22, 2009 at 4:41 pm
This DVR works great, but you need to get TIVO for it to work. I just wanted to have a DVR–which I had before–and without the subscription it is pretty primitive. Get the subscription with the machine it was a lot cheaper.