Comments on: Toshiba announces two new TiVo DVD-R/RW units http://www.gizmolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/comment-page-1/#comment-164 megazone Thu, 20 May 2004 21:16:23 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/#comment-164 Well, eBay is always an option - lifetime is worth it's cost there it seems. Sometimes you can make out - if you have a unit that you only paid $200 or $250 for lifetime on you can get $300 for it on eBay now, plus the money for the unit. :-)My issue is the remote - the Tosbiba/DVD remote *SUCKS*. It is a button-farm remote. Rows and rows of identical buttons. Bad design. I bet the new DVD-R/RW units will have a similar remote.Oh, and, IIRC, 30-second skip is missing on the Toshiba, and I don't think anyone has figured out how to expand the drives yet. Well, eBay is always an option – lifetime is worth it’s cost there it seems. Sometimes you can make out – if you have a unit that you only paid $200 or $250 for lifetime on you can get $300 for it on eBay now, plus the money for the unit. :-)

My issue is the remote – the Tosbiba/DVD remote *SUCKS*. It is a button-farm remote. Rows and rows of identical buttons. Bad design. I bet the new DVD-R/RW units will have a similar remote.

Oh, and, IIRC, 30-second skip is missing on the Toshiba, and I don’t think anyone has figured out how to expand the drives yet.

]]> By: unteinshttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/comment-page-1/#comment-163 unteins Thu, 20 May 2004 17:20:11 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/#comment-163 The only real downer is that Tivo no longer let's you move your Lifetime service around, so I won't be upgrading to a DVD unti anytime in the immediate future.Unless they release a 2 (or more) tuner Tivo + DVD burner. Sony has some nutty device with 7 tuners and a Terabyte of storage.... The only real downer is that Tivo no longer let’s you move your Lifetime service around, so I won’t be upgrading to a DVD unti anytime in the immediate future.

Unless they release a 2 (or more) tuner Tivo + DVD burner. Sony has some nutty device with 7 tuners and a Terabyte of storage….

]]> By: megazonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/comment-page-1/#comment-162 megazone Thu, 20 May 2004 16:35:06 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/#comment-162 Oh yeah - I spent ~$700 on my Pioneer 810H, and that's 80GB. The 120GB unit is MSRP $599 - and it sounds comparable in the TiVo and DVD features - PLUS DV input. This is going to put price pressure on Pioneer for sure. Heck, Pioneer's initial MSRP on the Elite 57H 120GB unit was like $1800! The 810H was $1200. So they're coming out with a better unit for less than have the money - 1/3 the money really. Oh yeah – I spent ~$700 on my Pioneer 810H, and that’s 80GB. The 120GB unit is MSRP $599 – and it sounds comparable in the TiVo and DVD features – PLUS DV input. This is going to put price pressure on Pioneer for sure. Heck, Pioneer’s initial MSRP on the Elite 57H 120GB unit was like $1800! The 810H was $1200. So they’re coming out with a better unit for less than have the money – 1/3 the money really.

]]> By: unteinshttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/comment-page-1/#comment-161 unteins Thu, 20 May 2004 09:55:14 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2004/05/19/toshiba-announces-two-new-tivo-dvd-rrw-units/#comment-161 Now we are getting into useful price points :) Now we are getting into useful price points :)

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