Comments on: TiVo Discontinues The Series3 TCD648250B

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:47:36 +0000

And who thought a year old thread was dead and forgotten (and a flame at that).

Just to stay on topic, there still are S3 units for sell in some places, even a year after it was discontinued.

But reading over the comments, I find Ben’s comment almost prophetic (but wrong S3 feature). We now have the XL with much more space than the S3 and THX certification (the only S3 feature in the XL?).

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:35:28 +0000

ZeoTiVo is the biggest douchebag in the forum, all he does is stick his nose as far up TiVo’s ass as it can go. Definition of a fanboy: ZeoTiVo. WHAT A TOOL!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:41:53 +0000

Dave, I dove into the TiVo markert with a single tuner S2 ($300 + $300 Lifetime, I thought that was steep then!). I’m glad to say I’m still a lifer with the S3.

I’ve retired my S2 after it’s free year(with the S3 transfer offer although TiVo gave me another 2 free months on it to keep me interested). Not quite sure what to do with it. I don’t think it’s wise to invest in anything SD at this point in the game. I tell all my friends to get the TiVoHD, even if they don’t have an HDTV (you will eventually).

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:27:34 +0000

MZ, I also pinged them last night. Looks like we got the same message from KW.

Tom, do you remember the price of the original Series1 units?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:58:53 +0000

I thought they would have discontinued the S3 when the TiVoHD was introduced. I’ve owned one for over a year and been very happy with it. But the S3 seemed to be marketed for the high end-home theatre enthusiast, which was their first box ever aimed for that crowd. The TiVoHD is a return to their more consumer friendly, mass market roots/ambitions.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:39:21 +0000

Dave - I sent a few questions to TiVo, including the future of M-Card, I’ll see what they say if they reply.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:20:30 +0000

There goes my hope of support for S3 MCard.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:16:22 +0000

Rich - Yes, the Glo remote works with the TiVo HD.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:07:38 +0000

Wow, I just purchased a new HD yesterday and came close to getting the S3(Look for the referral)instead. Does the Glo Remote work eith the HD?

By: zeotivo

zeotivo — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:54:56 +0000

one hyphenated word for tarting up the TiVoHD

wait for it………

Blu-Ray

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:10:36 +0000

I don’t think I’d hold my breath on that one. They may refresh the line with a larger drive at some point, but since the lower cost of the HD is its main advantage, I don’t think they’ll be tarting it up too much. Maybe they’ll offer discount bundles with the Glo remote as a promo or something.

By: Ben Drawbaugh

Ben Drawbaugh — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:08:15 +0000

Now to wait and see how long it takes for TiVo to offer a TiVo HD with OLED display, 250GB HDD and glo remote.

By: MegaZone

MegaZone — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:41:20 +0000

Yeah, me too. The Glo remote is excellent.

By: Canoehead

Canoehead — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:58:46 +0000

It’s too bad, since I really love my S3, but is likely the correct decision strategically and logistically. I hope they keep making the premium remote - I had to buy one for the bedroom Tivo HD, since the wife hated the mushy bundled piece of junk.