I don't want a TIVO or my cable company's DVR, what brands/models of DVR should I consider?

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My recommendation would be a certified TiVo DVR model. Link below. Well this is the one:TiVo TCD648250B Series3 HD Digital Media RecorderTechnical Details * The world's first THX-certified DVR, delivers the highest-quality home theater AV experience * 300 hour recording capacity, twice as much as most cable alternatives; 25-35 hours of HD * Easily connect to your home network with built-in Ethernet and USB ports * Record 2 live digital cable channels at once, while watching a pre-recorded show * TiVo service subscription required*****************When we purchased an HDTV earlier this year, we resigned ourselves to using the DVR provided by Comcast, our cable company.

We knew we needed DVR functionality, and we weren't content to watch only standard definition TV on our new set. So we bit the bullet and replaced our TiVo Series 2 with the Comcast-supplied DVR. I'm not going to review the Comcast DVR in depth here, but it's safe to say that I'm overjoyed to be able to go back to a TiVo device for our main TV.

I've been using the TiVo Series 3 for only about three days, so these are initial impressions. Overall, it's a huge improvement over the cable company DVR. It has the same awesome TiVo interface we knew and loved from our previous TiVos, but it's been spruced up a bit for HD.It looks nice.

The picture quality is excellent, and the TiVo Series 3 has a great variety of options for what video modes it sends to the TV. I had absolutely no trouble getting the two Cable Cards working. I plugged them both in to the box at the appropriate point in Guided Setup, called Comcast to have them activated, and then finished Guided Setup.

They've worked perfectly from the beginning, tuning both SD and HD channels, both premium and non-premium. I stole the TiVo wireless adapter from my Series 2 for the Series 3, and it worked seamlessly. I plugged it in before guided setup, and the TiVo used it for its connection from the beginning.

The only real problem I've experienced is that I've had a few very short audio dropouts. These last for less than a second, and seem to be related to load or resource constraints on the TiVo. For example, on the day I experienced this, I could clearly trigger it by scrolling around in the program guide.

Making the box work harder had an obvious correlation to the audio dropouts. However, when I wasn't using the guide, the dropouts were very infrequent, and I haven't experienced them since that day. I don't find this to be a severe bug, but it's obviously something I'd like to see fixed.

As it is, it's far less frequent and much less disruptive than the problems I had with my Comcast DVR. At the time of this writing, a few features have not yet been enabled on the Series 3. This may or may not be a big deal to you:1.

TiVo To Go (transfer shows to and from your computer). I never used this on my Series 2, so its absence doesn't concern me at all.2. Multi-room Viewing (transfer shows between TiVo boxes over the network).

I'd like to have this, but it's not crucial for me.3. Storage expansion via the ESATA port (attach an external SATA hard drive). For me, this is another "nice to have" feature, and certainly not a showstopper.

TiVo claims that these features will be added in a future release. At this time, it sounds like the ESATA port is less in doubt than the other two features. However, if any of these features is a dealbreaker for you, it would probably be wise to wait until it's actually shipped before you buy a Series 3.

There's no guarantee as to when, or even if, these will actually happen. I'm personally ok with that, but you'll have to make your own decision. I'm extremely happy with the TiVo Series 3.

Yes, it's expensive. But to me, it was well worth the cost to get rid of the cable company DVR.To put it in perspective, it costs a lot less than most HDTVs, and in my mind the improvement it brings to the television wathching experience is on par with what HDTV brings. Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I661J0/ref=pd_cp_e_1?pf_rd_p=250314601&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000ER5G58&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0DGJXF1F4QEZHZK11EFC .

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