Forcing log-in to post is fine as long as you look at your spam area. For unknown reasons, lots of stuff, and all responses from anyone else who contributes here, find their way there.

TiVo is great, but they don’t seem to have enough clout to force their agenda, hence the increase of price.

I was so sorry to see DirecTV discontinue offering TiVo, and fear the day my 2 series2 boxes no longer work with the service. We have 2 DVR’s branded DirecTV and looking beyond preference, they simply don’t work as well. Part of the reason for the loss of TiVo by DTV I believe is that Tivo wanted to be able to actually use the 2 USB ports on series 2 machines. DTV didn’t like this, as they somehow believed that every owner of DTV TiVo’s would go into business as a mass duplicator if the restrictions were relaxed. They should realize that, while picture quality is good, the extreme compression used messes up the picture for anyone who is looking for faithful reproduction.

Perhaps, if they can hold on until 2009, and have a decent product then, OTA digital television will help TiVo stage a comeback.

Check this: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070531-tivo-prepping-a-mass-appeal-hd-dvr-priced-below-series-3.html

Thanks for your input.
I turned off log-in to post comments. My apologies, I did not realize it was on.