Tivo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder
November

Anyone who appreciates how superior TiVo's guide and navigation features and storage capacity are compared to those of DVRs leased by cable companies will be delighted to make the Series3 the centerpiece of his home theater. (Those cable-company DVRs make you scan through commercials when you'd rather leapfrog them, typically run out of space if you dare to save 10 hours of high-def shows, and shut out multicast broadcasts from over-the-air stations that the cable operator doesn't deign to carry.) THX certification, a striking front panel that displays both titles when two programs are being recorded, and a backlit remote are just some of the features that put the Series3 ($800 plus $12.95 monthly subscription) in a league by itself.

Further distancing the Series3 from cable-company boxes that can display only cable channels, TiVo has added the ability to convert and play various formats from the video-exploding Internet; expanded its search and WishList functions to unify results from broadband, broadcast, and cable sources; and enabled home movies sent over the Web to be shared by friends and family. Suddenly, getting a Season Pass to the grandkids is a click away — something no cable box can match.
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— Michael Antonoff

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