Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:51:00 GMT

Tech Details of Tivo Series 3

Awesome Feature List:
  • 2 ATSC Tuners
  • 2 NTSC Tuners
  • 2 Cable Tuners
  • 2 Tuners - each capable of ASTC, NTSC, or Cable.
  • Component Video Out
  • 2 Composite Out (for archaic VHS record I guess)
  • 1 S-Video Out
  • 1 TOS/Link Digital Audio Out
  • 1 HDMI Out (supports 480i/p, 720p, 1080i)
  • Ethernet (10/100)
  • 2 USB (2.0)
  • 1 External SATA
  • VFD/LCD LED Panel on front showing currently recording show(s).
  • Backlit remote
Disappointing features:
  • SATA Drive is removable per se, but is not usable in another system, like a PC.
  • Only records on 2 out of 6 tuners at a time. Sounds like the CPU is underpowered or the main bridge is a bit underwhelming. Looks like there's only 2 tuners, each with a load of codec and standards, so it's not a bridge issue.
  • Only a 250GB drive as default. We need at least 400+ now. 300 GB drive. It'd be nice to have more though.

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