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TiVo TCD649080 Series 2 80-Hour Dual Tuner Digital Video Recorder

TiVo TCD649080 Series 2 80-Hour Dual Tuner Digital Video Recorder

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Brand: TiVo
Category: CE

List Price: $149.99
Buy Used: $35.00
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Seller: Michelle Enloe
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 182 reviews
Sales Rank: 468

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16
Dimensions (in): 19.1 x 15.7 x 6.4

MPN: TCD649080
Model: TCD649080
UPC: 851342000346
EAN: 0851342000346
ASIN: B000ER5G58

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Record two basic cable channels, or one basic and one digital cable channel, at once.
  • Up to 80 hours of digital audio/video recording capacity (NTSC); works with cable, digital cable, satellite.
  • USB and Ethernet ports offer ability to stream digital music and photos from a computer to TiVo and transfer programming to PCs
  • TiVo service includes Season Pass, WishList, program guide, digital music, digital photos, and online scheduling
  • Everything required for installation is supplied; subscription to TiVo service is additional requirement. An appropriate set top box is needed for digital cable, or satellite.

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Product Description
The worlds first, best, and easiest-to-use digital video recorder just got better. Now, record two shows at once! Only the TiVo service gives you the freedom to watch your favorite shows any time, anywhere.New enhancements to the Series2 DT DVR include a built-in Ethernet port to make connecting to your home network even easier. A new bezel featuring a gloss black center section and real brushed aluminum surround gives the Series2 DT DVR a modern, upscale look. But we know enough not to mess with a good thing: the same TiVo peanut remote that TiVo subscribers have come to know and love is included. Only the TiVo service gives you the freedom to watch your favorite shows any time, anywhere.Features:Season Pass recordings. Digitally record every episode of a series automatically, skip the repeats.WishList searches. Find and record shows by title, actor, director, sports team, or keyword.Control live TV. Pause, rewind, slo-mo, instant replay live TV.Online Scheduling. Schedule last-minute recordings anywhere from the web.TiVoToGo transfers. Watch your favorite shows anywhere, any time, by transferring them to your laptop PC, video iPod?, PlayStation? Portable, or other portable device.Multi-Room Viewing. Record a show on one box, watch it on another networked TiVo box in your home.Online Services. Access Yahoo!Photos, Weather and Traffic, listen to" Internet radio and podcasts, play games, and more.

Amazon.com Product Description
The TiVo Series2 DT does something that only DirecTV TiVo users have enjoyed up till now--the ability to record two shows at once. This dual-tuner (DT) TiVo Series2 is the first standalone DVR that's optimized for households with cable television. Now, you'll never have to miss any of your favorite shows--even if they're on at the same time. It also offers the same entertainment services as other TiVo Series2 DVRs, including digital music, digital photos, remote scheduling, and hassle-free favorites recording. All this and the famed luxury of being able to pause and view instant replays of live television, too. TiVo DVRs record television programming directly to an onboard digital ATA/IDE hard drive, eliminating the hassles of videotape (imprecise tape searching, head cleaning, steadily degrading picture, fuzzy sound, etc.).

This TiVo Series2 DT model (TCD649080) offers an 80-hour recording capacity. It offers the ability to simultaneously record programming from two basic cable channels, or one basic cable channel and one digital cable channel. It also includes built-in Ethernet and USB ports, making it easier than ever to add the TiVo box to your home network. This enables you to take advantage of the TivoToGo feature, which allows you to transfer programs from the TiVo box to a Windows-based desktop or laptop PC so you can watch your favorite programs on the go or while others are watching live or recorded programing on the TV.

The Series2 has a USB port and an Ethernet connection, offering users with home networks the ability to stream photos and music to their TiVo, or send programs from one TiVo to another. This connectivity also lets TiVo subscribers access exciting entertainment services through the TiVo Home Media Features, which consists of the TiVo Digital Music Player, TiVo Digital Photo Viewer, and Multi-Room Viewing.

The TiVo Digital Music Player lets you enjoy your computer's MP3 collection through your home entertainment sound system. Access and control your entire digital music collection via your TV; shuffle your music library by artist, album, or type of music; and create a custom playlist on your computer or use third-party software to develop playlists for every mood.

The TiVo Digital Photo Viewer accesses digital photos stored on your computer and showcases them on your TV. View photo albums and slideshows on your TV screen, easily navigate, search, and view your computer's entire digital photo library, play and control slideshows of photo albums, and use the remote control to select and view individual photos.

TiVo's Series2 DVR allows users to view photos and listen to music stored on their computer or other peripheral device.


With the Multi-Room Viewing feature, users can pause live TV and resume viewing in another room.

Multi-Room Viewing is designed for households with two Series2 DVRs and allows you to record a show on one DVR and send it to another if your kids are watching in the living room, say, and you're watching in the bedroom. You can also start a program on one DVR and pick up where you left off on your other DVR, as well as access the Now Playing list of a connected Series2 DVR at any time.

You can also find and schedule recordings even when you're away from home. With Online Scheduling, you'll have the freedom to schedule programs from anywhere you have a computer with an Internet connection. Just sign in to TiVo Central Online to access the same recording options you have at home. Broadband connected Series2 subscribers can also view both their own photo slideshows and those shared by friends with Yahoo! Photos, and check local weather and traffic from Yahoo!. Additionally, subscribers can browse and buy movie tickets from Fandango, discover new music on Live365, and listen to entertaining podcasts.

The Series2 DVR is compatible with virtually every television available. It also works with VCRs, TV antennas, cable systems, and satellite systems. A patented universal remote control simplifies program recording and controls multiple TiVos within the home (2 devices can share your existing phone line). Connections include: 3 video inputs and outputs (S-video, composite-video, and RF coaxial), 1 set of stereo RCA analog audio inputs, and 2 sets of stereo audio outputs.

TiVo service requires a monthly subscription fee; see tivo.com for current rates. Other benefits of TiVo service include but are by no means limited to: Season Pass (TiVo automatically finds and records every episode of a series all season long, even if the network schedule changes), WishList (TiVo finds and records programs that feature your favorite actor, director, team, or even topic), Smart Recording (TiVo detects line-up changes for you and suggests programs to match your interests, if desired), and Showcases (exclusive entertainment plus recording shortcuts from some of the most popular networks on TV). You can even train TiVo to autorecord more shows you'll love when you use the Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down buttons on the supplied remote. Parental controls let you lock channels or set ratings limits based on content.




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Using an intuitive interface, customers can order movies right from their couch and enjoy instant playback without waiting for lengthy downloads or annoying commercials. Prices start as low as $.99 and no subscription fee is required
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Find
Choose from thousands of movies and TV shows by browsing in the Amazon Video On Demand section on your TiVo. Access and add to your virtual library of purchases via Amazon Video On Demand’s Your Video Library and re-watch anytime on the TiVo Player, your PC or Mac and other compatible devices (U.S. only).
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Rent or Buy
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Using your TiVo Player, enjoy Amazon Video On Demand’s high quality video on any TV. Videos playback instantly, without waiting for a download. Purchases and rentals are added to Your Video Library and stored online by Amazon so you can conveniently watch them on your TiVo Player, PC or Mac, and other compatible devices.




What's in the Box
80-hour TiVo Series2 DT (TCD649080) DVR, user's manual, 1 stereo analog audio/video interconnect, 1 RJ-11 phone "Y" splitter, 1 dual IR blaster cable, 1 AC power cord, one 25-foot RJ-11 telephone cable, 2 AA batteries, 1 RG-6 coaxial cable, 1 DB-9 serial cable, a user's manual, and warranty information.




Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars TiVo's 80 Hour Dual: Less TV viewing, just better!   July 21, 2006
Mark F. Braun (Norridge, IL)
58 out of 65 found this review helpful

WOW! My wife bought me this for Father's Day. I'm not a jewelry type of guy, but TiVo is drop-dead freakin' awesome, speechlessly amazing!

If you don't know TiVo: plug it in, let it set itself up, and every time you turn on your set, it quietly records as you watch, so if you get up to take a call or get a snack, no problem: TiVo's got you covered.

Watch "The Dead Zone?" Take a 20 minute break and let TiVo start taping for you: you'll zip through what you don't want and back up to what you want to see again. No tape, no picture loss.

TiVo starts with a 15 second or so guide over your picture of what's on that show, how long and whatever else you need to know; not even "Today Show" is immune from TiVo knowing what's coming up. If you think there's nothing good on, use TiVo to search it all out. Cut your cable back to basic, bud; you'll have more finds with a lot less, guaranteed.

Program what you want to copy via the net. Yahoo! support for photos and junk.

Fandango ticket purchases, movie previews, it will even learn, if you want it to, what you like to watch. Very, very easy to hook up although working it into my LCD TV has yet to figure out what hook up is best, although we rewired it and the picture dramatically improved, so thanks Tivo for showing me a few options that were better!

I do NOT use TiVo's alphabetical directory of shows: slow. I DO use Yahoo! TV guides to just click and pick: fast and easy as pie.

My eMac still can't use TiVo's desktop app, but one'a these days I'll get it working.

Slide shows: better than I thought I'd ever use. Love it!

Check out the newest features and tutorials; you'll just flip and keep flipping.

Recommended: Sign up for the 3-year plan and f'get about it. By the time it's paid up, the next generation of Tivo will be around. It is a safe bet.

Anybody who trash-talks TiVo doesn't know it, so tune out critics and tune in devotees and never, ever miss a good show again.



5 out of 5 stars Better Than Ever!   August 4, 2006
IAMSLICK
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I just replaced my year and a half old Tivo series II single tuner model with this new dual tuner model. No more conficts between my Season's Passes this year...

Guided setup can now be done via network adapter instead of the previous mandatory dial up via phone line. Initial setup is A LOT faster because of this.

The menu movement and channel changing is snappier, which is nice.

Network transfer speed using the Tivo Wireless Adapter is almost 2X as fast as my single tuner model.

I had to upgrade Tivo Desktop from 2.2 to 2.3 because transferred recordings had no sound on my PC. The upgrade fixed it.

Recording two shows at the same time is easy and works great! What I like even better is when you are recording a scheduled show, you have the ability to channel surf on the Tivo without that annoying message "Are you sure you want to change channels, or leave it here and keep recording" coming up.

The remote is exactly the same. The back of the Tivo is the same except for the addition of an ethernet port, which I have not tried to use since I use wireless.

I highly recommend this Tivo for new customers, and as a replacement for Tivo veterans.



5 out of 5 stars Awesome   October 11, 2006
Remmy the Knife
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I had Dish Network for about a week before going back to cable and the only thing I loved was the DVR service. I toyed with the idea of buying a TiVo for a while and then I finally bit the bullet and did. Holy smokes! This is great. Easy to set up. I have mine connected with the coax in and S video out to my TV set. The TiVo service (if you own the box, like I do) is only $12.95 with a one year minimum. It's worth it. They give you the option to pay outright for 1,2, or 3 years in advance or do the month to month thing. I bought the wireless USB network card (no data drops in my bedroom) and even with a 19% signal strength to the wireless router in my basement on the other side of my house the channel lineup download only took about 10 minutes.


5 out of 5 stars Thrilled   June 15, 2006
O. Vazquez
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

I just received this Tivo when I went back to Analog Cable and I'm thrilled. I found this to be a great investment and my wife loves it. It records everything great and quickly not a single problem, unlike my old Comcast DVR. It has a great interface and I love the fact that I can add programs to record through their website and transferring my shows to my computer is great so my wife and I don't fight over who gets to watch what first. The only thing that's been stopping me from getting a Tivo in the past is that it required a phone line. No more! If your thinking about this, it's a great product and I'm glad I got it.


5 out of 5 stars I love it!   November 13, 2006
Gail Lacy (Vermont)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Tivo is wonderful. I don't know how I lived without it. The time saved by skipping the commercials is considerable, about 20 minutes per hour. I love watching my favorite shows when I want to watch them and have discovered new shows thanks to this service. Setup was a bit confusing due to my system. I have satellite, VCR(which I haven't used at all since TIVO) and DVD. The TIVO installation alone would not have been that bad and definitely worth the effort.




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