TiVo Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder (40GB)

Reviewed by: jasonkwc7

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: What's not to love. Can be hooked up to a home network to make updates speedy. Lots and Lots of Features. Can transfer shows to other TiVo's in your house.

Weaknesses: Snaller hard drive, only 40 GB. Have to do inital setup with regular phone line, and cannot use network for first setup. Only a 90 day warranty?

Overall Evaluation: So far so good. I have had this unit for a week now and I really love the features it offers over conventional T.V. Being about to pause and rewind live T.V. is a big plus. Being able to upload songs and picture from a local computer on your network. Relatively easy setup. But the coolest feature by far is the remote feature of being able to set up a recording from the internet anywhere in the world. I just used it for the first time tonight when I realized I forgot to set up the recorder to tape something after I went to work. It worked like a charm. Overall this is a great unit and TiVo is a great service. Hopefully it gets better and better. The only thing that worries me is that the unit only has a 90 day warranty....hmmmmm.