TiVo TCD540140 Series2 140-Hour Digital Video Recorder

Product Description

Model TCD540140 gives you up to 140-hour digital-recording capacity. You'll never again miss your favorite shows! Also enabled for TiVo Home Media features - enjoy digital music and photos, remote scheduling and more. Works with any TV system: antenna, cable, digital cable, satellite and combinations.

Customer Reviews:

Tivo is great.......2007-10-09

This is my 2nd Tivo I Brought it works so well I'm am sure I will buy a 3rd one.

Love TiVO.......2007-09-26

I love TiVo. this is great to watch our shows when we want to watch them. Setting it up is easy. Best part is with a press of a button we can record an upcoming show to watch later if we are on vacation, or like most times, forget that it is on.

I love TIVO, BUT..........2007-09-02

I love TIVO...I don't know what I did without it before. I got the 40-hr one first (like 6 or 7 years ago), which is still working fine. I then bought the 140 hr model in 2005 (when it came out...so, I paid over $400). Just a little over a year, it broke down...Had to replace it for $50 and got a refurbished machine (same model)...it lasted for 2 years and same thing again...just hangs...Meanwhile, I bought the 80 hr Dual tuner, which I love also...but I am frusttrated about this 140-hr machine as it's the biggest I had and yet, keeps failing. I am in the process of getting a new one, but will make sure to get some sort of extended warranty thru a store or something as I just do not want to have one fail again.

However, TIVO itself was the best invention ever....

All or Nothing.......2007-08-28

I bought this machine to replace a VCR that died. I thought this would be easier than using tapes, but I have to say I'm gravely disappointed. Pausing live TV is really cool, and skipping commercials is great! But the unit itself does not seem to be very stable. I've had it for only 24 hours now, and have already had to unplug it twice to reset due to it either locking up, or a loss of some basic functionality that was only restored with a restart. Maybe this was just a fluke - time will tell.

But here's the real kicker; you can't use this thing like a VCR unless you sign up for the TiVo service. I'm really not interested in downloading program guides, advanced searching, season pass recording and all that. I just want to be able to record shows, and watch them later. But the record function is completely disabled unless you sign up for the whole service. So on top of the price of the unit, I have to pay $16 a month just to be able to push the record button! That's ridiculous! Who would do that? The TiVo service is not needed in any way for me to simply record the show I'm currently watching. That would be like buying a DVD player, and being required to pay a monthly fee just to be able to push play. I can understand if your life revolves around television and you want all the bells and whistles the TiVo service offers. But if you just want to record shows once in a while, you're much better off with a $30 VCR. I had no idea this is how these things worked. Guess I should have done some research first.

TIVO THE BEST.......2007-08-23

I have 5 TIVOS and I can't remember when I used my vcr last, I bet I couldn,t find my remote for the vcr if i had to.

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