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TiVo Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder

TiVo Series2 40-Hour Digital Video Recorder

List Price: $199.99
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Features:
  • TiVo service fee is not included
  • Up to 40 hours of digital audio/video recording capacity
  • Works with antenna, cable, digital cable, satellite, and combinations
  • 2 USB ports offer ready connectivity with digital cameras, MP3 players, or CD players
  • Everything required for installation is supplied


Description:

TiVo's Series2 DVRs deliver more recording capacity at a lower cost than original TiVo models. TiVo DVRs record television programming directly to a digital hard drive, eliminating the hassles of videotape. This Series2 TiVo offers 40 hours of recording time in TiVo's smallest and sleekest chassis yet (15 inches wide by 11.5 inches deep and 3 inches high).

The Series2 has two USB ports for ready connectivity with peripheral devices, like digital cameras, MP3 players, and CD players. This connectivity also gives TiVo subscribers access to exciting entertainment services, such as music, digital photos, video party games, Internet radio, and broadband video on demand. The TiVo DVR Series2 is compatible with virtually every television. It also works with VCRs, TV antennas, cable systems, and satellite systems. A patented remote control simplifies program recording and controls multiple TiVos within the home (two devices can share your existing phone line). Connections include three video inputs and outputs (S-video, composite-video, and RF coaxial), one set of stereo RCA analog audio inputs, and two sets of stereo audio outputs. A standard female RJ-11 telephone jack is the channel by which the Series2 accesses the TiVo service.


TiVo automatically records your favorite shows.
TiVo subscribers can pay $12.95 per month or a one-time product lifetime fee of $299. Among the many benefits of TiVo service are 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 lineup 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).

TiVo offers additional features with their Home Media Option package (available through their Web site for $99). This services provides remote scheduling capabilities from anywhere you have Internet access; MP3 streaming from your PC to your TiVo so you can listen to music through your home theater sound system; digital image viewing from your PC so that you can create slideshows on your TV; and multiroom viewing, which allows you to connect two TiVo Series2 DVRs in your home so that you can record on one and watch on another.

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