mbruno posted :
said by fiberguy:
You can! Go buy a Tivo... and even if the boxes were available for purchase, you'd really want to shell out the $500-$600 for one? With the given track record of DVRs, and with the unknown pending changes in technology coming, why waste your money?
It would take you 3 years to even break-even on your own purchase of a cable box, again, that is if it doesn't break, etc. So you're either spending 16 a month on one, or $600... either way, you're still spending about the same, so does it really matter? ... and if it does, there IS Tivo which you can buy and own.. but still, you're required to pay comcast something for the outlet (via cable card in most markets) AND you get the pleasure of paying Tivo a monthly fee as well to make it more than a brick.
I can say this much for the TIVO experience and that is unless you have ever owned one you don't know what you are missing. I have a Tivo HD and a Comcast DVR in HD, the Comcast DVR is so loud it will wake you up some nights from a dead sleep. As far as cost is concern, I pay tivo $12.95 a month and at most $8.00 for M-Card for it. What does this give? Well for starter, the ability to transfer shows to my PC or MAC. Recording features of shows I might be interested in from past viewing, does Comcast nope! Comcast cost $16 to rent with limited features and Tivo Cost $20.95 (CC + tivo Fee) so is $5.00 more worth it? Yes it is to me anyway. This week the Comcast DVR is going back to Comcast.
You can! Go buy a Tivo... and even if the boxes were available for purchase, you'd really want to shell out the $500-$600 for one? With the given track record of DVRs, and with the unknown pending changes in technology coming, why waste your money?
It would take you 3 years to even break-even on your own purchase of a cable box, again, that is if it doesn't break, etc. So you're either spending 16 a month on one, or $600... either way, you're still spending about the same, so does it really matter? ... and if it does, there IS Tivo which you can buy and own.. but still, you're required to pay comcast something for the outlet (via cable card in most markets) AND you get the pleasure of paying Tivo a monthly fee as well to make it more than a brick.