Series 3 300GB/32GB HD equivalent # of GB's?
 

I can't decide on a Series 2 or 3 Tivo, perhaps I can buy the series 2 model
and take the savings (versus Series 3) and instead buy a larger internal
HDD, thereby getting more HD recording time. But, I do not know how many
GB's the Series 3 or Series 2 HDD's are. Can't find the GB info on Tivo.com
or elsewhere. Any info would be appreciated!

Series 3 300GB/32GB HD equivalent # of GB's?
 

Vik wrote:
I can't decide on a Series 2 or 3 Tivo,

I would expect that your first decision would be: HDTV or no HDTV.
Series 2 does not do HD.
Series 3 and HD TiVo do HD, the latter being a lot less expensive.

Can't find the GB info on Tivo.com or elsewhere.

https://www3.tivo.com/store/boxes.do
http://www.weaknees.com/tivo.php

Series2 DT DVR = up to 80 hours = 80 GB. (Also 40hr=40GB, 140Hr=120GB)
TiVo HD DVR = up to 180 hours in SD = 160 GB SATA.
Series3 HD DVR = up to 300 hours in SD = 250 GB SATA.

-Joe

Series 3 300GB/32GB HD equivalent # of GB's?
 

Joe Smith shaped the electrons to say:
Vik wrote:
I can't decide on a Series 2 or 3 Tivo,
I would expect that your first decision would be: HDTV or no HDTV.
Series 2 does not do HD.
Series 3 and HD TiVo do HD, the latter being a lot less expensive.

The latter is officially 'TiVo HD'.

And the Series3 isn't too bad now. There is a $200 rebate and you can
buy them for under $600, bringing it down to under $400. The TiVo
HD's MSRP is $299 - but I've seen it as low as $267 recently.

Personally, right now I'd probably go with the Series3 for the larger
drive, nicer remote, and nicer physical design of the unit. But if
you go with the TiVo HD, I recommend picking up the 'Glo' remote
separately as it is really a nicer TiVo remote. (Unless you're going
to use a universal like a Harmony remote.)

Series2 DT DVR = up to 80 hours = 80 GB. (Also 40hr=40GB, 140Hr=120GB)

This is not correct.

The Series2 had 40hr (40GB), 80hr (80GB) and 140hr (120GB)
The Series2DT has 80hr (80GB) and 180hr (160GB) - but the 180-hour
seems to have been phased out and is harder to find now.

TiVo HD DVR = up to 180 hours in SD = 160 GB SATA.

Also given as up to 20 hours of HD.

Series3 HD DVR = up to 300 hours in SD = 250 GB SATA.

Also given as up to 32 hours of HD.

Note that both the TiVo HD and the Series3 have eSATA ports for
additional storage. These aren't officially activated yet, though
that is supposed to happen later this year. For now there are
unofficial ways to attach external storage to both models.

-MZ
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