We are also continuing our popular Free Glo Remote or Free Wireless G Network Adapter promotion which gives you the opportunity to purchase a great upgraded unit at the best value possible.  For details, please see our Rebates and Specials page and for other special promotional deals, please see our Ongoing Specials… thread at TiVo Community Forum where we are exclusive sponsors.

Applies to New & Existing Netflix Customers

Full details can be found on TiVo’s web site here and a synopsis of the program is also detailed at TiVoBlog.

Specials on upgraded TiVo HD systems listed and discussed here at TiVoCommunity Forum.

The Drobo storage robot is as easy-to-use as it is elegant: Just connect it to PC or Mac via USB 2.0, slap in as many as four SATA drives, and you’ll have your very own high-availability storage array with hot-pluggable drives.

Have a drive failure, no problem, just pull out the drive and replace with a new one? Need more space? No problem, just add another drive or swap out a smaller drive for a larger one.

The Drobo storage robot uses space more efficiently than traditional RAID devices and is also much faster when adding and removing drives, as well.

You really have to see it to believe it — less than 30 minutes and you’ll be up and running, and you’ll never have to worry about your data again.

Detailed on the Drobo on our website.

This new TiVo HD DVR is designed to work with any cable provider, esepcially those who offer HDTV services using CableCARDs, it can record two programs at once (even while you watch a third pre-recorded show), connect to your home network so that you can download movies, share home videos, music and photos, and many other great things included with the TiVo service!

The TiVo HD DVR, much like its older brother, Series3 HD DVR, contains Series3™ technology but it is offered at a significantly lower price for a few reasons: It has a smaller hard drive (160GB vs 250GB), does not include a TiVo Glo Remote and also doesn’t have a fancy OLED display. We have a relatively comprehensive comparison chart you can use to compare the major differences.

Fortunately, the TiVo Glo Remote can be purchased separately, and we expect this unit will be easily upgraded, just as its predecessors are.

With that in mind, we are currently taking orders for the new TiVo HD DVR, and are offering special promotions to those who order the new TiVo HD DVR prior to August 15th. All systems include free UPS Ground Shipping, however orders placed with a priority shipping method will be given a higher priority when systems are allocated.

Special Offer #1: A FREE TiVo Glo Premium Remote with the purchase of ANY upgraded Series3 TiVo DVR or TiVo HD DVR(coupon code: GLOREMOTE07A)

Special Offer #2: $15 off of a TiVo Glo Premium Remote with the purchase of any stock TiVo HD DVR (coupon code: GLOREMOTE07B).

Special Offer #3: A free 6-foot HDMI cable with the purchase of any stock TiVo HD DVR (coupon code: HDMI07C).

For more information on the new TiVo HD DVR, please head on over to our web site and check out our pre-order page for product specifics, pricing and availability dates.

Some other useful links:

• New TiVo HD DVR with Series3 Technology
• High End Series3 TiVo DVR
• TiVo Premium Glo Remote
• TiVo HD DVR and Series3 HD DVR Feature Comparison
• TiVo HD DVR Datasheet

From SiliconDust, the creators of the popular TurboNET and CacheCARD network interfaces for Series1 TiVo DVR units, comes a brand new product for DVR enthusiasts; the HDHomeRun networked Digital TV Tuner.

In a nutshell, this simple and inexpensive device connects to an OTA and/or cable source, and your home network, to provide you with two continuous streams of HD or QAM television streams over your home network!

What does this mean? If you have, or are considering building, a PC-based DVR using Windows MCE, Beyond TV, or SageTV, you can use the HDHomeRun and you don’t need ANY TV tuner cards in your PC!

Even if you don’t use your PC as a DVR, a simple five minute installation of the HDHomeRun on your network will allow you to watch OTA or QAM video sources using VLC player on your PC, just like that!

You really have to see it to believe it; this product is a MUST HAVE for any DVR enthusiast!

More details and ordering information available here.

Get your facts straight, IGN guy, and stop drinking the Kool-Aid!

CES 2006: DirecTV Plus HD DVR
The unit videophile DVR owners have been waiting for. New details, including price and release date.
by Matt Casamassina

January 5, 2006 – Hardcore videophiles may have already invested in TiVo’s high-definition DirecTV tuner, which enables all the functionality of a traditional DVR and added HD support. But most early adopters paid for the device knowing that it’d be obsolete in less than a year. That’s because DirecTV has not only ended its exclusive license with TiVo, but has set out to make an HD DVR unit of its own – one that takes advantage of emerging new broadcast signals.

DirecTV’s DVR, called the HR20 (or “DirecTV Plus HD DVR”), basically uses the original TiVo unit as a base and adds a couple of impressive new features. The box was showcased for the first time at CES 2006 in Las Vegas and we were on hand for an up-close look. Here’s what we’ve been able to find out.

The HR20 displays both MPEG-2 and the recently launched MPEG-4 signals, which makes it immediately more attractive than the TiVo box. MPEG-2 is an inferior compression codec than MPEG-4 and as a result signals beamed in the former are larger, requiring more hard drive space to store. DirecTV would not divulge the size of the HR20’s hard drive, but it is likely to be comparable to the already-released TiVo HD DVR. The HR20 is able to record about 30 hours of MPEG-2 streamed HD content. However, it is able to store more than 50 hours of MPEG-4 HD broadcasts, according to DirecTV. It can, meanwhile, store some 200 hours of standard definition content. The device is able to display images in 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i, but it will not be compatible with the emerging 1080p HD format.

Owners of the TiVo HD DVR have been forced to give up many of the added features of TiVo Series 2 units. The HR20, in contrast, promises to deliver many of the special extras of today’s updated DVRs. The device features two DirecTV inputs, two ATSC tuners, one satellite in, an HDMI input, a component input, a composite input, and a digital/coaxial out. Interestingly, the HR20 also includes not one, but two Ethernet ports – we asked why, and a rep on hand said we would have to wait and see. It also boasts two USB 2.0 ports for future connectivity. The box enables users to record two sources from either DirecTV or ATSC – even at the same time.

That’s all good and fine, but when does the HR20 finally come out and how much is it going to cost? DirecTV would not give us a firm date, but it did state that the unit will definitely be available in Q2 2006. “Really Q2, we swear,” a spokesperson told us. Meanwhile, we’re able to report some fantastic news for early adopters who picked up a DirecTV TiVo HD DVR. DirecTV reps confirmed to us today that the HR20 will be made available “completely free of charge” to select HD TiVo owners as soon as the former becomes available. By select, the company means owners who live in the PST or MT areas of the United States, as these regions will be the first to make the switch to MPEG-4 broadcasts. HD TiVo owners who live in other parts of the US can either wait a little longer for the same deal or purchase the HR20 for only $99 smackers. Brand new customers will pay approximately $200 for the device and will get a significant mail-in rebate, according to DirecTV.