Goodsport
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Comparing Comcast's Motorola 6400 Series model DVR and TiVo's 40-hour Series2 model DVR, I've noted each unit's advantages over the other:
Comcast DVR:
TiVo:
Did I miss any points for either unit (or both)? If so, feel free to add more.
So which one would you choose and why?
-G
Comcast DVR:
- It's a dual-tuner unit, as opposed to the single-tuner TiVo unit. In other words, I can record two different channels at the same time and switch between watching either one, or I can simply record one channel while watching another.
- Ability to record HDTV (unlike the TiVo). Though I don't have an HDTV, perhaps one day I'll win the lottery and buy one.
- Though both units have S-Video capability, the Comcast DVR is also optical-audio capable.
- No need for a separate telephone connection.
- It's a digital cable box and DVR all in one unit.
- With Comcast's recently-revamped onscreen menu guide (which applies to most of its regular digital cable boxes as well as its DVR's), the TV program appears in the upper right-hand quarter of the screen even when searching through the onscreen menus.
- 30 hours of TV-quality recording capacity, as opposed to the TiVo's 11 hours of TV-quality (the TiVo's "Best Quality" option) recording capacity (the TiVo unit has several recording quality options, the "Best Quality" obviously being the best - the 40 hour listed capacity is for the TiVo's lowest quality option). However, various TiVo units have different capacities.
- $9.95 per month addition to the cable bill, as opposed to the TiVo's $12.95 per month (not including your cable bill). No cost for the Comcast DVR box and remote themselves.
TiVo:
- Onscreen program descriptions more detailed and informative.
- The picture seems a bit more solid when rewinding and fast-forwarding, and you can jump ahead or behind in increments.
- If you happen to move to a different residence, you can take your TiVo unit anywhere there's cable service, even if the new area doesn't yet offer cable DVR service.
- Search options a bit more thorough.
- Oftentimes, the TiVo unit gets extras like sneek previews and videos.
- Easy to record saved programs onto VCR or DVD burner. I don't yet know if this is also true of the Comcast DVR.
- Compatability between multiple TiVo units in the same household possible (though I believe that costs extra).
Did I miss any points for either unit (or both)? If so, feel free to add more.
So which one would you choose and why?
-G