Comments on: TiVo Coming To Cox

By: beth

beth — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:21:59 +0000

What’s worse than the DVR interface is the On Demand interface, for the love of god please hire a usability expert!

By: converter

converter — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:40:17 +0000

Please, please let our DVR be one of those that receives the tivo upgrade. The current release of the Cox DVR software is horrible. The worst issue is the disk space leakage. After about a week of usage it starts deleting recordings after about 6 hours, even with only two or three hours used. We have to power cycle the box to get it to recalculate disk space.

By: peteypete

peteypete — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:18:33 +0000

Ok, I guess Time Warner is up next. I guess the satellite companies are going to face an onslaught of “Switch to cable w/tivo” ads.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:58:05 +0000

Awesome… now all I need is for them to roll out the new three-tuner SA box, and it’ll totally top the Series 3 TiVo. Seriously, a two-tuner box just doesn’t cut it anymore.

John: The Cox remote (at least here in the Fairfax, VA area) is a horrible silver-and-grey custom job. The 1st party SA AllTouch remote is a LOT better as far as layout goes. I actually bought 2 of them, and I’m much happier. Who needs an “ON DEMAND” button?

Cliff: Yeah, I giggle every time. I also find it funny that my web server port is blocked on my Cox cable modem connection. You might say that port 80 is Cox-blocked.

By: mikemilz

mikemilz — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:50:47 +0000

This is a HUGE plus for those of us waiting for a TiVo dual HD box, suffering through this current Cox cludge of a DVR. I will be the first on the list to get this upgrade – hell I’ll even pay a couple bucks more a month for software that actually works and doesn’t “forget” to record shows for me!

By: Josh McCormick

Josh McCormick — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:49:48 +0000

The current guide software on COX DVRs is absolutely hideous. And a horrible remote to go with it. And you’ve got a zillion keys, and they’re all commonly used:

UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, PAGEUP, PAGEDOWN, A, B, C, SELECT, DVRLIST, GUIDE, ETC, and a number of less commonly used ones.

Here’s to TiVo’s more logical interface.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:47:57 +0000

That’s very interesting. Now if they could only move as fast to get ABC HD in Connecticut.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:50:55 +0000

I think I would rather go this route than the Series 3.

Well maybe I will try both.