Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 15 years and 7 months old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.150 hours of HD-recording goodness … today TiVo unveiled its new TiVo HD XL.
From the outside it looks just like the TiVo HD, but this baby sports a 1TB (that’s 1 terrabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes) “green” hard drive, THX certification (like my now-discontinued Series3 box), and comes with the backlit Glo remote … all for $600 (plus the monthly service plan).
Yes, you could buy the regular TiVo HD and upgrade it with an internal 1TB drive for less than the XL’s $600 price tag (even Weaknees has had upgraded 1TB TiVos available for some time), but for the average consumer who doesn’t want to crack open their new piece of equipment and mess with hard drive upgrades, the XL should be their first choice.
I’m not really in the market for a new TiVo at this point: I’ve got an S2, an S3, and a THD all in active service plus a Toshiba TX-20 (DVD burner model) sitting in a closet not being used. Plus, the THD has the 500gb WD Expander attached so that box itself has 660gb (about 88 hours of HD recording). I’ll be waiting for the rumored Series4 before adding a new TiVo to the household.
Side note: when I first saw the name of the new model, it reminded me of my Atari 800XL. 😀