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I have it, and i LOVE It, i dont know how i'd get along without it, because i dont have time for watching TV, so it records everything i like and then i watch it late at night before bed. Whenever i need something to watch, i just go thro my list and somethings always there.

Now payment is a tricky thing. From what i understand if you get a direct tivo unit, where its only a tivo box, you have to pay a montly fee.

Now if you get a combo unit made by someone else with tivo built in.... You dont.
Mine is a Toshiba DVD player with a tivo built in. i get the tivo basic service for absolutly free. basic service is just the normal features. and lists the shows 3 days in advance.
I'd have to pay for the better service which is like 7 or 10 days tv listing in advance.

However, if you have one that does charge you a montly fee, you dont HAVE to pay. without the service, tivo can still pause rewind live tv, it can still record shows, like a VCR, you just tell it what time to record and stop. But it wont be able to list the shows names once it records, and it wont be able to tell you whats on the channel when you switch, or list the tv guide for you.
but you can still get along with it.

My advice is to search around for combo units, read what it says about its basic service charges and go off that. find a combo unit that comes with the basic service free.

what i WISH mine did was also burn DVD's so i can record a show, burn it to a DVD. but thoes are expensive.


Also there are mods for them, hehe. people have taken out the TIVO HD and replaced it with bigger ones, or taken it out, connected it to ther computer and added seperate programs that work on tivo when they connect it again.
one really amusing mod is someone made a program that displays CALLER ID on the tv screen when someone calls. lol


Anywho tho. i LOVE my tivo, highly HIGHLY recommend it.