Reply #17: Pausing live TV. Never channel surfing again. [View All]

[rinsd]

If you're not big into TV, it won't impress much.

But for someone who lives in the flight path near an airport, the pause live TV feature is very useful. Even to briefly pause while someone goes to the bathroom is nice. Or to rewind because a line was missed. With sports, you can do your own instant replays.

As far as the record feature, TiVo is much smarter than a VCR and has a much larger capacity. I don't channel surf much anymore. I have 4 or 5 shows already recorded that I will watch after work. And while I am watching them TiVo will record any prime time shows I am also interested in. You can also set your TiVo on a kind of auto feature where it attempts to match shows to your tastes. Personally I found that feature creepy so I turned it off.

I have found TiVo to be superior to other DVR service offering by cable companies in terms of ease of use.

But again, if you aren't into TV there won't be of much use to you.