Buy ReplayTV 3030 Digital Video RecorderReplayTV 3030 Digital Video Recorder Product Description:
- Digitally records up to 30 hours of programming without videotape
- Pauses live broadcasts and resumes play at your leisure
- QuickSkip feature bypasses recorded commercials
- Instant Replay plays back programming in 7-second increments
- Free programming guide with no monthly service fees
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85 of 89 people found the following review helpful.
Superb Customer Service
By Susan Fox
ReplayTV is well worth adopting early and often. It took a while to set up the system correctly -- due, I confess, to my anathema toward manuals no matter how simply written (and ReplayTV's is quite lucid). The customer service couldn't be better. They took at least a dozen calls as I worked my way through the setup and each time answered the phone quickly, knew what to do, and to a person exhibited a cheerful Job-like patience with me and the process. Wish that all customer service personnel were so well trained!
Others have already commented on the features... the biggest draw for me is the ease of use and the ability to create theme channels. I found VCRs to be fussy monsters ("plug and play," my arse). This is one technological advance long overdue. I can't wait to see what other innovations lie in the pipeline.
I took away a star because the screen gives off a blue triangle in the lower right hand corner whenever I play a recorded show. It's not a huge distraction, but worth noting.
post script: AOL bought out TiVo, yet another reason to choose ReplayTV.
57 of 62 people found the following review helpful.
One of the most helpful products in a long, long time!
By Miles Adams
I first heard about the ReplayTV & Tivo (is it "tie-vo","tiv-o", "t-i-v-o" or "tee-vo"? I've heard all forms...) products several months ago from Sound & Vision magazine. I got really excited because I tend to travel from time to time & this new, user-friendly technology would definately help me keep up with my favorite shows - something that you could never say about my VCR! Unfortunately, the money wasn't really there, especially for the available recording time.
Well, when the prices finally came down for the more capacity (especially consider that ReplayTV was originally $1500 for 28hrs when they first came out...), I started to do comparison research.
While the Tivo product looks pretty nice, I settled on the ReplayTV for the following reasons:
1. No monthly fees! I'm sorry, but I don't want another monthly bill in my life...
2. I'm a little uncomfortable with the idea of the Tivo thing trying to learn what I like - it might work for other people, but I like the control that I get with ReplayTV.
3. The ReplayTV interface is a lot simpler.
Anyways, I hope this helps anyone who is on the fence about this Personal Television category. It helps so much not to be at the mercy of some random television programmer as to when you watch what you want - now it's all on my schedule!
43 of 46 people found the following review helpful.Replay vs Tivo
By A Customer
Basically both units due the same thing...they record TV programs on to a 20 gigabyte hard disk. The beauty of the systems is that they are a breeze to program, you don't worry about changing or losing videotapes, and you can pause live programming if someone or thing interrupts you, and not miss anything. The Replay was my choice because of the additional input and outputs compared to the Tivo, and the greater cache time (30 minutes versus about 10 hours). What that means is that should you miss part of a program, the Tivo will overwrite that show after 30 minutes of recording versus the Replays 10 hours. The prices are about the same after you pay for the Tivo's lifetime programming charge.
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