SAVE $70.22 - TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder $429.77

tivo hdxl is a wonderful gadget i love the tivo hdxl. i had a comcast dvr for 5 years prior to buying the tivo and the tivo offers far more features than the comcast dvr ever did. the most important things to me are storage space and reliability. tivo hdxl offers a huge amount of storage space and so far has been very reliable. i love the netflix streaming feature and have had pretty good success with it so far. the only negatives i have to say about this product are it occasionally freezes up and the only way to fix it is to do a hard reboot (pull the power plug, wait 10 seconds, plug it back in). the reboot time is also a negative (it takes about 5 minutes to restart before you are able to use the tivo). i really like being able to listen to my entire music collection from the tivo over my home network but it would be even better if the tivo supported the native itunes format. unfortunately the only way to listen to itunes purchased music is to convert it to mp3 format. overall i am very pleased with this purchase and would highly recommend it over the standard cable company dvr. the shipping time from buy.com was excellent! i received my tivo 3 days after ordering it and i didn't pay any extra for faster shipping. Rating: 4 (J. Holland, 2010-02-04) Product reviewed: TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder

I miss my ReplayTV I really miss my ReplayTV. It had a few really good features on it. But it wasn't HD. Also, I can now rent movies from Amazon really easily, as long as Amazon doesn't make too many more deals with production companies to withhold streaming. I have thoroughly enjoyed my Tivo HD and no problems yet. It's a great buy!! Rating: 4 (M. Artmann, 2010-01-25) Product reviewed: TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder

Money saver! We got this as a gift over Christmas and have used it non-stop since. We cut cable and just went with the antenna and this has been the perfect solution to not have to watch shows we miss on the internet. Also the "TiVo suggestions" are great for those times when it seems nothing is on. I highly recommend this product for all antenna or cable users. Rating: 5 (Alex, 2010-01-24) Product reviewed: TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder

Current Manufacturing Defects - no current fix I am a huge Tivo fan and have owned multiple units in the past, so it disappoints me to have to report this. Unfortunately, there is a known manufacturing defect in Tivo HD XL units currently in stock, (affecting units manufactured since November 2009). I recently purchased a new HD XL DVR and was forced to return it and then a replacement unit that followed due to manufacturing defects. There are now multiple reports in the Tivo support forums documenting the issue (see links below). Tivo technical support (level 2) confirms the issue, but has no current solution, and Tivo is no longer replacing defective units which suggests the issue is widespread. The problem manifests itself in a soft-reboot freeze which renders the unit incapable of passing the initial "Welcome Screen", or undertaking routine software updates without manual intervention (ie, future updates will lock up the unit and your programming will likely not be available until you hard re-boot it). The primary reason that I am posting this information is to save others the extraordinary amount of time that I have wasted in configuration and set-up of each of these new boxes and only then to learn that the problem has no fix. Tivo customer service technical support has very little information on the problem besides acknowledging that it exists. Unfortunately, Tivo has neither recalled the units from inventory nor proposed any solutions at this time. Amazon has been very responsive to customer concerns and returns on this matter, and I couldn't speak more highly of the Tivo service on working units. I hope and expect that Tivo identifies a solution here, but I suggest that potential purchasers seek updated information. [...] Rating: 1 (BD, 2010-01-23) Product reviewed: TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder

It simply works This review will be short and sweet. We purchased the Tivo in December 08, set it up, and have been using it ever since. It works very well and our viewing and recording habits have changed significantly because of its simplicity. Rating: 5 (K. Trout, 2010-01-19) Product reviewed: TiVo TCD658000 HD XL Digital Video Recorder