yep, back with good ‘ole tivo brand tivo. i remember a few years back when my first tivo was a hand-me-down gift from ben for letting him borrow my honda civic while he was in between cars. it was the greatest and only thing out there. the problem was interfacing with the cable box was really slow since there was no cable card support, and once i went HD, regular tivo was pretty worthless.

tivo eventually caught up and put out an hd tivo that had cable card support and atsc tuners, but it was about $1000, so i went with the moxi box offered from charter. however the interface of the moxi box sucked, the system was super slow, and it seemed i could only store a few hours of hd content. at the end of the tv season last year, i went ahead and ditched hd cable altogether and found the goodness of free over the air hd.

finally last month tivo released an affordable version of their hd tivo, and since good fall tv is starting again i pulled the trigger. for now i’m still just doing ota broadcast, but i really only ever watch 2,4,5,7,11, and when i’m feeling black gay or mexican or both, 13.

setting up tivo with the familiar beeps and bloops felt like hanging out with a long-lost friend. tivo, you’ve made tv fun again.