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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"Has some great features but one big drawback"
Pros: All the convenience you've come to expect from a TiVo with an integrated DVD burner. The TiVo-style menus on the burned DVDs are great.
Cons: Inability to edit video before writing it to DVD. Only half the storage compared with other TiVos. I bought this unit because my TiVo series 2 was full and I wanted to use the Home Media Option to trasfer programs to the Humax and write them to DVD. Th
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I disagree with this persons comment pertaining to the MPEG medium video quality of the Humax Series 2 80 hour Tivo DVR. I record almost everything in medium quality on my unit, allow up to 4 hours of video on a 4.5 gig single-sided DVD-R. The only programs I would reserve for high-quality would be 2 hour movies I want to immediately transfer to DVD indefinately, musical performances/concerts, or something I'm recording/transferring to DVD for a friend who has special requested high quality. I'll be writting a review shortly on this unit, because I beleive it kicks a**.
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I disagree with this persons comment pertaining to the MPEG medium video quality of the Humax Series 2 80 hour Tivo DVR. I record almost everything in medium quality on my unit, allow up to 4 hours of video on a 4.5 gig single-sided DVD-R. The only programs I would reserve for high-quality would be 2 hour movies I want to immediately transfer to DVD indefinately, musical performances/concerts, or something I'm recording/transferring to DVD for a friend who has special requested high quality. I'll be writting a review shortly on this unit, because I beleive it kicks a**.
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