Retailers Leak New TiVo HD Specs and Price

Brent writes "Retailers goofed and posted most of the specs of the forthcoming TiVo Series 3 Lite, which Ars says may be called 'TiVo HD' at launch. A comparison with the standard Series 3 shows that for a savings of $300, you only lose the OLED screen (do you need a screen on your TiVo?), the glowing remote (which you can pickup for $50 anyway), THX certification (worthless) and 90GB of storage. Looks like it may be a TiVo hacker's dream."

Re:What?

[wawannem]

well, the summary didn't mention the poster of Natalie Portman that comes with it.

Re:What?

[suv4x4]

What exactly makes it a "hacker's dream"?

Well, hackers are poor and... well... That's Slashdot, you and your reasoning.

Re:Neato keen and all but meh

[feepness]

Very nice, albeit still not enough to justify me getting one. Mind you the reason why I haven't is not an issue with the TiVo itself - more of a matter of nothing being on television worth watching anyway. If they add a "unSuck" button you can count me as the first person in line.

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own a Television [theonion.com]

Yes. It comes with Saw 3 pre-loaded.

[Anonymous Coward]

Plus, it uses ReiserFS.

[Sorry. Now I'm going AC for sure.]

Re:Hackers dream?

[Eddi3]

They didn't say a hacker's dream, they said a TiVo hacker's dream.