Reasons to Buy a TiVo Recorder

I’m not exaggerating when I say that TiVo has changed my life. In fact, I can’t remember what life was like before I had my trusty TiVo programming all of my favorite television shows. I love it with all of my heart. The relationship spawned off a recommendation from my friend when he told me that the capabilities of TiVo allows you to pause television shows when you take a bathroom break or rewind live TV to replay a great tackle during a football game. 

When I moved into my house last year and switched from cable to satellite, I signed up for the TiVo not knowing what to expect. What happened was a love so strong and gratifying that left me smitten for days and knowing that this relationship would surely be that of a long-term basis. Let me back up here. I’m sure you have some questions.

What exactly is a TiVo, you may ask? I’m sure you’ve heard of it before. (Pronounced Tee-Vo.) TiVo is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR) that allows the consumer to capture television programming to internal hard disk storage for later viewing. That sounds pretty serious, huh? What it means is that it performs all of the same functions of a VCR, but without worrying about finding space on a tape, rewinding tapes, or setting your VCR to record. 

The TiVo makes it incredibly simple at taping your favorite television shows by just clicking a few buttons on the guide. To pull up your taped shows, you click another button and a screen pops up with prior listings. One click later you’re watching your show. It’s so simple a caveman could do it! Wait, isn’t that witty advertising slogan already taken?

Though operating your TiVo recorder is simple, they actually contain much more sophisticated software to recorded programs than VCRs. Unlike tape based recorders, a TiVo can record a new program while playing any previously recorded program. It’s like TV heaven.