Thanks for the comparison, Ben. I've been wondering about that for a while. Too bad my cable company is so laughably bad that I wouldn't even consider them. I'm running an HR-20, and HR-10 and one other old Hughes HDVR2.
As far as your comparison chart goes (for me): Capacity: Maybe the only reason it's worth $100 more. Remote: Don't use factory remotes. Don't care. Looks: Sits in a rack behind me. Don't care. Display: Ditto. Buttons: Ditto. Accessories: Support for unofficial hard drives is cool. Outputs: Extra SD? Meh. CableCARD: Whatever. Included cables: Monoprice FTW. Don't care. THX: Whatever - overrated. Don't care. Home Automation: Don't use Crestron. Don't care.
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WallyB @ Oct 23rd 2007 4:41PM
Thanks for the comparison, Ben. I've been wondering about that for a while. Too bad my cable company is so laughably bad that I wouldn't even consider them. I'm running an HR-20, and HR-10 and one other old Hughes HDVR2.
As far as your comparison chart goes (for me):
Capacity: Maybe the only reason it's worth $100 more.
Remote: Don't use factory remotes. Don't care.
Looks: Sits in a rack behind me. Don't care.
Display: Ditto.
Buttons: Ditto.
Accessories: Support for unofficial hard drives is cool.
Outputs: Extra SD? Meh.
CableCARD: Whatever.
Included cables: Monoprice FTW. Don't care.
THX: Whatever - overrated. Don't care.
Home Automation: Don't use Crestron. Don't care.
TivoHD wins I guess.