It's inevitable: you're watching a great movie, and the phone rings right in the middle of the scene that explains everything. Or you get held up in traffic and miss the first twenty minutes of your favorite show. Wouldn't it be great if you could pause that important scene, or start playing that show from the beginning? Now you can, thanks to Sony's hard disk recorder with the TiVo™ service. Finally, you can watch TV on your terms!
Not only does the SVR-3000 let you pause, rewind, and create instant replays of live TV — its program guide and Season Pass™ feature can also find and record your favorite shows whenever they're on. Use the Thumbs Up™ and Thumbs Down™ buttons to rate live or recorded shows, and TiVo will make suggestions based on your preferences. Plus, playback is as easy as recording: just press the List button on the remote to see your recorded shows organized by title and date for quick, easy searching.
Essentially a hard drive like the one inside your computer, the SVR-3000 boasts an immense 80 gigabytes of memory. Sony helps you get your gigs' worth with 4 levels of MPEG2 recording (from "Basic" to "Best"), giving you anywhere from 24 to 80 hours of capacity. Use Basic quality for day-to-day recording, and save Best quality for specials, concerts, and premiere movies.
Once a day, the SVR-3000's built-in modem automatically dials into the TiVo service to update the 2 weeks of program info in the TV Live Guide; the daily call takes place at low-traffic times like 3 a.m. (Note: Long distance charges may apply.) A TiVo subscription is required; it costs only $12.95/month, or a one-time $299 product lifetime payment.
Details:
- record, play, slow motion, rewind, fast forward, pause (both live and pre-recorded television)
- one-touch menu access and selection
- TiVo organizes your recorded programs — press a button and your selection begins to play
- Program Search (by show name, channel, or time)
- Season Pass™ feature automatically finds and records all episodes of your favorite shows
- use the Thumbs Up™ and Thumbs Down™ buttons to rate programs; TiVo Suggestions™ will recommend other programs you might like
- Auto Transfer for automatic dubbing to a Sony VCR (programs may be dubbed to other VCR brands manually)
- multibrand remote (controls most TVs and A/V receivers)
- 2 A/V outputs (2 composite, 2 S-video)
- 1 A/V input (composite and S-video)
- RF in/out
- 16-15/16"W x 3-1/16"H x 14"D
- warranty: 1 year parts, 90 days labor
- Note: TiVo recorders make a daily call for programming updates; long distance charges may apply.
- TiVo service not available in Puerto Rico or Canada
Consumer Alert: This component has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation's transition to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before with cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and similar products. For more information, call the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-225-5322 (TTY: 1-888-835-5322) or visit the Commission's digital television website at: www.dtv.gov
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