They showed it at CES! The bad part is the release date: “mid-to-late 2006.” :(
This is the TiVo with CableCard support, which would allow HD over cable. Like the HD DirecTiVo, it has 2 ATSC (over-the-air HD) tuners and 2 NTSC tuners. On top of the 2 CableCard tuners, for a total of 6(!). It can only record two shows at a time, despite the number of tuners.
Other highlights:
- Backlit peanut remote.
- SATA interface for additional storage add-on.
- Great looking box with LCD readout of what the box is doing.
But damn, I miss my TiVo, and was holding out for the new box. They’d previously said early 2006. :(