The other day Rogers called me up to tell me that my SA8300HD PVR wasn’t working properly. I told them that it was working fine, but they asked that I tune to channel 100, a VOD (Video On Demand) channel. Sure enough, it didn’t work. A little lightbulb turned on in my mind, because the VOD Treehouse channel never worked either. So they tell me to bring in the PVR for one that works. Great! I did that, but still have the same problem. ** SIGH ** If Rogers used TiVo, I betcha that wouldn’t happen.

And that seems to be the thinking behind Charlie White’s overviews of the Scientific Atlanta 8000HD and 8300HD (I have that one) PVRs. It gets the job done, with two tuners at that, but they’re still not TiVo’s. But for me, TiVo is not an option - not available in my country. So I’ll just continue living with my SA8300HD until I finally get a choice.

Digital Media Net - HD Digital Video Recorders by Scientific-Atlanta