Thread: Comparing "VIP 722 + Hd Absoulte" Vs " Verizon HD Pckg + Tivo/VMC CableCard"

I am quite satisfied with VIP 722 and HD absolute from dish network, but HD absolute supposedly $29 plan ends up $74+ for 2 dual tuner receiver(hint: being nickled and dimed).

Verizon has been bombarding me with triple bundle for $99 and free upgrade to HD package for 6 months(10+ after that). It should save some dough.

I know V supports cableCARD. I have personally never tried TIVO but always heard positive reviews. but on other hand:

I love Vista media center with its sleak interface and NO FEE advance DVR functnality and recently CableCard tuner have been cracked to use with any Vista PC. I already have Xbox as extender. more can be scored under $100

so my question:

- What are main cons and pro of going with verizon with VMC or TIVO? has anyone tried both setup? liked one over another?

- Any known buggy issues with cableCARD?

- How is dish compares overall with above verizon setup? I know dish hardware is better but their HD-lite is ....lite.

Thanks for feedback.

P.S. reason I posted in war zone so I can get hopefully unbiased feedback as compare to dish or verizon section.