Chatted tonight with an agent, he said if I use my own TiVo series 3 it will get HD but I can't record unless I lease their DVR service. Is anyone here using a TiVo with Comcast that can confirm or deny this?
I have a Tivo HD Series 3 connected to Comcast. The Tivo HD was the last version on the Series 3, but all versions of the Series 3 have two CC slots and will record in HD via the CC on Comcast. The original Series 3 models need two cards (one for each tuner), it doesn't matter if those cards are S (single) or M (multiple), it will need two if you want to record two cable channels in HD. The Tivo HD can use one M card to record two cable channels in HD.Chatted tonight with an agent, he said if I use my own TiVo series 3 it will get HD but I can't record unless I lease their DVR service. Is anyone here using a TiVo with Comcast that can confirm or deny this?
Wrong, all Series 3 models have CC slots.Some Series 3 can accept CableCards
Series 3 units don't even have a way to control another box like the earlier models do with their IR blasters. So connecting another box to a Series 3 will only work for manual recordings and not for scheduled recordings. Besides all Series 3 models have analog/digital tuners and will record analog (if available), clear QAM (if available) or encrypted QAM with a cable card. No other box needed.If your Series 3 can't accept cable cards of any kind then you need a digital converter.