Televisionary: TiVo Times Two

I got a wonderful email yesterday from the good folks at TiVo alerting me to their latest offering: a dual tuner TiVo Series 2 unit that can record two programs at the same time (a feat largely diminished in my mind now that Lost and Veronica Mars aren't in the same timeslot). While the combination DirecTV-TiVo units have had this capability for some time, it's the first time that a stand-alone TiVo unit has been able to simultaneously record two shows.

The TiVo Series 2 DT DVR with 80-hour recording capability is available now for current TiVo customers with a 1 year pre-paid service for only $254. The new unit, which also has built-in-Ethernet and USB ports, will be released to the general public May 1st.

While I love the new features and the capability of recording more than one program at a time, I am still itching for the release of the TiVo Series 3 unit (hopefully) this fall; I'll be saving my pennies!