So Tivo finally released a HD version of Tivo that mere mortals can actually afford Tivo HD. It looks great. They don't seem to have to have missed out anything from the $800 Series 3 that really matters in this $300 version. Sure the hard drive is smaller but of course that can be upgraded if your tech savy or you can buy one already upgraded from Weaknees and still keep well below the Series 3 price. It's all good and very tempting.

However until the CableCARD 2.0 mess is sorted out it's still a broken solution. Without CableCARD 2.o I will still have to keep (and pay for) my existing cable box so that I can still access Pay-Per-View and OnDemand. So in addition to paying $300 for the box and $8 - $17 for the Tivo service I still have the $12 fee for my existing cable box. But really I just want everything to work with 1 box.

So I'm going to continue to wait impatiently for the Comcast Tivo thats been coming soon for at least 2 years now. Unless CableCARD 2.0 is available before then.