Again I say, “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”  I sat down this evening to catch the new episode of Smallville, only to discover my Tivo was acting weird.  I rebooted it, and it all went down hill from there.

Now, it does nothing but get to the “Almost there.  A few more seconds please...” and hang.  After several minutes, it will reboot itself again.

This will accelerate my home theater pc project.  I'm not going to pay for another dead-end box, but I'm not ready to plunge into my HTPC yet.  I suppose my options are:

• Get the Time Warner DVR.  That could be nice since they have an HD model now.  I'm also toying with getting their Voice over IP solution for unlimited calling for $40 a month.  That may become a good solution.
• Get another Tivo.  Series 2 has some nice options, but a few years down the road, I'd be in the same boat.
• Build my Home Theater PC.  I'm not entirely ready for this.

I suppose, I'll check out the Time Warner route.  If we'd save enough money on the VoIP for phone, and not paying Tivo fee, I might come out even.  I'll have to check it out.