I just opened up a new pallet of TiVo HD units, and I saw this new graphic on the boxes:

New TiVo HD Box Graphic

So this made me think, are people mistakenly buying these boxes, assuming they’ll work with satellite TV? Or is TiVo changing the packaging so that they can distinguish it with the DirecTV HD TiVo when it ships?

I’m hoping that this means the latter, and that this also means they’re working on designing the packaging for it. Judging by the amount of requests we’re already getting for it, the DirecTV HD TiVo should be a pretty big hit.

OK – we’ve been selling some 2 TB TiVos for a while, but not like this one. This one has ALL of the storage inside the unit, and it’s all on one 2 TB drive.

So now you can get the biggest capacity, all in one box. No external drive means no extra power plug, no cables, no lights, lower power requirements, etc.

The size is about the same capacity-wise as our 2 TB units that come with one internal terabyte drive and one external terabyte drive. And, sorry to say, due to the cost of these 2 TB drives, it costs a bit more. But you can’t beat the advantages.

For technical reasons, this size is only available on the TiVo HD XL. See our complete 2TB TiVo HD XL (Internal) product page.

Here’s a screenshot of the System Information screen:

System Information Screen from a 2 TB TiVo HD XL

And here’s a breakdown of SD (standard definition) recording hours:

Standard Def Analog Recording Hours

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As announced today, TiVo users will be able to stream VOD (video on demand) from Blockbuster’s library. We’re definitely happy to hear that TiVo is partnering with yet another big company in the video space. This adds Blockbuster to the VOD list that already includes Amazon, Netflix, and Jaman.

But, what we found exceptionally notable in this release, is that, unlike with the Netflix and YouTube links, Series2 users can play Blockbuster movies. That’s great – Blockbuster is taking the time to encode these movies in ways to make them available to more units.

So if you’ve got a networked Series2 or Series3 TiVo, you’ve got another great source of video content. This really helps further cement TiVo’s position as the best video box for you living room.

TiVo, Inc. issued their financial year-end results today via a press release. Beside the numbers (profit is up, but not on a large scale; subscribers are down, but not on a large scale), there is an interesting tidbit on the progress of the DirecTV HD DVR:

“Additionally, we continue to work on our new DIRECTV HD DVR. The new HD DVR will include popular TiVo broadband features, and will be immediately accessible to DIRECTV’s entire national customer base on day-one of the launch. We have had a very successful history with DIRECTV and those subscribers are some of our most loyal customers. Now, as these customers look to upgrade from standard definition programming, they will have the option to choose the TiVo experience to help them truly get the most out of their high definition viewing experience.”