TiVo Premiere, one set-top box to replace everything in your home AV

TiVo Premiere, which has just been announced by the company is a single set-top box that is able to replace almost all you have in your current home entertainment system. The TiVo Premiere has two versions available, which are one with 320GB HDD that allows up to 45 hours of HD recoding and is priced at $300. And the other version is with 1TB HDD, allows up to 150 hours of HD video recording and costs $500.

Each TiVo Premiere has wide screen interface that is more user-friendly, and is equipped with Ethernet Internet connection, allows it to pull contents from the Internet including Netfix and and Amazon Video On Demand. One distinct capability of the TiVo Premiere is it works like a search engine that searches the shows you want from all sources such as those on broadcast channels, video-on-demand, Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, etc.

The Premiere also has CableCard slot, so you can replace your existing Cable box. Most homes these days may lack of an Ethernet jack but you could wait for a few months later in June, when TiVo will release a WiFi N adapter for the Premiere. A remote control with QWERTY will also be released later this year, which is great for faster typing of what shows you want it to search.

Two caveats: Cost, at $13 a month depending on the plan you pick and lacking of playback capability of 3D broadcasts at full HD.