My wife and I have been wanting to get a Tivo for the bedroom for some time now and with the current Tivo promo program, there was no time like the present. I have an old Sony Tivo (Series 1) which I love and has been with me for many, many years. We unpacked the new Tivo and moved the old one into the bedroom… but now, I’m thinking about getting another Series 2 Tivo for the bedroom. Wow. I mean, wow. The Series 2 has some great features:

• Networking… So you can sync over the net.
• On line scheduling.
• Program sharing
• The Home Media Option

It’s really the Home Media Option that was the real killer app for me. Wow, it is completely kick ass. Wow. It is. Wow.

First, it supports the PC and the Mac. But I use it with my Mac. In less than 30 seconds, I had the “Tivo Desktop” software installed and up and running on my Mac. It allows me to share photos from my iPhoto albums, and music from iTunes. So now, all 25k+ songs in my music library and all 5k+ photos in my photo library can be shared to the Tivo. And a quick output from the Tivo into my amp, and viola! My entire music library, on-line, and browsable. It’s amazing. I love it. I’m in heaven.