Well, its done. I get all of my HD and digital channels on my Tivo now. It was rather painless. Insight came to install the cards around 11 this morning. It took maybe 10-15 minutes to get both cards working. The biggest problem turned out to be that the technician forgot his car key at my house. He had not seen the Series 3 yet and was surprised when it took two cablecards. All in all, I have not had any of the problems that most people have been posting about on the web forums. I ordered my Tivo around 8 Monday night and its completely up and running around 12 today. And that is including 2 days of shipping. The only other problem I had was that I had to call them to get my tracking number because they never sent it to my email address.
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Yesterday, I came home early, so I wouldn’t miss getting the Tivo. While waiting for it to arrive, I started tearing apart the old entertainment system and getting it ready for the new equipment. Once it arrived, I plugged in the plugs and slid it into place. Now I’m waiting for the cable company to stop by and install the 2 CableCards that it needs to do all of the digital channels. After that’s done, I’ll update my blog to let everyone know my experiences with getting it hooked up.
So, this morning I called up Tivo. I got my tracking number and it should be here tomorrow. I called Insight, they were most helpful. They have to send out someone to install the CableCards. But they had lots of openings and the tech will stop by Friday morning. Also, they can pick up the old Insight DVR at that visit, so I don’t have to stop by the main office. So, everything is falling into place….
Last night I ordered my Series 3 Tivo. I don’t know when it will ship yet, but it should arrive 2 days after they ship it. So my question is this: Do I go ahead and try to get Insight to get me my cablecards and return my Insight DVR or do I wait until my Series 3 Tivo gets here? I’m hoping that I can drop off the Insight DVR and pick up the cablecards at the office and not have to have an installer come out to the house…