[macguru32]

My TiVo was installed yesterday. I was aware of all the issues on these forums so was expecting the worst. I'd read about the remote line of sight issues, PQ issues, EPG and On Demand, lack of reminders etc etc.
However, so far I'm delighted. The engineer was doing his first TiVo install which filled me with dread. It turns out I knew a lot more about it than he did so my 'training' session was pretty brief. Thanks to all the forum posters for that knowledge!
One important point, before I allowed him to connect anything I insisted on a signal test. Turns out my signal was too high, which might explain the years of issues I've had with my Samsung SD box, freezes, missing menu data etc.
After he'd adjusted the signal we then booted into diagnostics on the TiVo before it performed it's first 'live' connection. After a few calls to support (I could hear them talking the engineer through the menus as he didn't know them) and some adjustments, the first full connect with data download took about 20-30 minutes. I was expecting days of delays to fully build the EPG menus but everything appears to be there now.
Yes there still remain the small issues that people are seeing but I'd go as far as to say none of them are major showstoppers and the product does feel ready for general release to the main body of VM customers.
So far well pleased.