Jason Unger

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If there's one thing Debbie and I disagree on, it's which is the best DVR - Comcast or TiVo.

For some odd reason, she loves the Motorola HD DVR we use from Comcast. And it's not just the convenience of it — she likes the interface, the usability and the remote.

On the other hand, I hate it. And love TiVo.

Since we only have a Series 2 unit — relegated to the office, where the TV isn't even connected to cable — my TiVo has not gotten a lot of love recently.

Then Comcast comes along and starts marketing a sort of hybrid TiVo software for use with their DVRs.

Perfect! Now we can have the best of both worlds. We don't need to buy another box (for our HDTV), pay more service fees, and we each get a slice of the pie.

Too bad the Comcast-TiVo rollout is happening in Boston, where we no longer live.

After three years of painstaking work, Comcast, (CMCSA) the nation's largest cable provider, Tuesday will begin marketing TiVo's (TIVO) interface as a premium software upgrade for DVR customers in the Boston area.

Of course, this was supposed to happen a long time ago, with a national rollout expected by the end of 2006.

It didn't happen.

Hopefully Comcast will start pushing this out to other markets — maybe Washington, D.C.? — soon.

This would be one of the first things the company could do to make me happy.

Career vs Love: Which Would You Pick? - Well, ideally you could have both.

But there's a reason the song isn't called "All You Need is a Job."

Video Of The Day: Comcast TiVo DVR - I'm hoping that TiVo as software becomes prominent in 2008, and that Comcast here in DC will start to offer the TiVo guide for their boxes.

It's a great middle ground for me and the wife — she likes the Comcast experience and I like the TiVo interface. This rollout looks like it could suit both of us.

Have Your Baby Before New Year's Day, Save Thousands - An interesting look at why December 28th is the "most popular birth date of the year."

This is easily one of the best commercials I've seen in some time — I actually want to see even more of it.

Hat tip - Davis Freeberg