You think the tivo software is any better? Pffft. It won't be unless the box is running a P4 and 2GB of ram. The latest tivo software update has rendered many boxes virtually useless with how slow it's made them. 10 seconds to get to now playing, 5-8 second for the guide to respond and change the channel, etc. It's atrocious. My new dual tuner box is significantly better (more RAM? It's not clear why) but Tivo's responsiveness to this issues is terrible.