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The Tivo HD came in today. My wonderful wife agreed to let me get lifetime service on it, something I’ve regretted not getting with my two other Tivos. I’ve paid the equivalent of a couple lifetime payments with the monthly amounts I’ve paid since 2000.

Setup was a breeze once I found my Tivo Wireless adapter. The one problem I have, is that it’s too easy to go back menus when I’m entering my wireless information. Other than that, there weren’t any problems. My wireless network was detected perfectly, and Tivo connected. I wish the options for video resolutions was a part of guided setup. I don’t mind digging through all the options, but how many people set up HD Tivos without setting the resolutions to match their TVs?

So far I don’t have much to test my Tivo with. My Cable Cards should be installed Saturday, assuming Comcast comes when they’re supposed to. I tried scanning the cable channels, but I don’t want to spend hours finding the unencrypted channels, so I’m waiting on Comcast.

Since switching to a Mac full time last spring I have tried to use native Mac apps wherever I could. I need Windows to do parts of my job, but there is a lot I can do without bringing up Parallels. It has its detractors, but Outlook 2007 on Windows has been very good to me. Granted, if we didn’t have Exchange at work, I would still be using Thunderbird, but since we do (and I have to support it), I’m glad it works so well. It’s a great improvement over Outlook 2003, and has been my primary e-mail client even after moving to the Mac.

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Tags: Entourage, Exchange, Mac, Office 2007, Office 2008, OSX, Parallels, review, technology, Windows