Replace cable box with Tivo

Geared, what model did you buy? I've been thinking about either adding tivo or doing what you did.

I got a really good deal on a Sony RDR-GXD455.

Replacing my RCN Cable box with a HD Tivo was one of the best tech decisions I've made.

Their is no noticeable difference in picture quality (I'm using a 50" Panasonic plasma, fed by a DVDO scaler).

To answer your question, yes, you get all of your cable provider's HD content through the Tivo, as long as it's an HD Tivo.

Advantages to this decision:

* Much better UI and menus
* More responsive remote (don't you hate how cable box remotes don't register commands and are slow?)
* Better DVR management
* Much less annoying advertising clogging up the program guide (can only see 4 channels per page on RCN's guide)
* Better engineered and more stable hardware (I had countless problems with various DVR boxes)
* Ability to easily drop a bigger hard drive in to increase DVR capacity

I would never, ever go back to a cable-provider DVR box. I can't think of a single advantage to using it, besides saving about $4 per month.