As we may not be carrying DirecTV with us to the new house, we're starting to look forward to trading in our DirecTV TiVo for a TiVo DVD recorder to burn recorded shows to DVD-R. This model even includes a Firewire (1394) port for transferring video directly from a camcorder to the unit for burning purposes. And it's only $399!

The blog The Future of Television is careful to note that this model cannot burn programs recorded on other Series-2 TiVos then transferred to the unit via the Multi-Room Viewing option. We were hoping that the Multi-Room feature would allow us to partially recreate the convenience of the DirecTV TiVo having two tuners built in (record two programs at one, watch live TV while something else is recorded), so this limitation is good to know.

Now, can I hook up a second TiVo to my camcorder, hook my camcorder to the TiVo DVD-R, and burn that way?